PortsmouthAttacking momentumDerby
Preview
- Portsmouth host Derby County on 2026-03-16 at 20:00 GMT, as part of week 38 of the 2025-2026's Championship in Fratton Park.
- Referee A. Backhouse has dished out around 4-5 yellows and 0 reds, plus 20 fouls per match across 7 games.
- Looking back over 3 duels, J. Eustace has 1 win versus J. Mousinho, who has no wins, with 2 draws.
- Portsmouth currently rank 20th (with 40 pts), versus Derby County at 8th on 54 pts.
- Portsmouth have 10 players out: T. Waddingham (Thigh Injury), A. Alese (Muscle Injury), F. Umeh (Hamstring Injury), J. Murphy (Foot Injury), M. Kosznovszky (Knee Injury), J. Knight (Back Injury), M. Kirk (Inactive), A. Dozzell (Ankle Injury), F. Bianchini (Knee Injury), K. Anderson (Hamstring Injury) but Derby County have 8 players missing: J. Vickers (Injury), J. Widell Zetterstrom (Muscle Injury), L. Thompson (Muscle Injury), L. Salvesen (Muscle Injury), S. Langas (Hamstring Injury), M. Johnston (Hamstring Injury), C. Elder (Inactive), D. Batth (Muscle Injury).
- Our forecast has Portsmouth in a 4-man backline (4-2-3-1), with Derby County set to counter in 4-2-3-1.
- Last time out, G. Caballero registered the best mark for Portsmouth - 6.2 - and D. Murkin did likewise for Derby County with an 6.2 score.
- Portsmouth lost 1-2 to Swansea City, and Derby County were defeated 0-1 by Millwall.
- Struggling form all round: Portsmouth are 1-1-3 and Derby County are 2-0-3 in their recent 5 matches.
- Derby County lead this rivalry - 4 wins from 14 matches versus Portsmouth (who've won just 2 games), alongside 8 draws.
- We're forecasting a stalemate, 1-1, as Portsmouth's 1.06 goals/game at home balance out Derby County's 1.37 away scoring.
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Odds
Predictions
Summary
Match Info
Team Kits
Portsmouth
Derby
Events
| 8' | 0 - 1 | ||
| 40' | C. Chaplin | ||
| 41' | S. Szmodics | ||
HT 0 - 1 | |||
| 53' | M. Clarke | ||
| 61' | |||
| 63' | |||
| 63' | |||
| 67' | J. Swift | ||
| 72' | |||
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| 77' | |||
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| 78' | B. Brereton Diaz | ||
| 83' | |||
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| 83' | |||
| 86' | B. Clark | ||
| 88' | J. Ward | ||
| 90+2' | O. Fraulo | ||
Stats
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Standings
Commentary
Portsmouth is going head to head with Derby on 16/3/2026 20:00 GMT at Fratton Park 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 Derby H2H statistics!