Bristol City vs Portsmouth · Championship
Bristol City
2-1-1
2 – 1
FT
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Portsmouth
1-0-3
Ashton Gate · Bristol · England
Portsmouth lost 2-1 to Bristol City at Ashton Gate (crowd 24,134). The goal that settled it came from Lorent Tolaj at the 31-minute mark and it went to 2-0 when Jason Knight scored after 56 minutes; Portsmouth answered through Marko Milovanovic late on, at 90 minutes with a penalty. Portsmouth led the shot count 14-9 and held 54% possession. 3 of the 9 shots by Bristol City were on target. James Bell was in charge.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- Championship England
- Campaign
- 2026-27 English League Championship, Regular Season
- Ground
- Ashton Gate · Bristol · England
- Crowd
- 24,134
- Referee
- James Bell (Referee)
- Bristol City form
- LWDLD
- Portsmouth form
- DLWWD
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol City | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Portsmouth | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Side by side
15Fouls6
3Yellow Cards0
0Red Cards0
1Offsides0
3Corner Kicks10
1Saves1
45.7%Possession54.3%
9Shots14
3On Goal1
30%On Target %10%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken1
236Accurate Passes282
321Passes371
70%Pass Completion %80%
3Accurate Crosses1
13Crosses30
20%Cross %0%
53Long Balls49
13Accurate Long Balls13
20%Long Balls %30%
3Blocked Shots4
7Effective Tackles8
10Tackles11
70%Tackle %70%
9Interceptions5
32Effective Clearances31
32Clearances31
Timeline
Full time · 2-1
90'+5'2 - 1
⚽Marko MilovanovicPenalty
🔁Noah Eilereplacing George Tanner
85'
🟨Robert Dickie
77'
74'
🔁John Swiftreplacing Marlon Pack
🔁Dominic Ballardreplacing Lorent Tolaj
74'
🔁Cameron Pringreplacing Yu Hirakawa
74'
69'
🔁Madiodio Diareplacing Benjamin Arthur
🔁Tomi Horvatreplacing Jed Wallace
68'
🔁Sam Greenwoodreplacing Scott Twine
68'
🟨Jason Knight
67'
63'
🔁Marko Milovanovicreplacing Colby Bishop
63'
🔁Harvey Blairreplacing Ryan Kavuma-Mcqueen
⚽Jason KnightAssist: Rio Cardines
56'2 - 0
🟨Rio Cardines
49'
45'
🔁Ebrima Adamsreplacing Rocco Robert Shein
Half-time · 1-0
⚽Lorent TolajAssist: Jed Wallace
31'1 - 0
Kick-off
Teams
Bristol City4-2-3-1
9⚽↓Tolaj
7↓Hirakawa
10↓Twine
17↓Wallace
8Williams
12⚽🟨Knight
21🟨Cardines
2Eissat
19↓Tanner
16🟨Dickie
1Tickle
Bench
- 5Robert Atkinson
- 3Cameron Pringon for Yu Hirakawa, 74'
- 23Dominic Ballardon for Lorent Tolaj, 74'
- 38Noah Eileon for George Tanner, 85'
- 4Adam Randell
- 40Bradley Collins
- 20Sam Greenwoodon for Scott Twine, 68'
- 14Tomi Horvaton for Jed Wallace, 68'
- 27Gibson Yah
Portsmouth4-2-3-1
9↓Bishop
25↓Kavuma-Mcqueen
10Segecic
11Kamara
7↓Pack
19↓Shein
22Swanson
6Shaughnessy
24Devlin
2↓Arthur
1Schmid
Bench
- 38Ebrima Adamson for Rocco Robert Shein, 45'
- 8John Swifton for Marlon Pack, 74'
- 55Madiodio Diaon for Benjamin Arthur, 69'
- 27Odin Bailey
- 5Regan Poole
- 31Daniel Bielica
- 28Luke Brooke-Smith
- 34Harvey Blairon for Ryan Kavuma-Mcqueen, 63'
- 29Marko Milovanovicon for Colby Bishop, 63' ⚽
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Swansea City | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | +8 | 23 |
| 2 |  West Ham United | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | +18 | 22 |
| 3 |  Middlesbrough | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | +6 | 22 |
| 4 |  Birmingham City | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | +9 | 20 |
| 5 |  West Bromwich Albion | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 20 |
| 6 |  Stoke City | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | +2 | 19 |
| 7 |  Wolverhampton Wanderers | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 18 |
| 8 |  Southampton | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | +11 | 17 |
| 9 |  Queens Park Rangers | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 17 |
| 10 |  Blackburn Rovers | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 15 |
| 11 |  Sheffield United | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 15 |
| 12 |  Millwall | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| 13 |  Portsmouth | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 15 |
| 14 |  Wrexham | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | -1 | 14 |
| 15 |  Bolton Wanderers | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 14 |
| 16 |  Bristol City | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 14 |
| 17 |  Charlton Athletic | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | -5 | 14 |
| 18 |  Lincoln City | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -10 | 12 |
| 19 |  Cardiff City | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 11 |
| 20 |  Watford | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -9 | 11 |
| 21 |  Norwich City | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8 | -4 | 9 |
| 22 |  Burnley | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -5 | 8 |
| 23 |  Derby County | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | -11 | 6 |
| 24 |  Preston North End | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | -15 | 4 |
Meetings
4Bristol City wins
0Level
1Portsmouth wins
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Form
Last games: Bristol City
W2-0W4-1L1-0L2-0D2-2
Last games: Portsmouth
W3-1D1-1L3-1L3-1W3-1
