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

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Competition: England League One
Date: Tue 30.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Fratton Park (20821 seats)

Portsmouth and Peterborough United are both riding high in the League One with their 3rd and 7th positions respectively. Expect a great game!

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

Portsmouth have performed well at Fratton Park so far this season with 12 wins from 21 matches. Points have also been lost, as they have drawn 6 games and lost 3. In general it's been a long time since Portsmouth tasted defeat here at Fratton Park, as they have taken at least one point from their last ten home games.

Portsmouth manager K. Jackett and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Sunderland in the League One. Ahead of that match, Portsmouth won a home game hosting Coventry City (2-1).

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 7 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats (from nine games).

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League One game versus Accrington Stanley in only four days. This game is also played here at Fratton Park.

The Portsmouth fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 39 goals in 21 matches. Portsmouth have only conceded 18 in these games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Peterborough United form and stats

Playing away, Peterborough United have won 10 games, drawn 5 and suffered 7 defeats so far this season.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Peterborough United, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-3 versus Walsall. A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Sunderland.

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

Peterborough United has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches this season, 37 goals from 22 games. As opposed to that, Peterborough United have seen the ball go into their own net 32 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Peterborough United - Portsmouth 1-2, played this season. Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: 5 - 0 - 2 (Portsmouth wins - draws - Peterborough United wins).

Top Goalscorers

J. Lowe
15 goals / 3 assists
M. Godden
14 goals
I. Toney
12 goals / 3 assists

Portsmouth missing players

Peterborough United missing players

Portsmouth Peterborough United
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
44 21 6 Played 6 22 44
25 12 3 Won 1 10 18
12 6 2 Drew 2 5 12
7 3 1 Lost 3 7 14
80 39 8 Scored 5 37 65
47 18 5 Conceded 12 32 59
95% 95% 83% Over 0.5 100% 100% 98%
84% 81% 67% Over 1.5 83% 77% 77%
55% 48% 50% Over 2.5 50% 59% 52%
27% 29% 17% Over 3.5 50% 50% 36%
18% 14% 0% Over 4.5 0% 18% 11%
68% 57% 67% BTTS 50% 55% 57%
25% 33% 33% Clean Sheets 17% 23% 23%
11% 14% 17% Failed To Score 33% 23% 23%
 
5.6 6.5 6.2 Corners For (avg) 3.2 3.8 4.6
4.4 3.7 5 Corners Against (avg) 6.5 6.1 6.4
1.6 1.2 2 Yellow Cards (avg) 2 1.6 1.7
0 0 0 Red Cards 2 3 5
Key stats this season:
  • Peterborough United hasn't played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Peterborough United is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.

Portsmouth
All EFL Trophy League One Club Friendlies FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away
16-03-19 LO Portsmouth 2 - 0 Scunthorpe United
23-03-19 LO Shrewsbury Town 0 - 2 Portsmouth
31-03-19 EFL Portsmouth 1 - 1 Sunderland
06-04-19 LO Wycombe Wanderers 2 - 3 Portsmouth
13-04-19 LO Portsmouth 4 - 1 Rochdale
19-04-19 LO Burton Albion 1 - 2 Portsmouth
22-04-19 LO Portsmouth 2 - 1 Coventry City
27-04-19 LO Sunderland 1 - 1 Portsmouth
30-04-19 LO Portsmouth 18:45 Peterborough United
04-05-19 LO Portsmouth 16:30 Accrington Stanley
Peterborough United
All EFL Trophy League One Club Friendlies FA Cup Carabao Cup
All Home Away
12-03-19 LO AFC Wimbledon 1 - 0 Peterborough United
16-03-19 LO Peterborough United 1 - 2 Coventry City
23-03-19 LO Peterborough United 2 - 0 Southend United
06-04-19 LO Peterborough United 2 - 0 Gillingham
13-04-19 LO Blackpool 0 - 1 Peterborough United
19-04-19 LO Fleetwood Town 1 - 1 Peterborough United
22-04-19 LO Peterborough United 1 - 1 Sunderland
27-04-19 LO Walsall 3 - 0 Peterborough United
30-04-19 LO Portsmouth 18:45 Peterborough United
04-05-19 LO Peterborough United 16:30 Burton Albion

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Luton Town 45 26 13 6 87 41 22 15 7 0 54 18 23 11 6 6 33 23 46 91
2 Barnsley 45 26 13 6 79 37 23 15 8 0 40 16 22 11 5 6 39 21 42 91
3 Portsmouth 44 25 12 7 80 47 21 12 6 3 39 18 23 13 6 4 41 29 33 87
4 Sunderland 44 22 19 3 78 43 23 12 10 1 46 25 21 10 9 2 32 18 35 85
5 Charlton Athletic 45 25 10 10 69 40 22 15 5 2 37 15 23 10 5 8 32 25 29 85
6 Doncaster Rovers 45 19 13 13 74 58 22 12 7 3 43 21 23 7 6 10 31 37 16 70
7 Peterborough United 44 18 12 14 65 59 22 8 7 7 28 27 22 10 5 7 37 32 6 66
8 Coventry City 44 18 10 16 53 51 22 9 6 7 23 19 22 9 4 9 30 32 2 64
9 Burton Albion 45 17 12 16 65 54 23 11 5 7 35 23 22 6 7 9 30 31 11 63
10 Blackpool 45 15 17 13 50 49 22 8 8 6 28 23 23 7 9 7 22 26 1 62
11 Oxford United 45 15 15 15 57 61 23 11 4 8 34 27 22 4 11 7 23 34 -4 60
12 Fleetwood Town 44 15 13 16 56 50 22 8 9 5 31 26 22 7 4 11 25 24 6 58
13 Accrington Stanley 45 14 12 19 50 66 23 7 6 10 26 33 22 7 6 9 24 33 -16 54
14 Rochdale 45 15 9 21 54 83 23 8 4 11 25 37 22 7 5 10 29 46 -29 54
15 Gillingham 45 14 10 21 58 72 23 7 4 12 27 36 22 7 6 9 31 36 -14 52
16 Bristol Rovers 45 12 15 18 45 49 22 5 6 11 22 27 23 7 9 7 23 22 -4 51
17 Shrewsbury Town 44 12 14 18 50 58 22 8 8 6 25 25 22 4 6 12 25 33 -8 50
18 Wycombe Wanderers 45 13 11 21 54 67 22 9 5 8 27 26 23 4 6 13 27 41 -13 50
19 AFC Wimbledon 45 13 10 22 42 63 23 6 5 12 24 37 22 7 5 10 18 26 -21 49
20 Southend United 45 13 8 24 53 67 22 7 2 13 30 33 23 6 6 11 23 34 -14 47
21 Plymouth Argyle 45 12 11 22 53 78 22 8 6 8 33 36 23 4 5 14 20 42 -25 47
22 Walsall 45 12 10 23 49 71 23 7 5 11 30 37 22 5 5 12 19 34 -22 46
23 Scunthorpe United 45 12 10 23 51 80 23 6 7 10 31 42 22 6 3 13 20 38 -29 46
24 Bradford City 45 11 7 27 49 77 22 7 3 12 25 31 23 4 4 15 24 46 -28 40

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