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Match predictionOur tip: 2-2
Portsmouth vs Cardiff City Prediction: Fratton Park Set for Open Contest Between Two Winless Sides
Both Portsmouth and Cardiff City head into this Championship clash on 5 September 2026 with just three points from four games and neither can afford another disappointing result. Mousinho and Barry-Murphy have never faced each other at this level, so…
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- Week 5 of the 2026-2027 Championship sees Portsmouth and Cardiff City collide on 2026-09-05 at 15:00 GMT.
- Expect 3-4 yellow cards and 0 red cards, and 25 fouls this match from Referee B. Speedie based on their last 10 games.
- There is no recorded managerial head-to-head between J. Mousinho and Brian Barry-Murphy.
- Portsmouth sit 21st with 3 points while Cardiff City occupy 19th on 3 points.
- Portsmouth report 7 missing players: K. Anderson (Muscle Injury), M. Kosznovszky (Knee Injury), J. Murphy (Injury), C. Ogilvie (Knee Injury), F. Umeh (Hamstring Injury), T. Waddingham (Ankle Injury), J. Farrell (Groin Injury) but Cardiff City report 3 missing players: C. Chambers (Knee Injury), W. Fish (Hernia), D. Lawlor (Muscle Injury).
- Our forecast has Portsmouth in a 4-man backline (4-2-3-1), with Cardiff City set to counter in 4-2-3-1.
- Last time out, T. Devlin registered the best mark for Portsmouth - 7.2 - and A. Robertson did likewise for Cardiff City with an 7.6 score.
- Portsmouth lost 0-2 to Derby County, and Cardiff City were defeated 1-2 by Queens Park Rangers.
- Neither side is flying – Portsmouth 1-0-4 and Cardiff City 0-3-2 over the last 5 matches.
- Cardiff City lead this rivalry - 5 wins from 8 matches versus Portsmouth (who've won just 2 games), alongside 1 draw.
- With both sides enjoying similar home/away returns (0-0-2 vs 0-1-1) and scoring roughly 0.50-1.50 goals, a 2-2 draw seems on the cards.
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| 9' | K. Bielik | ||
| 31' | 1 - 0 | ||
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| 52' | 2 - 0 | ||
| 60' | O. Tanner | ||
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| 83' | |||
| 86' | A. Robertson | ||
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| 90+3' | Y. Salech | ||
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Portsmouth is going head to head with Cardiff on 5/9/2026 14:00 GMT for the England Championship. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Portsmouth v Cardiff H2H statistics!