Championship · Regular Season - 9

SouthamptonvPortsmouth

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1Headline

Recommended bet: none on this match

We hold prices on this match — the market's own numbers are below — but we have published no forecast of our own for these markets yet, so there is nothing to weigh them against.

We don't have a model forecast for this match yet. Forecasts publish once a fixture is in the model's fitting window — usually a few days before kick-off. Here's what we do have right now:

  • • Market prices and price movement
  • • Head-to-head record and recent form
  • • Lineups and injuries where available
  • • Venue, kickoff time, and context

Check back closer to kick-off for our forecast, or explore matches we've already analyzed below.

For comparison, the market gives Southampton a 61% chance. No model forecast has been published for this fixture.

SouthamptonModel pendingMarket 61%
Southampton:, no forecast published, market 61%

2Market

Open: 61% home · 22% draw · 17% away

Now: 61% home · 22% draw · 17% away

Only one price captured so far — drift needs at least two.

Match result

Home—vs61%
Draw—vs22%
Away—vs17%

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Goals over 2.5

Over 2.5—vs58%
Under 2.5—vs42%

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Goals over 1.5

Over 1.5—vs80%
Under 1.5—vs20%

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Goals over 3.5

Over 3.5—vs35%
Under 3.5—vs65%

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Both teams to score

Yes—vs56%
No—vs44%

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Gap is our probability minus the market's. A large one means we disagree with the price, not that we are right — whether we have been is published per market on the accuracy page. A market with no price is one we hold no odds for yet.

3Availability

Southampton

Lineup not yet confirmed

  • R. Akachukwu — doubtful (Injury)
  • T. Harwood-Bellis — out (Injury)
  • C. Jander — out (Lacking Match Fitness)

Portsmouth

Lineup not yet confirmed

  • J. Bursik — out (Calf Injury)
  • K. Anderson — out (Muscle Injury)
  • Marezi — out (Calf Injury)
  • L. Brooke-Smith — out (Ankle Injury)
  • J. Farrell — out (Groin Injury)
  • J. Murphy — out (Injury)
  • H. Blair — out (Illness)
  • T. Waddingham — out (Ankle Injury)
  • F. Umeh — out (Hamstring Injury)
  • M. Pack — out (Knee Injury)
  • C. Ogilvie — out (Knee Injury)
  • M. Kosznovszky — out (Knee Injury)

4Form

The five matches each side played before this one, with expected goals where we have them. xG is shown as absent rather than zero when it was never measured — matches played before we began collecting statistics have none.

SouthamptonLWWDD

  • Sat 19 Sep · A v Wrexham 1–2
  • Sat 12 Sep · H v Bristol City 4–1
  • Tue 8 Sep · H v Swansea 3–1
  • Sat 5 Sep · A v Lincoln 1–1
  • Tue 1 Sep · A v Birmingham 1–1

PortsmouthDDWLL

  • Sat 19 Sep · H v Blackburn 2–2
  • Sat 12 Sep · A v Charlton 0–0
  • Sat 5 Sep · H v Cardiff 2–0
  • Tue 1 Sep · H v Derby 0–2
  • Sat 29 Aug · A v Bristol City 1–2(xG 1.4–0.6)

How each side has been going — every figure is out of the games actually played, not a run chosen to flatter. How the two have met is in the head-to-head below.

Southampton
  • Southampton have won 2 of their last 5.
  • Southampton have scored in 5 of their last 5.
  • 3 of Southampton's last 5 went over 2.5 goals.
  • Both teams scored in 5 of Southampton's last 5.
  • Southampton kept a clean sheet in 0 of their last 5.
Portsmouth
  • Portsmouth have won 1 of their last 5.
  • Portsmouth have scored in 3 of their last 5.
  • 2 of Portsmouth's last 5 went over 2.5 goals.
  • Both teams scored in 2 of Portsmouth's last 5.
  • Portsmouth kept a clean sheet in 2 of their last 5.

6Head-to-head

No prior meetings on record.

7Context

Southampton

Rest: 22 days · 0 matches in 14d

Portsmouth

Rest: 22 days · 0 matches in 14d

Venue unconfirmed

8Red flags

Common questions

What is the team news for Southampton vs Portsmouth?
Southampton's reported absences and doubts include R. Akachukwu, T. Harwood-Bellis, C. Jander. Portsmouth's include J. Bursik, K. Anderson, Marezi, L. Brooke-Smith and 8 others. Each player's status is in the availability section above.