Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Portsmouth welcomes Gillingham

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 27.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Fratton Park (21100 seats)

Portsmouth perform at a high level so far being 4th in the table. Gillingham can look both up and down from their 15th position.

Insights:
  • Portsmouth has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (10) in League One
  • Gillingham have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Portsmouth form and stats

When playing at home in the League One, Portsmouth have managed 6 wins, 4 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 16 games.

A good away victory last time out for Portsmouth, who won 1-0 against Oxford United (placed 8th). Preceding that match was the home game against Blackpool that was lost 0-1.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Portsmouth matches with similar probabilities have ended with two wins, two draws and two defeats (from six games).

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Portsmouth as they are travelling to their away game against Doncaster Rovers in the League One. That match is three days after this one.

Portsmouth has scored 22 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. On the other hand, Portsmouth have conceded 16 goals.

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Gillingham form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their League One travels is 6 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats.

There might be some fixture complaints from Gillingham as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the League One match against AFC Wimbledon (0-1). Before that, Gillingham secured a home win against Bristol Rovers with the score 2-0.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Gillingham playing away, we found three games. Results were zero away wins, two draws and one home win.

A new game in only three days for Gillingham, the League One home match versus Milton Keynes Dons. Busy days.

Gillingham find the net regularly in their away games. 19 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league. 18 goals have been conceded by Gillingham in these games.

Head 2 Head

Portsmouth and Gillingham have met before this season: Gillingham - Portsmouth 0-2. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: three - two - four (Portsmouth wins - draws - Gillingham wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PortsmouthJ. Marquis
J. Marquis
12 goals
GillinghamJ. Graham
J. Graham
7 goals
GillinghamJ. Akinde
J. Akinde
7 goals

Portsmouth missing players

Gillingham missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Portsmouth Gillingham
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 16 6 Played P 3 14 30
15 6 2 Won W 1 6 12
6 4 2 Drew D 1 2 4
8 6 2 Lost L 1 6 14
46 22 8 Scored S 4 19 38
27 16 7 Conceded C 4 18 41
90% 88% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
69% 69% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 64% 80%
45% 44% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 43% 40%
38% 31% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 36% 30%
7% 6% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 21% 13%
38% 31% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 43%
41% 38% 17% Clean Sheets C S 33% 21% 20%
31% 44% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 37%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.7 1.6 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.7 0.8 1.4
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
12.7 13.1 13 Shots (avg) S ( 9.7 9.8 10.3
4.3 3.9 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3.6 3.7
37% 35% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 38% 34%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Gillingham have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Gillingham haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Portsmouth has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (10) in League One

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Peterborough United 29 18 4 7 49 25 14 11 2 1 32 10 15 7 2 6 17 15 24 58
2 Lincoln City 29 17 6 6 44 25 15 7 3 5 23 19 14 10 3 1 21 6 19 57
3 Hull City 31 16 5 10 49 28 15 8 2 5 15 9 16 8 3 5 34 19 21 53
4 Portsmouth 29 15 6 8 46 27 16 6 4 6 22 16 13 9 2 2 24 11 19 51
5 Sunderland 29 13 11 5 44 24 15 6 5 4 20 16 14 7 6 1 24 8 20 50
6 Doncaster Rovers 27 15 4 8 46 34 15 9 3 3 28 17 12 6 1 5 18 17 12 49
7 Accrington Stanley 28 13 7 8 39 30 14 7 4 3 18 10 14 6 3 5 21 20 9 46
8 Oxford United 28 13 5 10 43 35 13 7 2 4 19 12 15 6 3 6 24 23 8 44
9 Charlton Athletic 30 12 8 10 45 41 14 4 4 6 24 26 16 8 4 4 21 15 4 44
10 Ipswich Town 28 13 5 10 31 27 16 8 2 6 16 14 12 5 3 4 15 13 4 44
11 Crewe Alexandra 30 12 7 11 39 37 15 8 4 3 24 14 15 4 3 8 15 23 2 43
12 Plymouth Argyle 30 11 9 10 39 46 16 8 4 4 23 22 14 3 5 6 16 24 -7 42
13 Milton Keynes Dons 30 11 8 11 44 40 14 5 6 3 23 18 16 6 2 8 21 22 4 41
14 Blackpool 26 12 4 10 30 26 11 7 1 3 14 10 15 5 3 7 16 16 4 40
15 Gillingham 30 12 4 14 38 41 16 6 2 8 19 23 14 6 2 6 19 18 -3 40
16 Shrewsbury Town 27 9 10 8 31 31 13 4 5 4 19 17 14 5 5 4 12 14 0 37
17 Fleetwood Town 30 9 9 12 33 28 15 6 6 3 20 10 15 3 3 9 13 18 5 36
18 Rochdale 30 6 10 14 41 55 15 1 7 7 17 31 15 5 3 7 24 24 -14 28
19 Swindon Town 30 8 4 18 36 56 16 6 1 9 17 24 14 2 3 9 19 32 -20 28
20 AFC Wimbledon 28 7 7 14 30 50 12 3 2 7 15 23 16 4 5 7 15 27 -20 28
21 Bristol Rovers 29 7 6 16 28 48 14 4 1 9 15 23 15 3 5 7 13 25 -20 27
22 Wigan Athletic 30 7 6 17 31 57 15 2 4 9 15 34 15 5 2 8 16 23 -26 27
23 Northampton Town 30 6 8 16 23 47 15 3 4 8 8 20 15 3 4 8 15 27 -24 26
24 Burton Albion 28 6 7 15 34 55 14 3 2 9 18 31 14 3 5 6 16 24 -21 25

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Peterborough United 29 18 4 7 49 25 14 11 2 1 32 10 15 7 2 6 17 15 24 58
2 Lincoln City 29 17 6 6 44 25 15 7 3 5 23 19 14 10 3 1 21 6 19 57
3 Hull City 31 16 5 10 49 28 15 8 2 5 15 9 16 8 3 5 34 19 21 53
4 Portsmouth 29 15 6 8 46 27 16 6 4 6 22 16 13 9 2 2 24 11 19 51
5 Sunderland 29 13 11 5 44 24 15 6 5 4 20 16 14 7 6 1 24 8 20 50
6 Doncaster Rovers 27 15 4 8 46 34 15 9 3 3 28 17 12 6 1 5 18 17 12 49
7 Accrington Stanley 28 13 7 8 39 30 14 7 4 3 18 10 14 6 3 5 21 20 9 46
8 Oxford United 28 13 5 10 43 35 13 7 2 4 19 12 15 6 3 6 24 23 8 44
9 Charlton Athletic 30 12 8 10 45 41 14 4 4 6 24 26 16 8 4 4 21 15 4 44
10 Ipswich Town 28 13 5 10 31 27 16 8 2 6 16 14 12 5 3 4 15 13 4 44
11 Crewe Alexandra 30 12 7 11 39 37 15 8 4 3 24 14 15 4 3 8 15 23 2 43
12 Plymouth Argyle 30 11 9 10 39 46 16 8 4 4 23 22 14 3 5 6 16 24 -7 42
13 Milton Keynes Dons 30 11 8 11 44 40 14 5 6 3 23 18 16 6 2 8 21 22 4 41
14 Blackpool 26 12 4 10 30 26 11 7 1 3 14 10 15 5 3 7 16 16 4 40
15 Gillingham 30 12 4 14 38 41 16 6 2 8 19 23 14 6 2 6 19 18 -3 40
16 Shrewsbury Town 27 9 10 8 31 31 13 4 5 4 19 17 14 5 5 4 12 14 0 37
17 Fleetwood Town 30 9 9 12 33 28 15 6 6 3 20 10 15 3 3 9 13 18 5 36
18 Rochdale 30 6 10 14 41 55 15 1 7 7 17 31 15 5 3 7 24 24 -14 28
19 Swindon Town 30 8 4 18 36 56 16 6 1 9 17 24 14 2 3 9 19 32 -20 28
20 AFC Wimbledon 28 7 7 14 30 50 12 3 2 7 15 23 16 4 5 7 15 27 -20 28
21 Bristol Rovers 29 7 6 16 28 48 14 4 1 9 15 23 15 3 5 7 13 25 -20 27
22 Wigan Athletic 30 7 6 17 31 57 15 2 4 9 15 34 15 5 2 8 16 23 -26 27
23 Northampton Town 30 6 8 16 23 47 15 3 4 8 8 20 15 3 4 8 15 27 -24 26
24 Burton Albion 28 6 7 15 34 55 14 3 2 9 18 31 14 3 5 6 16 24 -21 25

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The English Football League One (usually referred to as League One) is the third highest division in English football. The League One league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Three teams are promoted and four relegated.