Delightful dogfight as daring Wycombe Wanderers duel with determined Portsmouth

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 13.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Adams Park (24161 seats)

The home side, Wycombe Wanderers, should be expected winners in this match, but Portsmouth have revealed both capability and guts. Read more about the match!

Insights:
  • Wycombe Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

It's no vacation for neither Wycombe Wanderers nor Portsmouth as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Wycombe Wanderers form and stats

Wycombe Wanderers have been outstanding at home so far in the League One with 6 wins, 0 draws and only 1 loss.

Wanderers's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-5 versus Burton Albion (placed 11th). Wanderers were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

2-2 away at Hartlepool United before that.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Wanderers handle that role? We have found two games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, zero draws and zero defeats.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Hartlepool United are coming to town in three days.

Wanderers can score goals in their home matches. After 7 league matches they have found the net 14 times. 10 goals have been conceded.

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Portsmouth form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Portsmouth so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-4 (win-draw-lose).

Impressive finishing from M. Azeez, G. Yahyai and G. Hirst secured the home win 3-0 against Crystal Palace U21 in their previous game.

That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Harrow Borough in the FA Cup.

We have checked recent matches where Portsmouth have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those three games were one victory, zero draws and two defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Portsmouth as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league. Portsmouth have conceded 12 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the previous ten meetings between these two contenders are: three wins for Wanderers, three draws and four wins for Portsmouth. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Wycombe WanderersG. McCleary
G. McCleary
5 goals
PortsmouthM. Harness
M. Harness
5 goals
Wycombe WanderersR. Tafazolli
R. Tafazolli
4 goals

Wycombe Wanderers missing players

Portsmouth missing players

Wycombe Wanderers Portsmouth
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 7 3 Played P 3 8 16
9 6 2 Won W 0 1 5
4 0 0 Drew D 0 3 5
3 1 1 Lost L 3 4 6
26 14 4 Scored S 1 7 19
20 10 5 Conceded C 6 12 21
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 94%
75% 86% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 50% 62%
56% 71% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 50% 50%
31% 29% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 38% 38%
19% 29% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 12% 6%
62% 71% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 50% 44%
31% 29% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 38%
19% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 38% 25%
 
6.1 7.4 8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4.4 5
4.8 3.7 2.3 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.8 5.4
1.1 0.7 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14.4 17 17.3 Shots (avg) S ( 8 11.5 11.5
4.1 5.1 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 3.4 3.4
40% 39% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 26% 35%
 
12.2 11.4 10 Shots against (avg) S A 9.7 11.1 9.9
4.7 4.1 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.8 3.9
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Wycombe Wanderers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Wycombe Wanderers have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Wycombe Wanderers have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Wycombe Wanderers haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Wigan Athletic 16 11 1 4 30 13 9 5 1 3 12 8 7 6 0 1 18 5 17 34
2 Plymouth Argyle 16 9 6 1 28 14 9 6 3 0 16 6 7 3 3 1 12 8 14 33
3 Rotherham United 16 9 4 3 29 12 9 5 2 2 19 9 7 4 2 1 10 3 17 31
4 Wycombe Wanderers 16 9 4 3 26 20 7 6 0 1 14 10 9 3 4 2 12 10 6 31
5 Sunderland 15 9 1 5 25 21 7 6 0 1 14 4 8 3 1 4 11 17 4 28
6 Oxford United 15 8 3 4 26 17 9 6 2 1 18 8 6 2 1 3 8 9 9 27
7 Milton Keynes Dons 15 7 4 4 27 21 7 4 1 2 10 9 8 3 3 2 17 12 6 25
8 Sheffield Wednesday 16 6 7 3 20 15 7 4 2 1 10 4 9 2 5 2 10 11 5 25
9 Ipswich Town 16 6 5 5 34 25 8 3 4 1 19 14 8 3 1 4 15 11 9 23
10 Cambridge United 16 5 7 4 22 24 9 3 4 2 12 13 7 2 3 2 10 11 -2 22
11 Burton Albion 16 6 4 6 16 21 8 4 2 2 12 11 8 2 2 4 4 10 -5 22
12 Accrington Stanley 15 6 3 6 19 25 6 4 1 1 9 8 9 2 2 5 10 17 -6 21
13 Lincoln City 16 5 5 6 20 20 8 2 3 3 8 9 8 3 2 3 12 11 0 20
14 Portsmouth 16 5 5 6 19 21 8 4 2 2 12 9 8 1 3 4 7 12 -2 20
15 Cheltenham Town 16 5 5 6 20 27 8 4 2 2 11 10 8 1 3 4 9 17 -7 20
16 Bolton Wanderers 16 5 4 7 22 26 7 2 3 2 9 13 9 3 1 5 13 13 -4 19
17 AFC Wimbledon 15 4 5 6 20 24 7 1 4 2 10 11 8 3 1 4 10 13 -4 17
18 Charlton Athletic 16 4 4 8 21 24 9 2 3 4 13 14 7 2 1 4 8 10 -3 16
19 Gillingham 16 3 7 6 15 21 8 2 3 3 7 11 8 1 4 3 8 10 -6 16
20 Morecambe 16 4 3 9 25 30 8 3 2 3 12 11 8 1 1 6 13 19 -5 15
21 Shrewsbury Town 16 4 3 9 15 22 8 4 1 3 11 10 8 0 2 6 4 12 -7 15
22 Fleetwood Town 15 3 5 7 26 27 8 2 2 4 14 14 7 1 3 3 12 13 -1 14
23 Doncaster Rovers 16 3 3 10 11 29 7 3 2 2 8 8 9 0 1 8 3 21 -18 12
24 Crewe Alexandra 16 1 6 9 12 29 8 1 3 4 8 16 8 0 3 5 4 13 -17 9

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.