Balanced ball game between Portsmouth and Oxford United expected

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Tue 01.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Fratton Park (21100 seats)

Portsmouth will plan to use their home advantage to help shorten the gap to today’s opponents. The hosts are currently 14 points behind Oxford United.

Insights:
  • Portsmouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Oxford United have the most scored goals (65) 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.

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Portsmouth form and stats

The complete League One statistics at home this season for Portsmouth are 8-4-4 (wins-draws-losses).

Portsmouth drew their last game, also a home match. Fleetwood Town (placed 19th) was the opponent, 3-3 the score. The forward Curtis won the honour of being "man of the match" for Portsmouth with a rating of 9.43/10. Curtis scored one goal, served one assist, hit six key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Shrewsbury Town.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Portsmouth have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won two, drawn one and lost four.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Portsmouth, as the League One home game vs Accrington Stanley is only four days away.

The Portsmouth fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 27 goals in 16 league matches. 18 goals have been conceded.

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Oxford United form and stats

The visitors are W7-D4-L6 on the road this term. That's in the League One. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Oxford, as they have won on their previous two travels.

Oxford United are travelling after their nice 4-2 home win in the match against Cambridge United (placed 13th). Brannagan got a match rating of 8.84 in that game, top player of the team. Brannagan scored two goals, hit one key pass and had 52 successful passes (of 60 total).

Prior to that result Oxford won their away game at Crewe Alexandra. The scoreline was 1-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Oxford United playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were three Oxford United wins, two draws and three defeats.

A new game in only four days for Oxford United, the League One home match versus Burton Albion. Busy days.

Oxford are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 26 times in 17 away games so far. Oxford United have conceded 21 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Oxford United - Portsmouth 3-2 was the end result in these teams' previous h2h fixture, played this season. Head-to-head statistics (for the previous ten meetings): Portsmouth won three games, five matches ended with a draw and Oxford United managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five

Top Goalscorers

Oxford UnitedM. Taylor
M. Taylor
17 goals
Oxford UnitedC. Brannagan
C. Brannagan
12 goals
PortsmouthM. Harness
M. Harness
10 goals

Portsmouth missing players

Oxford United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Portsmouth Oxford United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
32 16 4 Played P 7 17 35
13 8 1 Won W 2 7 18
9 4 2 Drew D 2 4 8
10 4 1 Lost L 3 6 9
43 27 7 Scored S 9 26 65
35 18 4 Conceded C 7 21 43
88% 94% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 86% 94% 91%
62% 81% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 71% 82% 83%
53% 62% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 43% 47% 57%
28% 31% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 29% 24% 40%
9% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 20%
44% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 43% 59% 66%
44% 44% 50% Clean Sheets C S 29% 18% 23%
25% 12% 25% Failed to Score F T 43% 29% 20%
 
5.2 5.8 7.2 Corners for (avg) C F 6.1 5.7 6.3
5.1 4.5 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.1 4.5 4.3
1.8 1.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.9 1.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
13.4 14.8 14.8 Shots (avg) S ( 14.3 14.1 14.6
3.7 4.3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.4 4.9 5
37% 39% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 24% 31% 37%
 
11 10 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10.1 11.5 10.7
3.7 3.2 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.7 3.6 3.6
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Oxford United have the most scored goals (65) in League One
  • Portsmouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Rotherham United 34 23 6 5 61 19 17 12 3 2 37 14 17 11 3 3 24 5 42 75
2 Wigan Athletic 32 20 6 6 56 32 16 9 3 4 23 17 16 11 3 2 33 15 24 66
3 Milton Keynes Dons 35 19 9 7 57 35 17 9 4 4 22 15 18 10 5 3 35 20 22 66
4 Oxford United 35 18 8 9 65 43 18 11 4 3 39 22 17 7 4 6 26 21 22 62
5 Sunderland 35 17 8 10 61 47 17 11 2 4 34 14 18 6 6 6 27 33 14 59
6 Sheffield Wednesday 33 16 10 7 47 35 16 10 4 2 25 12 17 6 6 5 22 23 12 58
7 Plymouth Argyle 33 16 8 9 54 39 15 8 3 4 20 14 18 8 5 5 34 25 15 56
8 Wycombe Wanderers 34 15 10 9 55 46 17 9 4 4 30 26 17 6 6 5 25 20 9 55
9 Ipswich Town 35 14 11 10 53 39 17 8 7 2 29 19 18 6 4 8 24 20 14 53
10 Bolton Wanderers 35 15 6 14 55 47 17 10 4 3 35 19 18 5 2 11 20 28 8 51
11 Portsmouth 32 13 9 10 43 35 16 8 4 4 27 18 16 5 5 6 16 17 8 48
12 Accrington Stanley 34 13 7 14 44 53 18 10 4 4 32 25 16 3 3 10 12 28 -9 46
13 Cambridge United 34 11 11 12 46 49 17 7 6 4 23 19 17 4 5 8 23 30 -3 44
14 Burton Albion 35 12 8 15 42 47 18 8 4 6 28 22 17 4 4 9 14 25 -5 44
15 Cheltenham Town 34 9 14 11 44 56 18 7 6 5 22 25 16 2 8 6 22 31 -12 41
16 Charlton Athletic 34 11 6 17 41 47 17 7 3 7 24 23 17 4 3 10 17 24 -6 39
17 Shrewsbury Town 34 9 10 15 31 35 16 7 4 5 19 16 18 2 6 10 12 19 -4 37
18 Lincoln City 33 9 8 16 37 46 18 4 4 10 16 24 15 5 4 6 21 22 -9 35
19 Fleetwood Town 32 7 12 13 47 56 16 5 5 6 26 25 16 2 7 7 21 31 -9 33
20 AFC Wimbledon 34 6 15 13 39 53 17 2 11 4 21 24 17 4 4 9 18 29 -14 33
21 Morecambe 34 7 10 17 44 64 18 5 7 6 26 29 16 2 3 11 18 35 -20 31
22 Gillingham 35 6 12 17 28 55 18 4 5 9 12 30 17 2 7 8 16 25 -27 30
23 Doncaster Rovers 36 8 5 23 28 68 18 5 3 10 15 28 18 3 2 13 13 40 -40 29
24 Crewe Alexandra 34 6 7 21 28 60 16 4 4 8 15 26 18 2 3 13 13 34 -32 25

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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 Rotherham United 34 23 6 5 61 19 17 12 3 2 37 14 17 11 3 3 24 5 42 75
2 Wigan Athletic 32 20 6 6 56 32 16 9 3 4 23 17 16 11 3 2 33 15 24 66
3 Milton Keynes Dons 35 19 9 7 57 35 17 9 4 4 22 15 18 10 5 3 35 20 22 66
4 Oxford United 35 18 8 9 65 43 18 11 4 3 39 22 17 7 4 6 26 21 22 62
5 Sunderland 35 17 8 10 61 47 17 11 2 4 34 14 18 6 6 6 27 33 14 59
6 Sheffield Wednesday 33 16 10 7 47 35 16 10 4 2 25 12 17 6 6 5 22 23 12 58
7 Plymouth Argyle 33 16 8 9 54 39 15 8 3 4 20 14 18 8 5 5 34 25 15 56
8 Wycombe Wanderers 34 15 10 9 55 46 17 9 4 4 30 26 17 6 6 5 25 20 9 55
9 Ipswich Town 35 14 11 10 53 39 17 8 7 2 29 19 18 6 4 8 24 20 14 53
10 Bolton Wanderers 35 15 6 14 55 47 17 10 4 3 35 19 18 5 2 11 20 28 8 51
11 Portsmouth 32 13 9 10 43 35 16 8 4 4 27 18 16 5 5 6 16 17 8 48
12 Accrington Stanley 34 13 7 14 44 53 18 10 4 4 32 25 16 3 3 10 12 28 -9 46
13 Cambridge United 34 11 11 12 46 49 17 7 6 4 23 19 17 4 5 8 23 30 -3 44
14 Burton Albion 35 12 8 15 42 47 18 8 4 6 28 22 17 4 4 9 14 25 -5 44
15 Cheltenham Town 34 9 14 11 44 56 18 7 6 5 22 25 16 2 8 6 22 31 -12 41
16 Charlton Athletic 34 11 6 17 41 47 17 7 3 7 24 23 17 4 3 10 17 24 -6 39
17 Shrewsbury Town 34 9 10 15 31 35 16 7 4 5 19 16 18 2 6 10 12 19 -4 37
18 Lincoln City 33 9 8 16 37 46 18 4 4 10 16 24 15 5 4 6 21 22 -9 35
19 Fleetwood Town 32 7 12 13 47 56 16 5 5 6 26 25 16 2 7 7 21 31 -9 33
20 AFC Wimbledon 34 6 15 13 39 53 17 2 11 4 21 24 17 4 4 9 18 29 -14 33
21 Morecambe 34 7 10 17 44 64 18 5 7 6 26 29 16 2 3 11 18 35 -20 31
22 Gillingham 35 6 12 17 28 55 18 4 5 9 12 30 17 2 7 8 16 25 -27 30
23 Doncaster Rovers 36 8 5 23 28 68 18 5 3 10 15 28 18 3 2 13 13 40 -40 29
24 Crewe Alexandra 34 6 7 21 28 60 16 4 4 8 15 26 18 2 3 13 13 34 -32 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.