Championship · Matchday 11 Match report

Norwich City 0-1 Portsmouth: Result, Match Stats and Our Prediction

Norwich City

0-1Full time

Portsmouth

Saturday 17 October 2026, 14:00 UTC Carrow Road, Norwich, Norfolk

Our picks against the result

5 of 12 right

Result Norwich City win46% 0-1
Double chance Norwich City or Portsmouth (12)73% 0-1
Goals over/under 2.5 Over 2.560% 1 goal
More corners Norwich City51% Level (1-1)
Yellow cards Around average 0 yellow cards · league 3.0
Yellow cards 0 yellow cards 3.5 Under62% 4.5 Under79% 5.5 Under90%
Corners Around average 2 corners · league 10.5
Corners 2 corners 8.5 Over65% 9.5 Over55% 10.5 Under56%

Match stats

Norwich City Portsmouth

0 Goals 1
0 Yellow cards 0
0 Red cards 0
1 Corners 1

Goals, yellow and red cards and corners of each club.

Before kick-off

What this page showed before the match: our reasons, form, ratings and records as they were then.

Match summary

Norwich City vs Portsmouth in the Championship on Matchday 11, Saturday 17 October 2026, sees our model predict a Norwich City win. The double chance selection is Norwich City or Portsmouth to win, ruling out a draw.

Why this pick?

Our model backs a Norwich City win, primarily due to the home advantage at Carrow Road. It sees no strong argument against that call. Norwich also hold a slight edge on our long-run strength rating, and the goal model's view of the matchup leans the same way. Norwich have conceded a clearly above-average number of big chances in their last five matches, but Portsmouth's attack rating is among the lowest in the Championship, which limits their ability to punish that. The call is moderate, not clear, reflecting that Norwich's edge is not overwhelming.

Form guide

Norwich City

L 0-1 vs Southampton (H) Championship · 14 Oct
L 1-2 at Swansea City (A) Championship · 10 Oct
L 3-4 vs Bolton Wanderers (H) Championship · 20 Sep
L 0-5 at Manchester City (A) EFL Cup · 17 Sep
L 3-4 at Middlesbrough (A) Championship · 12 Sep

Portsmouth

W 3-2 vs Sheffield United (H) Championship · 14 Oct
L 0-1 at Southampton (A) Championship · 11 Oct
D 2-2 vs Blackburn Rovers (H) Championship · 19 Sep
D 0-0 at Charlton Athletic (A) Championship · 12 Sep
W 2-0 vs Cardiff City (H) Championship · 5 Sep

Last five competitive matches before kick-off, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.

Attack and defence ratings

Norwich CityPortsmouth

Attack 78 17 1.7 goals per match this season1.3 goals per match this season

Defence 22 17 2.0 conceded per match this season1.4 conceded per match this season

0 to 100 against this season's Championship clubs (100 = best). The rating is our model's long-run strength before this match: it uses the last three years and counts recent matches most, so a few results do not move it at once. Under each rating: this season's actual goals per match.