The league table in League One tells a story about these teams so far, with Portsmouth leading Oxford United by 12 points. Match preview to follow:
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
The story so far in the League One for Portsmouth, who have the most scored goals (25) in League One, at their home stadium (Fratton Park) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
Portsmouth's previous game was a League One match also played at home, ending 4-1 versus Crewe Alexandra (placed 13th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Before that, Portsmouth played out a draw 2-2 when visiting Plymouth Argyle.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Portsmouth have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found twelve games) they have won four times, drawn seven and lost one.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Portsmouth as they have a new game in only four days, a FA Cup match thankfully also at home. King's Lynn Town are visiting.
Portsmouth have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Fratton Park with 11 goals in 7 league matches. Portsmouth have conceded 7 in these home matches.
Oxford United form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Oxford United so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 2-0-5 (win-draw-lose).
It's the second away game in a row for Oxford, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Wigan Athletic (placed 23rd) in the League One last time out. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Crewe Alexandra.
Oxford are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, two draws and two defeats. From a total of five matches.
After this away game Oxford return home for a League One game against Swindon Town. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Oxford find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. Oxford have conceded 13 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Portsmouth won two games, five matches ended with a draw and Oxford United has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  J. Marquis 9 goals | M. Harness 5 goals | R. Curtis 4 goals |
Portsmouth missing players
Oxford United missing players
| Portsmouth | Oxford United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| 25 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 8 | 13 | 20 |
| 85% | 86% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 77% | 71% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 57% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 43% | 45% |
| 46% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 36% |
| 15% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 18% |
| 54% | 43% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 45% |
| 31% | 29% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 31% | 43% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 57% | 55% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.6 | 1.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 162 | 85 | 34 | Total Shots | T S | 46 | 110 | 152 |
| 61 | 28 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 36 | 51 |
| 41% | 39% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 19% | 25% |
- All of Oxford United's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Oxford United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Oxford United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Portsmouth has the most scored goals (25) in League One
- Portsmouth has the the best goal difference (+12) 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 | Hull City | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 27 |
| 2 | Peterborough United | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 25 |
| 3 | Ipswich Town | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 25 |
| 4 | Portsmouth | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 24 |
| 5 | Charlton Athletic | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 23 |
| 6 | Lincoln City | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 |
| 7 | Fleetwood Town | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 22 |
| 8 | Sunderland | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 22 |
| 9 | Accrington Stanley | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 19 |
| 10 | Plymouth Argyle | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 19 |
| 11 | Doncaster Rovers | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 18 |
| 12 | AFC Wimbledon | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 17 |
| 13 | Crewe Alexandra | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| 14 | Blackpool | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 16 |
| 15 | Gillingham | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 14 |
| 16 | Northampton Town | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -9 | 14 |
| 17 | Milton Keynes Dons | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 13 |
| 18 | Swindon Town | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 13 |
| 19 | Oxford United | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 12 |
| 20 | Rochdale | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 12 |
| 21 | Bristol Rovers | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -9 | 12 |
| 22 | Shrewsbury Town | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 8 |
| 23 | Wigan Athletic | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 10 | -11 | 7 |
| 24 | Burton Albion | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -12 | 7 |
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