Portsmouth vs Blackburn
Ref: Tim Robinson, EnglandFratton Park, Portsmouth · 20,821 cap
Match recap
Portsmouth beat Blackburn 2–1 in their Championship fixture. Lang and Bowat scored for Portsmouth; Ohashi replied for Blackburn. Expected-goals data put the chance balance at 1.77 for Portsmouth versus 0.72 for Blackburn. Portsmouth sit 18th in the Championship table while Blackburn are 20th.
First Half
28'
Ohashi
Yellow Card
35'
Alebiosu
Yellow Card
36'
⚽
Ohashi
Assist: Sidnei Tavares
45+4'
Miller
Yellow Card
Second Half
⇄
Yang Min-Hyeok
Matthews
Yellow Card
⇄
Swift
Lang
Yellow Card
⚽
Lang
Assist: Murphy
70'
⇄
Cantwell
70'
⇄
Morishita
76'
⇄
Sidnei Tavares
⚽
Bowat
Assist: Chaplin
84'
⇄
De Neve
84'
⇄
Guðjohnsen
⇄
Matthews
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Coventry | 46 | 28 | 11 | 7 | +52 | 95 |
| 17 |  Stoke City | 46 | 15 | 10 | 21 | -5 | 55 |
| 18 |  Portsmouth | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | -15 | 55 |
| 19 |  Charlton | 46 | 13 | 14 | 19 | -14 | 53 |
| 20 |  Blackburn | 46 | 13 | 13 | 20 | -14 | 52 |
| 21 |  West Brom | 46 | 13 | 14 | 19 | -10 | 51 |
As of 23 May 2026
Last 5: ←oldestMatch Statistics
PortsmouthBlackburn
12Won
Statistical edge
12–2
battles won across 16 metrics
Expected Goals (xG)
1.77VS0.72
Attack5 · 1 won
18
Shots
11
7
Shots on target
2
12
Shots in the box
9
6
Shots outside box
2
5
Shots off goal
6
7
Corners
6
Possession & Passing4 · 0 won
54%
Possession
46%
360
Total passes
314
266
Accurate passes
212
74%
Pass accuracy
68%
Discipline2 · 0 won
9
Fouls
14
2
Yellow cards
3
2
Offsides
2
Goalkeeping & Defence1 · 1 won
1
Goalkeeper saves
4
6
Blocked shots
3
0.45
Goals prevented
0.45
Portsmouth
4-2-3-1
Blackburn
3-4-1-2Portsmouth
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 1N. SchmidG
- 8J. SwiftM
- 14H. MatthewsD
- 17I. BowatD
- 21A. DozzellM
- 22Z. SwansonD
- 23J. MurphyM
- 24T. DevlinD
- 36C. ChaplinM
- 47Yang Min-HyeokM
- 49C. LangF
Substitutes
- 2J. WilliamsD
- 9C. BishopF
- 10A. SegecicM
- 16L. Le RouxM
- 18M. KosznovszkyM
- 25M. KirkF
- 26J. BursikG
- 29H. BlairF
- 44Ashton SizerD
Blackburn
3-4-1-2Starting XI
- 1A. PearsG
- 2R. AlebiosuM
- 4Yuri RibeiroD
- 8Sidnei TavaresM
- 10T. CantwellF
- 11A. GuðjohnsenF
- 12L. MillerD
- 14D. De NeveM
- 15S. McLoughlinD
- 23Y. OhashiF
- 25R. MorishitaM
Substitutes
- 3H. PickeringD
- 5T. Gardner-HickmanM
- 6S. TronstadM
- 9M. GueyeF
- 18A. HenrikssonM
- 24M. BaradjiM
- 35N. MichalskiG
- 40M. LitherlandD
- 43George Christopher John PrattD
Portsmouth
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ibane Bowat | D | 90 | 8.0 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Conor Chaplin | M | 90 | 7.6 | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | — |
| Terry Devlin | D | 90 | 7.3 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Josh Murphy(C) | M | 90 | 7.2 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1/3 |
| Andre Dozzell | M | 90 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| Zak Swanson | D | 90 | 7.2 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Callum Lang | F | 90 | 7.0 | 1 | — | 4 | 2 | — | 0/1 |
| Nicolas Schmid | G | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hayden Matthews | D | 89 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| John Swift | M | 57 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0/1 |
| Yang Min-hyeok | M | 45 | 6.2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 0/1 |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Ashton Sizer | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Makenzie Kirk | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Adrian Segecic | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Harvey Blair | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Josef Bursik | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Luke Le Roux | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jordan Williams | D | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Márk Kosznovszky | M | 33 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Colby Bishop | F | 45 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Blackburn
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yuri Ribeiro | D | 90 | 7.3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0/1 |
| Aynsley Pears | G | 90 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Yuki Ohashi | F | 90 | 7.0 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0/4 |
| Todd Cantwell(C) | F | 70 | 6.9 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1/2 |
| Sidnei Tavares | M | 76 | 6.9 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1/1 |
| Ryoya Morishita | M | 70 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0/1 |
| Ryan Alebiosu | M | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/3 |
| Andri Guðjohnsen | F | 84 | 6.3 | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — |
| Sean McLoughlin | D | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2/2 |
| Lewis Miller | D | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0/1 |
| Dion De Neve | M | 84 | 5.9 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Matthew Litherland | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Harry Pickering | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nicholas Michalski | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| George Pratt | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Moussa Baradji | M | 20 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Axel Henriksson | M | 14 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Taylor Gardner-Hickman | M | 20 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Sondre Tronstad | M | 14 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Makhtar Gueye | F | 14 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |