Championship · Matchday 10 Match report

Portsmouth 3-2 Sheffield United: Result, Match Stats and Our Prediction

Portsmouth

3-2Full time

Sheffield United

Wednesday 14 October 2026, 18:45 UTC Fratton Park, Portsmouth

Our picks against the result

7 of 12 right

Result Portsmouth win41% 3-2
Double chance Portsmouth or Sheffield United (12)71% 3-2
Goals over/under 2.5 Under 2.553% 5 goals
More corners Portsmouth64% Portsmouth (10-6)
Yellow cards Above average 0 yellow cards · league 3.3
Yellow cards 0 yellow cards 3.5 Over51% 4.5 Under68% 5.5 Under83%
Corners Around average 16 corners · league 10.5
Corners 16 corners 8.5 Over63% 9.5 Over52% 10.5 Under59%

Match stats

Portsmouth Sheffield United

3 Goals 2
0 Yellow cards 0
0 Red cards 1
10 Corners 6

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

Portsmouth vs Sheffield United meet at Fratton Park on Wednesday 14 October 2026, in Matchday 10 of the Championship, and our model leans towards a home win, with either side to win and no draw as the double chance.

Why this pick?

Portsmouth are the pick, largely because of the home advantage at Fratton Park. The strongest case against is that our strength rating puts Sheffield United slightly above them, with Portsmouth below the Championship average and the visitors only a little under it, and the head-to-head has gone Sheffield United's way. The call still stands on how the sides have been playing: Portsmouth are conceding fewer shots and big chances than the league average, while Sheffield United have been one of the least productive attacks over their last five matches and see little of the ball. Nothing on its own decides it, and the overall view is a narrow Portsmouth win.

Form guide

Portsmouth

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
L 0-2 vs Derby County (H) Championship · 1 Sep

Sheffield United

W 3-0 vs Lincoln City (H) Championship · 10 Oct
L 1-2 at Stoke City (A) Championship · 19 Sep
L 0-1 at Fleetwood Town (A) EFL Cup · 16 Sep
L 0-1 vs Wolverhampton Wanderers (H) Championship · 13 Sep
W 2-1 at Blackburn Rovers (A) Championship · 8 Sep

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

Attack and defence ratings

PortsmouthSheffield United

Attack 26 74 1.1 goals per match this season1.3 goals per match this season

Defence 13 52 1.4 conceded per match this season1.2 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.