Championship

Championship | Gameweek 39

Mar 29, 2025 at 3pm UK

Fratton Park

Portsmouth
1 - 0
Blackburn

Murphy (20')
Swanson (36'), Poole (37'), Williams (75'), Botts (81')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Dolan (6'), Batth (40')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Championship clash between Portsmouth and Blackburn Rovers, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Portsmouth

All competitions

Last Game: Preston 2-1 Portsmouth
Saturday, March 15 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Blackburn Rovers

All competitions

Last Game: Blackburn 1-2 Cardiff
Saturday, March 15 at 3pm in Championship

Goals
for

Top scorers

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Portsmouth win with a probability of 40.84%. A win for Blackburn Rovers had a probability of 32.87% and a draw had a probability of 26.3%.

The most likely scoreline for a Portsmouth win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.29%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.65%) and 2-0 (7.13%). The likeliest Blackburn Rovers win was 0-1 (9.03%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.5%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 10.3% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 1-0 win for Portsmouth in this match.

Result
Portsmouth	Draw	Blackburn Rovers
40.84% ( 0.06)	26.29%	32.87% ( -0.06)

Both teams to score 52.69% (

-0.01)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

48.11% (

-0.01)

51.89% (

0.01)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

26.36% (

-0.01)

73.64% (

0.01)

Portsmouth Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

74.95% (

0.03)

25.05% (

-0.03)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

40.27% (

0.04)

59.72% (

-0.04)

Blackburn Rovers Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

70.3% (

-0.05)

29.7% (

0.04)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

34.24% (

-0.05)

65.75% (

0.05)

Score Analysis

Portsmouth 40.83%

Blackburn Rovers 32.87%

Draw 26.28%

Portsmouth	Draw	Blackburn Rovers
1-0 @ 10.29% ( 0.01) 2-1 @ 8.65% ( 0.01) 2-0 @ 7.13% ( 0.01) 3-1 @ 3.99% ( 0.01) 3-0 @ 3.29% ( 0.01) 3-2 @ 2.42% ( 0) 4-1 @ 1.38% ( 0) 4-0 @ 1.14% ( 0) Other @ 2.53% Total : 40.83%	1-1 @ 12.5% 0-0 @ 7.44% ( 0) 2-2 @ 5.25% ( -0) 3-3 @ 0.98% ( -0) Other @ 0.11% Total : 26.28%	0-1 @ 9.03% ( -0.01) 1-2 @ 7.59% ( -0.01) 0-2 @ 5.48% ( -0.01) 1-3 @ 3.07% ( -0.01) 0-3 @ 2.22% ( -0.01) 2-3 @ 2.13% ( -0) 1-4 @ 0.93% ( -0) Other @ 2.42% Total : 32.87%