Championship 25/26 · 30 Aug 2025

Portsmouth 1–0 Preston North End

Expected and what happened

No prediction: one side wasn't rated the month before.

Portsmouth won and made the better chances: 1.6 xG to 1.0.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Nicolas Schmid, 55.8 in 90′.

Well below it: Regan Poole −14.8, Adrian Segečić −12.2, Pol Valentín −11.7.

Each side's last five results before this match.

23 Aug 2025	D 1–1	at West Bromwich Albion Championship
16 Aug 2025	L 1–2	v Norwich City Championship
9 Aug 2025	W 1–0	at Oxford United Championship

23 Aug 2025	W 1–0	v Ipswich Town Championship
16 Aug 2025	W 2–1	v Leicester City Championship
9 Aug 2025	D 1–1	at Queens Park Rangers Championship

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Player	Min	G	A	xG	Score	vs usual
Terry Devlin Defender	1	0	0	–	100.0	–
Nicolas Schmid Goalkeeper	90	0	0	–	55.8	+3.0
Luke Le Roux Midfielder	26	0	0	–	46.4	–
Andre Dozzell Midfielder	90	1	0	0.03	42.8	+4.1
Conor Shaughnessy Defender	90	0	0	–	42.4	−6.4
Josh Knight Defender	11	0	0	–	40.3	–
Colby Bishop Forward	89	0	0	0.66	37.7	−4.5
Florian Bianchini Forward	64	0	0	–	36.8	−4.5
Adrian Segečić Midfielder	89	0	0	0.14	31.5	−12.2
John Swift Midfielder	90	0	1	0.04	30.8	−8.1
Josh Murphy Midfielder	90	0	0	0.62	30.1	–
Regan Poole Defender	90	0	0	–	29.7	−14.8
Connor Ogilvie Defender	90	0	0	–	25.1	−2.3
Zak Swanson Defender	79	0	0	0.08	23.2	–
Thomas Waddingham Forward	1	0	0	–	0.0	–

Player	Min	xG	Score	vs usual
Mads Frøkjær Midfielder	23	–	54.8	–
Stefán Teitur Þórðarson Midfielder	67	0.09	50.4	–
Daniel Iversen Goalkeeper	90	–	45.9	−6.8
Lewis Dobbin Forward	23	0.27	45.7	–
Andrew Hughes Defender	90	–	42.6	+4.1
Odeluga Offiah Defender	9	–	42.4	–
Lewis Gibson Defender	90	–	41.6	+1.3
Ben Whiteman Midfielder	90	0.12	41.3	+0.3
Michael Smith Forward	90	0.16	41.1	−1.0
Ali McCann Midfielder	90	–	40.6	+0.6
Daniel Jebbison Forward	67	0.15	40.5	–
Jordan Storey Defender	88	–	37.5	−0.3
Thierry Small Midfielder	90	0.21	34.4	−9.9
Pol Valentín Defender	90	–	30.2	−11.7