Championship (England) WON 0–1
Sat, Oct 17 · 16:00 · Carrow Road
Norwich Home
VS
Portsmouth Away
Norwich vs Portsmouth — Championship
Tipster's pick Portsmouth +1.5
Confidence Low
Odds 1.42 Odds via Bet365
Expert analysis

Portsmouth Set For Tight Test At Carrow Road

Norwich sit 20th after ten games and have lost their last five matches while conceding 2.0 goals per game in the league. Their home record shows 1.8 goals conceded per match and no clean sheets across ten fixtures. Portsmouth sit 16th with a stronger defensive mark of 1.0 goal conceded away from home in nine games. Norwich will be without McLean and three other players through injury. Head-to-head results show Portsmouth claiming two wins in the last five meetings. The pattern points to a contest where Portsmouth can keep the margin to one goal or better at Carrow Road.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 68.5% win rate
Result
0–1 WON

Our pick “Portsmouth +1.5” at odds 1.42 won — final score 0–1.

Match timeline
  1. First half
  2. Darlin Yongwa ↓ Benjamin Chrisene 45'
  3. Second half
  4. Marko Milovanović Penalty 51'
  5. Marko Milovanović 55'
  6. Lucien Mahovo ↓ Andre Brooks 57'
  7. Paris Maghoma ↓ Anis Ben Slimane 57'
  8. Ebou Adams ↓ Iyad Mohamed 60'
  9. Ryan Kavuma-McQueen 64'
  10. Oscar Schwartau 66'
  11. Odin Bailey ↓ Ryan Kavuma-McQueen 70'
  12. Tyrese Shade ↓ Marko Milovanović 71'
  13. Mathias Kvistgaarden ↓ Oscar Schwartau 73'
  14. Terry Devlin ↓ Marlon Pack 80'
  15. Mathias Kvistgaarden 90'
  16. Darlin Yongwa 90+3'
This season
Norwich Portsmouth
Over 2.5 goals 80% 56%
Clean sheet 0% 22%
Failed to score 30% 33%
Scored per game 1.7 1.3
Conceded per game 2.0 1.4
Scored home / away 2.0 / 1.4 1.6 / 1.0

Across 10 and 9 matches played this season.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
15 SHE Sheffield Utd 10 3 3 4 12
16 POR Portsmouth ▲ 9 3 2 4 11
17 WRE Wrexham 10 2 5 3 11
18 LIN Lincoln 10 3 2 5 11
19 CAR Cardiff 10 2 4 4 10
20 NOR Norwich ▲ 10 3 0 7 9
21 BUR Burnley 10 1 5 4 8
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Norwich LLLLL
L @ Middlesbrough 3–4 Sep 12
L @ Manchester City 0–5 Sep 17
L vs Bolton 3–4 Sep 20
L @ Swansea 1–2 Oct 10
L vs Southampton 0–1 Oct 14
Portsmouth WDDLW
W vs Cardiff 2–0 Sep 5
D @ Charlton 0–0 Sep 12
D vs Blackburn 2–2 Sep 19
L @ Southampton 0–1 Oct 11
W vs Sheffield Utd 3–2 Oct 14
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Norwich
Scored 1.4 avg
3 0 3 1 0
Conceded 3.2 avg
4 5 4 2 1
Portsmouth
Scored 1.4 avg
2 0 2 0 3
Conceded 1.0 avg
0 0 2 1 2
Head-to-head · last meetings
1 Norwich
2 Draws
2 Portsmouth
Apr 2026 Norwich 1–1 Portsmouth Draw
Aug 2025 Portsmouth 1–2 Norwich Norwich
Apr 2025 Norwich 3–5 Portsmouth Portsmouth
Dec 2024 Portsmouth 0–0 Norwich Draw
Jan 2019 Norwich 0–1 Portsmouth Portsmouth

Over 2.5 goals in 2 of the last 5 meetings.

Confirmed lineups
Norwich 4-2-3-1
  • 32 D. Grimshaw G
  • 3 J. Stacey D
  • 15 Ruairi McConville D
  • 33 J. Córdoba D
  • 14 B. Chrisene D
  • 16 Jacob Wright M
  • 7 P. Mattsson M
  • 11 A. Brooks M
  • 20 A. Ben Slimane M
  • 29 O. Schwartau M
  • 24 J. Makama F
Bench C. Ansen, H. Darling, S. Field, K. Fisher, M. Kvistgaarden, P. Maghoma, L. Mahovo, D. Yongwa, E. Mundle-Smith

P. Clement

Portsmouth 4-2-3-1
  • 1 N. Schmid G
  • 22 Z. Swanson D
  • 5 R. Poole D
  • 55 M. Dia D
  • 16 J. Meghoma D
  • 7 M. Pack M
  • 37 I. Mohamed M
  • 11 A. Kamara M
  • 10 A. Segecic M
  • 25 R. Kavuma McQueen M
  • 29 M. Milovanović F
Bench D. Bielica, C. Bishop, T. Devlin, E. Kenny, B. Killip, T. Shade, R. Shein, O. Bailey, E. Adams

John Mousinho

Team news · injuries & suspensions
Norwich
  • OUT A. Ahmed Knee Injury
  • OUT P. A. Diallo Injury
  • OUT V. Kovacevic Concussion
  • OUT K. McLean Injury
  • OUT M. Topic Knee Injury
  • OUT M. Toure Shoulder Injury
  • DOUBT A. Crnac Rest
  • DOUBT K. Fisher Health problems
  • OUT A. Ahmed Knee Injury
  • OUT P. A. Diallo Injury
  • OUT V. Kovacevic Concussion
  • OUT K. McLean Injury
  • OUT M. Topic Knee Injury
  • OUT M. Toure Shoulder Injury
  • DOUBT A. Crnac Rest
  • DOUBT K. Fisher Health problems
Portsmouth
  • OUT B. Arthur Back Injury
  • OUT L. Brooke-Smith Ankle Injury
  • OUT M. Kosznovszky Knee Injury
  • OUT J. Murphy Groin Injury
  • OUT C. Ogilvie Knee Injury
  • OUT F. Umeh Hamstring Injury
  • OUT T. Waddingham Ankle Injury
  • DOUBT K. Anderson Overload
  • DOUBT C. Shaughnessy Injury
  • OUT B. Arthur Back Injury
  • OUT L. Brooke-Smith Ankle Injury
  • OUT M. Kosznovszky Knee Injury
  • OUT J. Murphy Groin Injury
  • OUT C. Ogilvie Knee Injury
  • OUT F. Umeh Hamstring Injury
  • OUT T. Waddingham Ankle Injury
  • DOUBT K. Anderson Overload
  • DOUBT C. Shaughnessy Injury