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EFL Cup 26/27, Round 1 · 8 Aug 2026

West Ham United 3–1 Portsmouth

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Jul 2026; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
2.6 – 0.5
Actual xG
–
Goals
3 – 1

Footybot made West Ham United favourites at 82%.

No xG was recorded for this match, so only the result can be read.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Ebou Adams, 70.3 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: Ebou Adams +34.5, Terry Devlin +22.4, Zak Swanson +22.0.

Well below it: Jarrod Bowen −22.9, Konstantinos Mavropanos −19.5, Valentín Castellanos −18.4.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

West Ham United

24 May 2026W 3–0v Leeds United Premier League
17 May 2026L 1–3at Newcastle United Premier League
10 May 2026L 0–1v Arsenal Premier League
2 May 2026L 0–3at Brentford Premier League
25 Apr 2026W 2–1v Everton Premier League

Portsmouth

2 May 2026D 1–1v Birmingham City Championship
25 Apr 2026W 3–1at Stoke City Championship
21 Apr 2026L 1–5at Coventry City Championship
18 Apr 2026W 1–0v Leicester City Championship
14 Apr 2026W 2–0v Ipswich Town Championship

Head to head

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

West Ham United

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Mads Hermansen Goalkeeper9000–54.9+6.1
Max Kilman Defender9000–52.4+5.7
Pablo Felipe Forward9001–46.8−0.4
Konstantinos Mavropanos Defender9000–41.4−19.5
James Ward-Prowse Midfielder1500–36.2–
Edson Álvarez Midfielder7500–35.7−14.6
Lewis Orford Midfielder9000–34.9–
Kyle Walker-Peters Defender9000–34.8−14.2
Joshua Ajala Forward100–34.4–
Valentín Castellanos Forward8820–33.8−18.4
Joël Veltman Defender1100–33.5–
Jarrod Bowen Midfielder8911–31.2−22.9
Mohamadou Kanté Midfielder7501–30.2–
Oliver Scarles Defender9000–30.1−18.3
El Hadji Malick Diouf Defender1500–17.4–

Portsmouth

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
John Swift Midfielder800–100.0–
Odin Bailey Midfielder3000–80.1–
Ebou Adams Midfielder9000–70.3+34.5
Eoin Kenny Midfielder3000–61.0–
Rocco Robert Shein Midfielder9000–57.5+10.7
Terry Devlin Defender9000–54.3+22.4
Zak Swanson Defender6000–53.0+22.0
Colby Bishop Forward8200–48.8+11.9
Adrian Segečić Midfielder9010–45.5+9.6
Luke Brooke-Smith Forward5200–43.8–
Regan Poole Defender9000–43.7+6.2
Nicolas Schmid Goalkeeper9000–42.4−4.1
Marko Milovanović Forward3000–41.0–
Luke Le Roux Midfielder6000–36.1−4.5
Conor Shaughnessy Defender9000–34.9−5.6
Thomas Waddingham Forward800–34.4–