Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-1 Portsmouth: Result, Match Stats and Our Prediction
Our picks against the result
6 of 12 right
- Result Wolverhampton Wanderers win65% 1-1
- Double chance Wolverhampton Wanderers or draw (1X)86% 1-1
- Goals over/under 2.5 Over 2.558% 2 goals
- More corners Wolverhampton Wanderers72% Wolverhampton Wanderers (6-2)
- Yellow cards Above average 0 yellow cards · league 2.7
- Yellow cards 0 yellow cards 3.5 Under59% 4.5 Under77% 5.5 Under89%
- Corners Around average 8 corners · league 10.4
- Corners 8 corners 8.5 Over66% 9.5 Over55% 10.5 Under55%
Match stats
Wolverhampton Wanderers Portsmouth
- 1 Goals 1
- 0 Yellow cards 0
- 0 Red cards 0
- 6 Corners 2
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
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Portsmouth is the Championship's Matchday 6 fixture at Molineux Stadium on Tuesday 20 October 2026, and our model goes with a home win, with the draw covered in the double chance.
Why this pick?
Our model backs Wolverhampton Wanderers because its strength ratings place them clearly above the Championship average, while Portsmouth sit slightly below it. Portsmouth are no pushovers, though: two wins in their last three and a habit of conceding few shots and big chances. The answer lies at the other end, where Wolverhampton Wanderers create clearly more big chances than the league average and Portsmouth clearly fewer, so the visitors' defensive solidity may not hold for the whole match. Home advantage at Molineux adds to that, and the call is a clear one.
Form guide
Wolverhampton Wanderers
- W 2-1 at Burnley (A) Championship · 16 Oct
- L 1-3 vs Bolton Wanderers (H) Championship · 13 Oct
- L 0-1 at Middlesbrough (A) Championship · 10 Oct
- W 1-0 vs West Bromwich Albion (H) Championship · 20 Sep
- L 0-1 at Everton (A) EFL Cup · 16 Sep
Portsmouth
- W 1-0 at Norwich City (A) Championship · 17 Oct
- 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
Last five competitive matches before kick-off, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.
Attack and defence ratings
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.
Head-to-head
Wolverhampton Wanderers and Portsmouth have not met in our records since 2010.
Championship so far
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | Goals | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18:15 | +3 | 17 |
| 13 | Portsmouth | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13:13 | 0 | 14 |
Positions in our table of 24 clubs, before kick-off. Full table
Match facts
- Competition
- Championship, Matchday 6
- Kick-off
- Venue
- Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton, West Midlands
Questions and answers
What was the score of Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Portsmouth?
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-1 Portsmouth in the Championship (Matchday 6) on Tuesday 20 October 2026.
Was the OptimaGoal prediction for Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Portsmouth right?
No: our result pick was Wolverhampton Wanderers win, and the score after 90 minutes was 1-1. 6 of our 12 picks and markets for this match were right.
How many cards and corners were there in Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Portsmouth?
0 yellow cards (Wolverhampton Wanderers 0, Portsmouth 0), no red cards and 8 corners (Wolverhampton Wanderers 6, Portsmouth 2).
Times are UTC.