Preview & Prediction: Portsmouth FC vs Stoke City FC

The upcoming Championship clash between Portsmouth and Stoke City on January 22nd, 2025, is shaping up to be a competitive encounter based on previous matchups and current form. Historically, Stoke City has the edge with four wins out of the last seven meetings, while Portsmouth has tasted victory twice. The last encounter saw Portsmouth narrowly losing 1-2 to Stoke City.

Currently, Portsmouth seems to be in decent form at home, averaging 1.58 points per game, indicating some resilience on their turf. On the other hand, Stoke City’s away performances have been underwhelming, managing just 0.77 points per game. This stark contrast in home and away form could play a pivotal role in the outcome of this match.

Both teams tend to be involved in high-scoring affairs, averaging 3.57 goals in their past contests, and the trend of both teams scoring in 57% of these encounters suggests we could see goals from both sides. Given Portsmouth’s solid performance at home and Stoke City’s struggles on the road, Portsmouth may capitalize on Stoke’s weaknesses. Expect Portsmouth to be the more aggressive side, potentially edging out a victory, although the potential for a draw cannot be disregarded given the competition’s intensity.

Insights

• Portsmouth has a historically challenging matchup against Stoke City, winning only 2 out of 7 recent encounters.
• Stoke City has the edge in head-to-head confrontations, securing 4 victories out of the last 7 matches.
• The teams have played to a draw only once in their recent head-to-head history.
• Matches between Portsmouth and Stoke City tend to be high-scoring, averaging 3.57 goals per game.
• Both teams scoring (BTTS) has occurred in 57% of their recent meetings.
• Portsmouth shows relatively better home performance with an average of 1.58 Points Per Game.
• Stoke City struggles away from home, averaging only 0.77 Points Per Game this season.
• Stoke City’s away form could be a concern coming into the match against Portsmouth.
• Portsmouth may have a slight advantage being the home team, considering Stoke City’s poor away record.
• The previous match saw Stoke City triumph with a 2-1 victory, suggesting a competitive encounter once again.

Match Facts

• The most frequent final score between Portsmouth FC and Stoke City is 1-2, occurring in 3 different matches.
• At home, Portsmouth FC has won 5 out of the last 9 matchups against Stoke City, with 2 matches drawn and 2 lost; Portsmouth scores 19 goals to Stoke’s 10 on aggregate.
• Across 19 overall meetings, Portsmouth FC claims 6 victories, 4 draws, and Stoke City leads with 9 wins, holding a slight goal difference advantage of 32-28.
• Portsmouth FC notches 27% of its goals between the 16th and 30th minutes, topping the league in this metric.
• Stoke City nets 25% of its goals within the first 15 minutes of play.
• Portsmouth FC is unbeaten in its last 5 home games.
• Stoke City is on a 4-game unbeaten run.
• Portsmouth FC has failed to win in their last 4 encounters with Stoke City.
• Portsmouth FC has gone scoreless in 4 of its 11 home Championship games this season.
• Stoke City has failed to find the net in 7 of its 12 away Championship matches this year.
• Callum Lang is the leading scorer for Portsmouth FC with 9 goals, matched by Thomas Cannon’s 9 goals for Stoke City.

• Josh Murphy leads Portsmouth FC in assists with 6, while Bae Jun-Ho tops Stoke City with 4 assists.
• Portsmouth FC wins the first half 38% of the time, compared to Stoke City’s 27%.
• Portsmouth also achieves 38% success rate in halftimes, as opposed to Stoke City’s 27%.
• Stoke City emerged victorious in their latest clash against Portsmouth FC, winning by 5 goals.
• Portsmouth FC secures victory in 80% of home matches when leading 1-0.
• Similarly, Stoke City wins 78% of away games when leading 0-1.
• Portsmouth FC has a 37% win rate at home when trailing 0-1, while Stoke City manages a 7% comeback rate when down 1-0 away.
• In the Championship, Portsmouth FC generally performs better than Stoke City.
• However, Stoke City’s recent performance across the last 5 matches surpasses that of Portsmouth FC.
• Portsmouth FC is experiencing a dry spell, failing to score in their last 3 matches consecutively.
• In their last 5 encounters, Stoke City has lost only once to Portsmouth FC in all competitions, winning the other 4 matches.
• The average goal tally per meeting between the teams is 3.6, with Portsmouth scoring 1.2 and Stoke City 2.4 on average.
• First-half encounters result in an average of 1.4 goals.
• Both teams did not win their most recent Championship game.
• On average, Portsmouth FC scores 1.95 goals at home, while Stoke City scores 1.23 goals away.
• Portsmouth FC has been defeated in its last 3 matches.
• Stoke City has performed more robustly than Portsmouth FC in the Championship.