The Portsmouth & Hull City managers K. Jackett and G. McCann are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the League One league table.
- Portsmouth has the most scored goals (37) in League One
- Hull City has the most scored goals (22) away in League One
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.
Portsmouth form and stats
Overall League One stats at home this season for Portsmouth, who have the most scored goals (37) in League One, are 5-3-3 (wins-draw-losses).
Nothing to worry about in defence for Portsmouth, as their goalkeeper Craig MacGillivray has completely shut out the opponents for 566 minutes in the League One.
A nice win for Portsmouth last time playing, versus AFC Wimbledon. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-0 with Ryan Williams, Ben Close, Sean Raggett and John Marquis scoring for the victors. Before that match, a win away at Fleetwood Town.
As mentioned above, Portsmouth "killed" AFC Wimbledon in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
This is expected to be a close game, with Portsmouth perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Portsmouth as a small favourite), we find five games. Portsmouth has won three of these, drawn two and lost zero.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Lincoln City are coming to town in three days.
Portsmouth have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Fratton Park with 18 goals in 11 league matches. Portsmouth are not conceding a lot of goals here at Fratton Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 11 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Hull City form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team, who have the most scored goals (22) away in League One, on their League One travels is 6 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Hull City are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the League One against Accrington Stanley (placed 10th). A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Blackpool.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Hull in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Hull City, two draws and three defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The League One trip to Accrington Stanley.
The Hull manager G. McCann has got the team scoring on the road, with 22 away goals in 11 league matches. 13 goals have been conceded by Hull in these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Hull City - Portsmouth 0-2 entered in the official records. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's four Portsmouth victories, three draws and two Hull City wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Marquis 11 goals |   M. Wilks 9 goals |  J. Magennis 7 goals |
Portsmouth missing players
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| Portsmouth | Hull City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 1 | 11 | 22 |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 37 | 18 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 22 | 36 |
| 15 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 13 | 20 |
| 86% | 82% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 73% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 82% |
| 43% | 45% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 64% | 45% |
| 33% | 27% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 36% | 18% |
| 10% | 9% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 9% |
| 38% | 36% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 64% | 45% |
| 48% | 45% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 36% | 45% |
| 29% | 36% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 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 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1 | 1.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.9 | 12.5 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 12.3 | 12.9 |
| 4.1 | 4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.1 | 4.9 |
| 43% | 41% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 60% | 39% | 34% |
- All of Hull City's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Hull City has the most scored goals (22) away in League One
- Hull City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Hull City have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Hull City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Portsmouth has the fewest conceded goals (15) in League One
- Portsmouth has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in League One
- Portsmouth has the most scored goals (37) in League One
- Portsmouth has the the best goal difference (+22) in League One
- Portsmouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Portsmouth have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Portsmouth is in the best form (5-1-0)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hull City | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 16 | 42 |
| 2 | Lincoln City | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 42 |
| 3 | Portsmouth | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 22 | 41 |
| 4 | Doncaster Rovers | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 39 |
| 5 | Peterborough United | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 39 |
| 6 | Charlton Athletic | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 36 |
| 7 | Crewe Alexandra | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 35 |
| 8 | Ipswich Town | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 35 |
| 9 | Sunderland | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 33 |
| 10 | Accrington Stanley | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 33 |
| 11 | Plymouth Argyle | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 31 | 39 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 22 | -8 | 30 |
| 12 | Fleetwood Town | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 29 |
| 13 | Gillingham | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 24 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 13 | -3 | 29 |
| 14 | Oxford United | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 28 |
| 15 | Milton Keynes Dons | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 28 |
| 16 | Blackpool | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 28 |
| 17 | Shrewsbury Town | 20 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -4 | 24 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 33 | 41 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 20 | -8 | 22 |
| 19 | Bristol Rovers | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 15 | -9 | 22 |
| 20 | Northampton Town | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 19 | -17 | 22 |
| 21 | AFC Wimbledon | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 19 | -15 | 21 |
| 22 | Wigan Athletic | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 38 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | -14 | 20 |
| 23 | Swindon Town | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 29 | 45 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 25 | -16 | 20 |
| 24 | Burton Albion | 24 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 29 | 51 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 23 | -22 | 16 |