League One prediction and preview: Portsmouth modest favorites to beat Wycombe Wanderers

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Competition: England League One
Date: Thu 26.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Fratton Park (21100 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Portsmouth have their presumed home advantage while Wycombe Wanderers are ahead 12 points in the League One table.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Portsmouth form and stats

Portsmouth have performed here at Fratton Park this season with 6 wins from 11 League One matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 5 games and lost 0.

Portsmouth's previous game was a League One match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Ipswich Town (placed 3rd). The home side are looking to build on that result. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Accrington Stanley (1-4).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Portsmouth handle that role? We have found twelve games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are W3-D7-L2.

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

A decent goal production from Portsmouth in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 11 league matches. Portsmouth have conceded 11 in these home matches.

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Wycombe Wanderers form and stats

3 wins, 5 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Wycombe Wanderers, who have the most clean sheets (12) in League One, playing as the away team in the League One this season.

Wycombe Wanderers play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to Oxford United (placed 6th). That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Burton Albion.

We have checked recent matches where Wycombe Wanderers have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those nine games were W2-D2-L5.

A new game in only three days for Wycombe Wanderers, the League One home match versus Coventry City. Busy days.

The attacking power of Wycombe Wanderers when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 10 league matches away. Wycombe Wanderers are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 5 away goals have been conceded so far.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Wycombe Wanderers - Portsmouth 1-0 played earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 3 Portsmouth victories, 4 draws and 3 Wycombe Wanderers wins. 6 of these games ended with three goals or more, 4 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

PortsmouthR. Curtis
R. Curtis
8 goals
Wycombe WanderersJ. Jacobson
J. Jacobson
6 goals
Wycombe WanderersA. Akinfenwa
A. Akinfenwa
6 goals

Portsmouth missing players

Wycombe Wanderers missing players

Portsmouth Wycombe Wanderers
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 11 4 Played P 3 10 21
8 6 1 Won W 1 3 12
7 5 3 Drew D 1 5 7
5 0 0 Lost L 1 2 2
30 20 7 Scored S 2 8 30
24 11 6 Conceded C 3 5 15
95% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 70% 86%
65% 64% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 50% 57%
50% 45% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 10% 24%
35% 45% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 19%
20% 27% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 14%
55% 55% 75% BTTS BTTS 33% 20% 33%
30% 45% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 60% 57%
20% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 50% 24%
 
4.8 4.8 4.8 Corners For (avg) C F 5 3.7 4.6
4.2 3.1 4.2 Corners Against (avg) C A 5 6.2 5.2
2 1.6 2.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.3 2 1.6
2 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 3
 
291 174 56 Total Shots T S 33 97 275
98 64 25 Shots on Target S O 8 33 90
31% 31% 28% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 24% 33%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Portsmouth have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Portsmouth have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Wycombe Wanderers have scored away.
  • Wycombe Wanderers has the fewest conceded goals (15)
  • Wycombe Wanderers has the fewest conceded goals (5) away
  • Wycombe Wanderers has the fewest matches over the total-line (5)
  • Wycombe Wanderers has the most clean sheets (12)
  • Wycombe Wanderers has the most matches under the total-line (16)
  • Wycombe Wanderers have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Wycombe Wanderers 21 12 7 2 30 15 11 9 2 0 22 10 10 3 5 2 8 5 15 43
2 Peterborough United 21 10 6 5 43 25 10 7 2 1 25 9 11 3 4 4 18 16 18 36
3 Ipswich Town 20 10 6 4 29 16 9 3 4 2 13 9 11 7 2 2 16 7 13 36
4 Bristol Rovers 20 10 5 5 29 25 11 5 5 1 17 11 9 5 0 4 12 14 4 35
5 Coventry City 21 8 10 3 26 23 12 8 3 1 16 8 9 0 7 2 10 15 3 34
6 Oxford United 20 9 6 5 38 20 9 6 2 1 19 7 11 3 4 4 19 13 18 33
7 Blackpool 21 8 9 4 30 24 11 6 2 3 18 14 10 2 7 1 12 10 6 33
8 Rotherham United 21 9 5 7 34 23 10 3 3 4 15 10 11 6 2 3 19 13 11 32
9 Fleetwood Town 19 9 4 6 33 26 10 7 2 1 17 8 9 2 2 5 16 18 7 31
10 Portsmouth 20 8 7 5 30 24 11 6 5 0 20 11 9 2 2 5 10 13 6 31
11 Shrewsbury Town 20 8 7 5 19 20 10 5 3 2 13 12 10 3 4 3 6 8 -1 31
12 Gillingham 21 7 7 7 26 23 11 6 1 4 19 12 10 1 6 3 7 11 3 28
13 Sunderland 19 7 6 6 25 21 10 5 4 1 18 9 9 2 2 5 7 12 4 27
14 Burton Albion 20 7 6 7 24 23 9 3 3 3 7 6 11 4 3 4 17 17 1 27
15 Doncaster Rovers 18 6 7 5 27 21 11 5 4 2 17 12 7 1 3 3 10 9 6 25
16 Lincoln City 20 7 3 10 21 23 8 5 1 2 11 7 12 2 2 8 10 16 -2 24
17 Accrington Stanley 21 5 8 8 30 31 9 4 2 3 21 13 12 1 6 5 9 18 -1 23
18 Rochdale 21 6 4 11 23 36 10 2 3 5 8 14 11 4 1 6 15 22 -13 22
19 AFC Wimbledon 21 5 5 11 25 32 10 4 4 2 12 11 11 1 1 9 13 21 -7 20
20 Tranmere Rovers 20 5 5 10 23 34 10 3 4 3 16 13 10 2 1 7 7 21 -11 20
21 Milton Keynes Dons 21 5 2 14 18 33 11 4 1 6 9 17 10 1 1 8 9 16 -15 17
22 Southend United 22 1 4 17 24 62 10 0 2 8 9 32 12 1 2 9 15 30 -38 7
23 Bolton Wanderers 18 4 5 9 14 41 10 3 5 2 10 14 8 1 0 7 4 27 -27 5

Read more about League One

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.