Bristol City vs Portsmouth · Championship
Bristol City
11-6-9
5 – 0
FT
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Portsmouth
6-7-11
Ashton Gate · Bristol · England
Bristol City beat Portsmouth heavily, 5-0 at Ashton Gate (crowd 24,649); Portsmouth had not lost in 4 until now. Adam Randell got the deciding goal at the 11-minute mark and Anis Mehmeti widened the gap after 24 minutes; it went to 3-0 when Scott Twine scored at the 50-minute mark and Sinclair Armstrong widened the gap after 59 minutes. Sinclair Armstrong added to the lead late on, at 90 minutes. Bristol City had 62% of the ball and 14 shots to 5. From 14 shots, Bristol City found the target 7 times.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- Championship England
- Campaign
- 2025-26 English League Championship, Regular Season
- Ground
- Ashton Gate · Bristol · England
- Crowd
- 24,649
- Referee
- James Bell
- Bristol City form
- WDLLD
- Portsmouth form
- LWWDD
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol City | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Portsmouth | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Side by side
6Fouls14
0Yellow Cards1
0Red Cards0
3Offsides1
1Corner Kicks1
2Saves2
62.2%Possession37.8%
14Shots5
7On Goal2
50%On Target %40%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
563Accurate Passes295
644Passes384
90%Pass Completion %80%
2Accurate Crosses2
8Crosses9
30%Cross %20%
64Long Balls58
32Accurate Long Balls20
50%Long Balls %30%
2Blocked Shots1
9Effective Tackles5
15Tackles11
60%Tackle %50%
7Interceptions8
13Effective Clearances19
13Clearances19
Timeline
Full time · 5-0
⚽Sinclair ArmstrongAssist: Yu Hirakawa
90'+3'5 - 0
🔁Leo Pecoverreplacing Jason Knight
78'
74'
🔁Olutayo Singerrreplacing Mackenzie Kirk
🔁Cameron Pringreplacing Robert Atkinson
63'
62'
🔁Conor Chaplinreplacing Terry Devlin
62'
🔁Hayden Matthewsreplacing Conor Shaughnessy
62'
🔁Jordan Williamsreplacing Zak Swanson
⚽Sinclair ArmstrongAssist: Sam Bell
59'4 - 0
🔁Sinclair Armstrongreplacing Emil Riis Jakobsen
56'
🔁Sam Bellreplacing Scott Twine
56'
🔁Yu Hirakawareplacing Ross McCrorie
56'
⚽Scott Twine
50'3 - 0
45'
🔁Harvey Blairreplacing Luke Le Roux
Half-time · 2-0
⚽Anis MehmetiAssist: Jason Knight
24'2 - 0
22'
🟨Luke Le Roux
⚽Adam Randell
11'1 - 0
Kick-off
Teams
Bristol City3-4-2-1
18↓Riis Jakobsen
11⚽Mehmeti
10⚽↓Twine
21Borges
4⚽Randell
2↓McCrorie
12↓Knight
5↓Atkinson
14Vyner
19Tanner
1O'Leary
Bench
- 30Sinclair Armstrongon for Emil Riis Jakobsen, 56' ⚽⚽
- 3Cameron Pringon for Robert Atkinson, 63'
- 7Yu Hirakawaon for Ross McCrorie, 56'
- 24Hayden Roberts
- 16Robert Dickie
- 34Jed Meerholz
- 20Sam Bellon for Scott Twine, 56'
- 13Joe Lumley
- 29Leo Pecoveron for Jason Knight, 78'
Portsmouth3-4-3
10Segecic
8Swift
25↓Kirk
22↓Swanson
21Dozzell
24↓Devlin
16🟨↓Le Roux
17Bowat
6↓Shaughnessy
5Poole
1Schmid
Bench
- 46Olutayo Singerron for Mackenzie Kirk, 74'
- 2Jordan Williamson for Zak Swanson, 62'
- 29Harvey Blairon for Luke Le Roux, 45'
- 19Jacob Farrell
- 47Yang Min-Hyeok
- 26Josef Bursik
- 36Conor Chaplinon for Terry Devlin, 62'
- 15Franco Umeh-Chibueze
- 14Hayden Matthewson for Conor Shaughnessy, 62'
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Middlesbrough | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | +10 | 25 |
| 2 |  Swansea City | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 23 |
| 3 |  West Ham United | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | +17 | 22 |
| 4 |  Wolverhampton Wanderers | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 21 |
| 5 |  West Bromwich Albion | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 21 |
| 6 |  Southampton | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | +12 | 20 |
| 7 |  Birmingham City | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | +8 | 20 |
| 8 |  Queens Park Rangers | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | +8 | 20 |
| 9 |  Stoke City | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 20 |
| 10 |  Blackburn Rovers | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 18 |
| 11 |  Portsmouth | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 18 |
| 12 |  Sheffield United | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | +1 | 16 |
| 13 |  Millwall | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 15 |
| 14 |  Bristol City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 15 |
| 15 |  Lincoln City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 15 |
| 16 |  Cardiff City | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | +2 | 14 |
| 17 |  Wrexham | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -3 | 14 |
| 18 |  Bolton Wanderers | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 14 |
| 19 |  Charlton Athletic | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | -7 | 14 |
| 20 |  Norwich City | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | -2 | 12 |
| 21 |  Watford | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -10 | 11 |
| 22 |  Burnley | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -8 | 8 |
| 23 |  Derby County | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -11 | 7 |
| 24 |  Preston North End | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | -15 | 5 |
Meetings
3Bristol City wins
1Level
1Portsmouth wins
Last times they met
FT
Portsmouth
0–1
Bristol City · 2025-26 English League Championship
FT
Bristol City
3–0
Portsmouth · 2024-25 English League Championship
FT
Portsmouth
3–0
Bristol City · 2024-25 English League Championship
FT
Bristol City
2–1
Portsmouth · 2020-21 English FA Cup
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Bristol City
0–0
Portsmouth · Club Friendly
Form
Last games: Bristol City
D2-2L1-0W2-0W2-1L2-1
Last games: Portsmouth
L1-0W2-1D1-1D1-1W2-1
