Championship 26/27 · 5 Sep 2026

Portsmouth 2–0 Cardiff City

Expected and what happened

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

Footybot made Portsmouth favourites at 51%.

Portsmouth won and made the better chances: 1.8 xG to 1.2.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Krystian Bielik, 61.4 in 91′.

Player	Min	G	A	xG	Score
Daniel Bielica Goalkeeper	101	0	0	–	54.5
Marko Milovanović Forward	69	1	0	1.13	49.8
Ebou Adams Midfielder	36	0	0	0.01	48.8
Adrian Segečić Midfielder	101	0	1	0.06	45.7
Conor Shaughnessy Defender	101	1	0	0.04	42.0
Colby Bishop Forward	32	0	0	–	38.1
Marlon Pack Midfielder	94	0	0	–	36.2
Tyrese Shade Forward	69	0	1	0.06	35.3
Benjamin Arthur Defender	101	0	0	–	35.0
Ryan Kavuma-McQueen Forward	32	0	0	0.03	34.2
Abu Kamara Midfielder	101	0	0	0.11	33.1
Iyad Mohamed Midfielder	7	0	0	–	25.6
Rocco Robert Shein Midfielder	65	0	0	–	23.8
Terry Devlin Defender	101	0	0	0.37	23.5
Jayden Meghoma Defender	65	0	0	–	19.4
Zak Swanson Defender	36	0	0	–	19.2

Player	Min	xG	Score
Krystian Bielik Defender	91	0.03	61.4
Gabriel Osho Defender	101	–	52.1
Chris Willock Midfielder	64	0.23	48.1
Nathan Trott Goalkeeper	101	–	46.6
Ollie Tanner Midfielder	83	0.17	45.2
David Turnbull Midfielder	63	0.11	45.1
Calum Scanlon Defender	10	–	43.1
Alex Robertson Midfielder	101	0.04	41.1
Rubin Colwill Midfielder	37	0.03	38.7
Joel Colwill Midfielder	38	0.26	38.0
Jack Moylan Midfielder	101	0.16	37.6
Yousef Salech Forward	101	0.08	36.5
Perry Ng Defender	101	–	35.8
Cian Ashford Midfielder	18	0.01	34.1
Joel Bagan Defender	101	0.03	30.1