Championship

Championship | Gameweek 38

Mar 15, 2025 at 3pm UK

Deepdale

Preston
2 - 1
Portsmouth

Porteous (76'), Teitur Thordarson (87')
Frokjaer-Jensen (24'), Greenwood (90')

FT(HT: 0-0)

Bishop (83')
Waddingham (90+5')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Preston North End and Portsmouth, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Preston North End

All competitions

Championship

Last Game: Sunderland 1-1 Preston
Tuesday, March 11 at 7.45pm in Championship

Goals
for

Portsmouth

All competitions

Last Game: Portsmouth 1-2 Plymouth
Wednesday, March 12 at 7.45pm in Championship

Goals
for

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Preston North End win with a probability of 51.02%. A draw had a probability of 27.2% and a win for Portsmouth had a probability of 21.81%.

The most likely scoreline for a Preston North End win was 1-0 with a probability of 15.06%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (10.68%) and 2-1 (8.8%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (12.41%), while for a Portsmouth win it was 0-1 (8.75%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with an 8.8% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Preston North End would win this match.

Result
Preston North End	Draw	Portsmouth
51.02%	27.17%	21.81% ( -0)

Both teams to score 42.53%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

38.85%

61.14% (

-0)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

18.9%

81.1%

Preston North End Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

75.79%

24.21% (

-0)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

41.45%

58.55%

Portsmouth Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

56.12% (

-0)

43.88%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

19.98% (

-0)

80.02%

Score Analysis

Preston North End 51.01%

Portsmouth 21.81%

Draw 27.16%

Preston North End	Draw	Portsmouth
1-0 @ 15.06% 2-0 @ 10.68% 2-1 @ 8.8% 3-0 @ 5.05% 3-1 @ 4.16% 4-0 @ 1.79% 3-2 @ 1.71% 4-1 @ 1.48% Other @ 2.27% Total : 51.01%	1-1 @ 12.41% 0-0 @ 10.62% 2-2 @ 3.63% Other @ 0.51% Total : 27.16%	0-1 @ 8.75% 1-2 @ 5.11% 0-2 @ 3.6% ( -0) 1-3 @ 1.4% 2-3 @ 1% 0-3 @ 0.99% Other @ 0.96% Total : 21.81%

How you voted: Preston vs Portsmouth

Preston North End

72.7%

Draw

18.2%

Portsmouth

9.1%

Head to Head

Nov 9, 2024 3pm

Gameweek 15

Portsmouth

3-1

Preston

Murphy (36'), Ogilvie (45'), Bishop (89' pen.)
Poole (69')

Riis Jakobsen (50')

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Mar 29, 2013 5pm

Preston

1-1

Portsmouth

Keane (77')
King (54')

Wallace (3')
Gyepes (19')

Dec 15, 2012 3pm

McLeod (88'), Rocha (90')

Wright (26'), Procter (40'), Robertson (90'), Mousinho (90')

Apr 9, 2011 3pm

Portsmouth

1-1

Preston

Halford (62')
De Laet (49')

Hume (32')
Nicholson (54'), Carter (64')

Aug 21, 2010 3pm

Preston

1-0

Portsmouth

Hayes (18')
Coutts (14'), Treacy (30')

Mokoena (90'), Wilson (90')

Form Guide

Sunderland 1-1 Preston

Sheff Utd 1-0 Preston

Portsmouth 1-2 Plymouth

Portsmouth 1-0 Leeds

Luton 1-0 Portsmouth

Portsmouth 2-1 QPR

Oxford Utd 0-2 Portsmouth

Portsmouth 2-1 Cardiff

Nations League

International Friendlies

Algeria

International Friendlies

Georgia

Belarus

International Friendlies

Singapore

Tajikistan

World Cup Qualifying - Asia

Saudi Arabia

Jordan

World Cup Qualifying - North Central America

COSAFA Cup

Lesotho

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
C	Leeds United Leeds	46	29	13	4	95	30	65	100
P	Burnley	46	28	16	2	69	16	53	100
3	Sheffield United Sheff Utd	46	28	8	10	63	36	27	90
P	Sunderland	46	21	13	12	58	44	14	76
5	Coventry City Coventry	46	20	9	17	64	58	6	69
6	Bristol City	46	17	17	12	59	55	4	68
7	Blackburn Rovers Blackburn	46	19	9	18	53	48	5	66
8	Millwall	46	18	12	16	47	49	-2	66
9	West Bromwich Albion West Brom	46	15	19	12	57	47	10	64
10	Middlesbrough	46	18	10	18	64	56	8	64
11	Swansea City Swansea	46	17	10	19	51	56	-5	61
12	Sheffield Wednesday Sheff Weds	46	15	13	18	60	69	-9	58
13	Norwich City Norwich	46	14	15	17	71	68	3	57
14	Watford	46	16	9	21	53	61	-8	57
15	Queens Park Rangers QPR	46	14	14	18	53	63	-10	56
16	Portsmouth	46	14	12	20	58	71	-13	54
17	Oxford United Oxford Utd	46	13	14	19	49	65	-16	53
18	Stoke City Stoke	46	12	15	19	45	62	-17	51
19	Derby County Derby	46	13	11	22	48	56	-8	50
20	Preston North End Preston	46	10	20	16	48	59	-11	50
21	Hull City	46	12	13	21	44	54	-10	49
R	Luton Town Luton	46	13	10	23	45	69	-24	49
R	Plymouth Argyle Plymouth	46	11	13	22	51	88	-37	46
R	Cardiff City Cardiff	46	9	17	20	48	73	-25	44
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