Match Report
Portsmouth (18th, 7 pts) visited Bristol City (11th, 10 pts) with 3 points between them. Bristol City had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 3rd in the league over the last five rounds against 11th overall. Against a league average of 1.43 goals per team per game, Bristol City ran at 1.67 scored and 1.83 conceded, Portsmouth at 1.17 and 1.33.
Bristol City had gone 5 games without a win.
10 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Bristol City 6, draws 2, Portsmouth 2, at 2.3 goals per meeting. The fixture leans high-scoring: 60% of meetings brought at least three goals.
The match was played at Ashton Gate Stadium (capacity 27,000). The referee was J. Bell, with 93 matches in our database and 2.0 yellows per game on average. Bristol City led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 2-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Bristol City: Lorent Tolaj (31'), Jason Knight (56') · Portsmouth: Marko Milovanović (90')
Key stats
Possession: Bristol City 46% · Portsmouth 54% · Total shots: 9-14 · On target: 3-1 · Corners: 3-10