Norwich vs Portsmouth

18 April 2025 · Championship · 2024/25 · Referee Thomas Kirk

Full time 3 – 5

Half-time: 1–3

Josh Sargent 21’
Jack Stacey 64’
Emiliano Marcondes 90’

Colby Bishop 15’, 45+4’ (pen), 51’
Matt Ritchie 39’
Regan Poole 71’

Match summary

Portsmouth took a 5-3 win at Norwich. Portsmouth led 3-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Colby Bishop put Portsmouth ahead with a header in the 15th minute, Josh Sargent equalised from a corner in the 21st minute, Matt Ritchie put Portsmouth back in front in the 39th minute, and Bishop made it 1-3 from the penalty spot in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Bishop made it 1-4 in the 51st minute, Jack Stacey pulled one back to make it 2-4 in the 64th minute, Regan Poole made it 2-5 in the 71st minute, and Emiliano Marcondes made it 3-5 with a header in the 90th minute.

The chances backed that up: Portsmouth created 2.72 expected goals (xG) from 22 shots to Norwich's 1.17 from 11.

Match stats

11 Shots 22

6 Shots on Target 10

6 Corners 5

1 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

1.17 xG 2.72

1.17 Non-penalty xG 1.93

Key events

Norwich Portsmouth

Kick-off

15’

Colby Bishop

0-1

Josh Sargent

1-1

21’

39’

Matt Ritchie

1-2

45+4’

Colby Bishop
Penalty

1-3

Half-time1-3

51’

Colby Bishop

1-4

Jack Stacey

2-4

64’

71’

Regan Poole

2-5

Emiliano Marcondes

3-5

90’

Full-time3-5

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Norwich

Borja Sainz

Portsmouth

Isaac Hayden
Matt Ritchie
Andre Dozzell

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Norwich 1.17 xGPortsmouth 2.72 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Portsmouth attacking Norwich attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player, minute and xG.

Player stats

Players16 players


George Long	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Shane Duffy	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
José Córdoba Taken off	67′	–	–	1	0.02	–	–	–
Kenny McLean	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jacob Wright	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kellen Fisher Taken off	89′	–	–	2	0.51	–	–	–
Anis Ben Slimane	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Marcelino Núñez Taken off	46′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Oscar Schwartau Taken off	58′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Josh Sargent Taken off	46′	1	–	1	0.14	–	–	–
Borja Sainz	90′	–	–	2	0.09	–	–
Jack Stacey Came on as a substitute	44′	1	–	1	0.17	–	–	–
Emiliano Marcondes Came on as a substitute	44′	1	–	2	0.16	–	–	–
Callum Doyle Came on as a substitute	32′	–	–	1	0.03	–	–	–
Jacob Lungi Sørensen Came on as a substitute	23′	–	–	1	0.05	–	–	–
Forson Amankwah Came on as a substitute	1′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Players16 players


Nicolas Schmid	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jordan Lee Williams	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Regan Poole	90′	1	–	1	0.05	–	–	–
Robert Atkinson Taken off	85′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Connor Ogilvie	90′	–	–	2	0.03	–	–	–
Freddie Potts	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Isaac Hayden Taken off	55′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Matt Ritchie Taken off	86′	1	–	3	0.71	–	–
Adil Aouchiche Taken off	85′	–	–	3	0.09	–	–	–
Josh Murphy	90′	–	–	7	0.33	–	–	–
Colby Bishop Taken off	75′	3	–	6	1.51	–	–	–
Andre Dozzell Came on as a substitute	35′	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kusini Yengi Came on as a substitute	15′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Terry Devlin Came on as a substitute	5′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Zak Swanson Came on as a substitute	5′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Marlon Pack Came on as a substitute	4′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Norwich win 50% Avg odds 1.91

Draw 26% Avg odds 3.62

Portsmouth win 24% Avg odds 3.92

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Norwich L W L D L

Portsmouth L W L L D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Portsmouth 0-0 Norwich, 10 Dec 24 Next meeting: Portsmouth 1-2 Norwich, 16 Aug 25 All Norwich vs Portsmouth meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.