Match summary
Portsmouth beat Cardiff 2-1. Portsmouth led 2-1 at half-time.
Colby Bishop put Portsmouth ahead in the 9th minute, Conor Shaughnessy made it 2-0 with a header in the 17th minute, and Callum O'Dowda pulled one back to make it 2-1 with a header in the 22nd minute.
The chances backed that up: Portsmouth created 1.72 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Cardiff's 0.83 from 12.
Before kick-off
Portsmouth win
45%
Avg odds 2.13
Draw
28%
Avg odds 3.36
Cardiff win
27%
Avg odds 3.53
Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.
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.