Portsmouth 1–2 Norwich City — Championship 2025/26 Match Stats

Championship · 2025Sat, 16 Aug 2025, 11:30 UTCFratton Park

Portsmouth

1–2Historical match

Norwich City

A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Norwich City won 1–2.

Shots: 1911
Shots on target: 35
Expected goals: 1.761.96
Possession: 58%42%

Full time

What the match recorded

Norwich City beat Portsmouth 2–1. Recorded in this match (Portsmouth – Norwich City): shots 19–11, shots on target 3–5, expected goals 1.76–1.96, possession 58%–42%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

This match

Match statistics

Shots19 shots11 shotsPortsmouth 19 shots, Norwich City 11 shots
Shots on target3 shots5 shotsPortsmouth 3 shots, Norwich City 5 shots
Expected goals1.76 xG1.96 xGPortsmouth 1.76 xG, Norwich City 1.96 xG
Possession58%42%Portsmouth 58%, Norwich City 42%
Corners9 corners0 cornersPortsmouth 9 corners, Norwich City 0 corners
Fouls8 fouls13 foulsPortsmouth 8 fouls, Norwich City 13 fouls

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
size = xG

Portsmouth: 19 shots, 3 on target, 1.81 xG. Norwich City: 11 shots, 5 on target, 1.95 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Portsmouth 1.81 xG · Norwich City 1.95 xG.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

1Portsmouth

1Draws

0Norwich City

18 Apr 2025Norwich City — Portsmouth · Championship3–5

10 Dec 2024Portsmouth — Norwich City · Championship0–0

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Rest before fixture · Both teams: 6.9 days
Matches in previous 14 days · Both teams: 1 match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade C · Limited evidenceLimited evidence — limited

Season samples2 / 2home / away teams

Recent samples2 / 2last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: goals_for, goals_against, xg_for, xg_against, shots, shots_on_target, possession, corners, cards, fouls.
The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Sat, 16 Aug 2025, 15:30 UTC · analysis-v4