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Matchday

Championship 26/27 · 17 Oct 2026

Norwich City 0–1 Portsmouth

Expected and what happened

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

Expected xG
1.5 – 0.9
Actual xG
0.3 – 1.2
Goals
0 – 1

Footybot made Norwich City favourites at 53%.

Portsmouth won and made the better chances: 1.2 xG to 0.3.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Nicolas Schmid, 54.7 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: Regan Poole +11.7.

Well below it: Adrian Segečić −12.0, Oscar Schwartau −11.2, Ruairi McConville −10.9.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Norwich City

14 Oct 2026L 0–1v Southampton Championship
10 Oct 2026L 1–2at Swansea City Championship
20 Sep 2026L 3–4v Bolton Wanderers Championship
17 Sep 2026L 0–5at Manchester City EFL Cup
12 Sep 2026L 3–4at Middlesbrough Championship

Portsmouth

14 Oct 2026W 3–2v Sheffield United Championship
11 Oct 2026L 0–1at Southampton Championship
19 Sep 2026D 2–2v Blackburn Rovers Championship
12 Sep 2026D 0–0at Charlton Athletic Championship
5 Sep 2026W 2–0v Cardiff City Championship

Head to head

3 Apr 2026Norwich City 1–1 Portsmouth Championship
16 Aug 2025Portsmouth 1–2 Norwich City Championship

Norwich City

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Daniel Grimshaw Goalkeeper9000–45.7+1.5
Ben Chrisene Defender4500–45.1+7.4
Paris Maghoma Midfielder3300–41.3–
Jovon Makama Forward90000.0639.1−0.1
Pelle Mattsson Midfielder90000.0237.5−6.5
José Córdoba Defender9000–37.4−0.1
Mathias Kvistgaarden Forward17000.0337.3–
Darlin Yongwa Defender4500–37.0−9.9
Jack Stacey Defender9000–36.2+2.4
Ruairi McConville Defender90000.0534.6−10.9
Andre Brooks Midfielder5700–33.9−8.3
Jacob Wright Midfielder9000–33.9−10.0
Anis Ben Slimane Midfielder57000.0831.7−6.0
Oscar Schwartau Midfielder7300–26.2−11.2
Lucien Mahovo Defender33000.0515.7–

Portsmouth

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Nicolas Schmid Goalkeeper9000–54.7+5.1
Marko Milovanović Forward71100.7951.7+4.6
Ebou Adams Midfielder3000–51.7–
Regan Poole Defender9000–49.0+11.7
Terry Devlin Defender1000–46.6–
Iyad Mohamed Midfielder6000–46.2+3.7
Madiodio Dia Defender9000–42.6+0.0
Marlon Pack Midfielder8000–42.0+2.0
Abu Kamara Midfielder90000.1540.5+1.7
Ryan Kavuma-McQueen Forward7000–38.1−2.2
Zak Swanson Defender90000.0232.6−1.8
Adrian Segečić Midfielder90000.2230.2−12.0
Jayden Meghoma Defender90000.0128.9−5.1
Tyrese Shade Forward1900–24.4–
Odin Bailey Midfielder2000–17.4–