Portsmouth v Blackburn Rovers : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 29th Mar, 15:00 BST, Fratton Park, Portsmouth

the Fratton Park faithful welcome Blackburn Rovers's fans on Saturday afternoon, as John Mousinho's Portsmouth clash with Ryan Lowe's side in the Championship. Statistics drive the algorithmic predictions below for 17 individual betting markets, and switching between them delivers bespoke analysis, including head-to-head, form and much more besides. Odds are also provided. Hit the tabs below to explore.

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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

We think it's fairly unlikely that this match will have more than 3 goals at most, and the odds and statistics point in the same direction as KickOff's predictive algorithm on this one. Portsmouth and Blackburn have seldom treated their fans to a high volume of goals of late, whether that be in the Championship individually or in head-to-head clashes. So, in the absence of a strong favourite win or double chance market, we're recommending under 3.5 goals. The UK's top bookies have that available at a best price of 1.25.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Portsmouth are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 52% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.30.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Portsmouth 52%	5/4 12%	13/10
Draw 26%	21/10	23/10
Blackburn 22%	9/4 16%	21/10
Portsmouth 1-0 14%	6/1 7%	11/2
Draw 1-1 12%	5/1	5/1
Portsmouth 2-0 10%	9/1 17%	17/2
Portsmouth 2-1 9%	17/2 5%	15/2
Draw 0-0 9%	7/1	13/2
Blackburn 1-0 8%	8/1 13%	13/2
Blackburn 2-1 5%	11/1 9%	9/1
Portsmouth 3-0 5%	20/1 19%	16/1
Portsmouth 3-1 5%	18/1 10%	14/1
Draw 2-2 4%	14/1	12/1
Blackburn 2-0 4%	14/1 15%	11/1
Portsmouth 3-2 2%	33/1	22/1
Portsmouth 4-0 2%	40/1 20%	33/1
Portsmouth 4-1 2%	40/1 20%	33/1
Blackburn 3-1 2%	28/1 26%	20/1
Over 2.5 Goals 43%	6/5	23/20
Under 2.5 Goals 57%	4/6	13/20
Home 1st Goal 53%	8/11 5%	-
Away 1st Goal 40%	7/5 9%	-
No 1st Goal 6%	7/1	-
BTTS - Yes 46%	5/6	10/11
BTTS - No 54%	5/6	4/5
BTTS - Home Win 20%	4/1 9%	19/5
BTTS - Draw 17%	10/3	7/2
BTTS - Away Win 9%	6/1 17%	5/1
Home/draw 78%	1/3 5%	4/11
Away/draw 48%	8/13 8%	3/5
Home/away 74%	4/11	1/3
Over 1.5 Goals 69%	4/11	2/5
Under 1.5 Goals 31%	11/5	9/5
Over 3.5 Goals 22%	3/1	29/10
Under 3.5 Goals 78%	1/4	2/9
Over 4.5 Goals 10%	7/1	13/2
Under 4.5 Goals 90%	1/12	1/14
Over 5.5 Goals 4%	16/1	14/1
Under 5.5 Goals 96%	1/40	1/100
Over 0.5 Goals 91%	1/12	1/14
Under 0.5 Goals 9%	7/1	13/2
Home DNB 70%	4/7 13%	13/20
Away DNB 40%	5/4 18%	23/20
Portsmouth win to nil 32%	11/4 6%	-
Blackburn win to nil 13%	9/2 22%	-
Portsmouth / Portsmouth 22%	11/4 13%	13/5
Portsmouth / Blackburn 2%	33/1 17%	25/1
Portsmouth / Draw 6%	14/1	12/1
Draw / Portsmouth 15%	9/2 8%	17/4
Draw / Blackburn 13%	6/1 17%	11/2
Draw / Draw 17%	15/4	7/2
Blackburn / Portsmouth 3%	28/1	20/1
Blackburn / Blackburn 17%	9/2 16%	19/5
Blackburn / Draw 6%	14/1	12/1

Win / draw / win Championship table

Portsmouth have played 38 matches so far this season and are in 17th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

26 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 12 games, drawn 6 and won 8. Portsmouth have conceded 41 goals, scored 35, failed to score in 8 matches and kept 6 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Portsmouth have played 19 games at home, winning 9, drawing 5 and losing 5 fixtures. They have scored 28 goals, conceded 18 goals, kept 7 clean sheets and failed to score 6 times in home league games.

Blackburn lay in 9th place on 52 points in the Championship league table having played 38 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 25 games against teams below them in the table, winning 11, drawing 3 and losing 11 games. They have scored 30 goals and kept 8 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Blackburn have conceded 26 goals and have failed to score in 8 matches.

Away league performance

Blackburn have played 19 away games, winning 5, drawing 4 and losing 10 games. They have scored an average of 0.8 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.2 goals per away game.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Portsmouth Blackburn
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Leeds	38	23	11	4	51	80	w 1-0F	d 3-3A	w 1-0F	d 1-1A
2	Sheff Utd	38	25	7	6	25	80	d 0-00-0	l 2-1A	l 0-2A	May 3
3	Burnley	38	21	15	2	41	78	d 0-00-0	l 2-1F	l 0-1A	d 1-1A
4	Sunderland	38	19	12	7	18	69	l 1-3A	l 1-0A	d 2-2F	Apr 21
5	Coventry	38	17	8	13	7	59	w 4-1A	Apr 9	l 0-2A	l 3-0A
6	West Brom	38	13	18	7	14	57	l 0-3A	l 5-1A	d 0-00-0	w 0-2F
7	Bristol C	38	14	15	9	8	57	w 3-0F	l 3-0A	w 3-0F	l 2-1A
8	M'Boro	38	15	9	14	9	54	w 2-1A	d 2-2F	Apr 4	w 0-1F
9	Blackburn Away	38	15	7	16	2	52	Mar 29	l 3-0A	-	-
10	Watford	38	15	7	16	-4	52	Apr 21	l 2-1F	Apr 26	l 1-0A
11	Millwall	38	13	12	13	-2	51	l 0-1A	Apr 5	Apr 18	l 1-0A
12	Sheff Wed	38	14	9	15	-6	51	l 1-2F	Apr 26	Apr 8	w 0-1F
13	Norwich	38	12	13	13	6	49	d 0-00-0	Apr 18	d 1-1F	d 2-2F
14	Preston	38	10	17	11	-5	47	w 3-1F	l 2-1A	w 2-1F	d 0-00-0
15	QPR	38	11	12	15	-6	45	w 2-1F	w 1-2A	w 2-0F	l 2-1A
16	Swansea	38	12	8	18	-11	44	w 4-0F	d 2-2F	w 1-0F	l 3-0A
17	Portsmouth Home	38	11	9	18	-15	42	-	-	w 3-0F	Mar 29
18	Oxford Utd	38	10	12	16	-16	42	d 1-1F	w 0-2F	w 2-1A	l 1-0A
19	Hull	38	10	11	17	-8	41	May 3	d 1-1A	l 0-1A	w 0-1F
20	Stoke	38	9	12	17	-14	39	w 3-1F	l 6-1A	l 0-2A	l 1-0A
21	Cardiff	38	9	12	17	-20	39	w 2-1F	l 2-0A	l 1-2A	w 1-3F
22	Derby	38	10	8	20	-11	38	Apr 12	l 4-0A	w 4-2F	l 2-1A
23	Luton	38	9	8	21	-26	35	d 0-00-0	l 1-0A	w 2-0F	Apr 12
24	Plymouth	38	7	12	19	-37	33	l 1-2A	l 1-0A	w 2-0F	l 2-1A

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Win / draw / win form

Blackburn have lost 3 consecutive league games

Blackburn have not won in 5 consecutive league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Portsmouth	1 - 2	Plymouth
Portsmouth	1 - 0	Leeds
Portsmouth	2 - 1	QPR
Portsmouth	2 - 1	Cardiff
Portsmouth	0 - 0	Burnley
Portsmouth	0 - 1	Millwall
Portsmouth	3 - 1	Stoke
Portsmouth	2 - 1	M'Boro
Portsmouth	4 - 0	Swansea
Portsmouth	4 - 1	Coventry
Portsmouth	0 - 0	Norwich
Portsmouth	3 - 0	Bristol C
Portsmouth	3 - 1	Preston
Portsmouth	1 - 2	Sheff Wed
Portsmouth	1 - 1	Oxford Utd
Portsmouth	0 - 0	Sheff Utd
Portsmouth	0 - 3	West Brom
Portsmouth	1 - 3	Sunderland
Portsmouth	0 - 0	Luton
Portsmouth	1 - 2	Wigan

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Portsmouth	1 - 2	Preston
H	Portsmouth	1 - 2	Plymouth
H	Portsmouth	1 - 0	Leeds
A	Portsmouth	0 - 1	Luton
H	Portsmouth	2 - 1	QPR
A	Portsmouth	2 - 0	Oxford Utd
H	Portsmouth	2 - 1	Cardiff
A	Portsmouth	1 - 2	Sheff Utd
H	Portsmouth	0 - 0	Burnley
H	Portsmouth	0 - 1	Millwall
A	Portsmouth	1 - 5	West Brom
H	Portsmouth	3 - 1	Stoke
H	Portsmouth	2 - 1	M'Boro
A	Portsmouth	0 - 3	Blackburn
A	Portsmouth	0 - 1	Sunderland
H	Portsmouth	4 - 0	Swansea
A	Portsmouth	0 - 3	Bristol C
A	Portsmouth	1 - 2	Watford
H	Portsmouth	4 - 1	Coventry
A	Portsmouth	0 - 4	Derby

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Stoke	1 - 0	Blackburn
Derby	2 - 1	Blackburn
Swansea	3 - 0	Blackburn
West Brom	0 - 2	Blackburn
QPR	2 - 1	Blackburn
Bristol C	2 - 1	Blackburn
Oxford Utd	1 - 0	Blackburn
Leeds	1 - 1	Blackburn
Millwall	1 - 0	Blackburn
Sheff Wed	0 - 1	Blackburn
Hull	0 - 1	Blackburn
M'Boro	0 - 1	Blackburn
Cardiff	1 - 3	Blackburn
Watford	1 - 0	Blackburn
Plymouth	2 - 1	Blackburn
Coventry	3 - 0	Blackburn
Preston	0 - 0	Blackburn
Burnley	1 - 1	Blackburn
Norwich	2 - 2	Blackburn
Leicester	0 - 2	Blackburn

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Blackburn	1 - 2	Cardiff
A	Blackburn	0 - 1	Stoke
A	Blackburn	1 - 2	Derby
H	Blackburn	1 - 1	Norwich
A	Blackburn	0 - 3	Swansea
H	Blackburn	2 - 0	Plymouth
A	Blackburn	2 - 0	West Brom
A	Blackburn	1 - 2	QPR
H	Blackburn	2 - 1	Preston
A	Blackburn	1 - 2	Bristol C
H	Blackburn	0 - 2	Coventry
A	Blackburn	0 - 1	Oxford Utd
H	Blackburn	3 - 0	Portsmouth
H	Blackburn	0 - 1	Burnley
A	Blackburn	1 - 1	Leeds
H	Blackburn	0 - 1	Hull
H	Blackburn	2 - 2	Sunderland
A	Blackburn	0 - 1	Millwall
H	Blackburn	2 - 0	Luton
A	Blackburn	1 - 0	Sheff Wed

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Blackburn have beaten Portsmouth in 3 consecutive league meetings

Blackburn have not lost to Portsmouth in 6 consecutive league meetings

Portsmouth

Blackburn

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

7 / 10

8 / 10

Clean sheets

2 / 10

3 / 10

POR

BLB

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Portsmouth
	1 - 2	Blackburn
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Portsmouth	3 - 2
	0 - 1	Blackburn
Portsmouth	3 - 0
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	0 - 1	Blackburn
	1 - 2	Blackburn
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
	1 - 2	Blackburn

Blackburn

Portsmouth

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

10 / 11

6 / 11

Clean sheets

5 / 11

1 / 11

POR

BLB

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Blackburn
Blackburn	3 - 0
Blackburn	3 - 0
Blackburn	3 - 1
Blackburn	2 - 0
	0 - 1	Portsmouth
Blackburn	3 - 0
Blackburn	2 - 1
Blackburn	1 - 0
	1 - 2	Portsmouth
Blackburn	3 - 1
Draw	1 - 1	Draw

Goal Statistics

Portsmouth's fans will be hoping for goals on Saturday afternoon, not least because Blackburn Rovers have conceded in each of their last 5 Championship games. A PG of 1.5 for J. Mousinho's side suggests that run should continue.

A truly dreadful PG of just 0.9 should cause concerns for Blackburn Rovers fans, as should a 5 Championship games run in which they have failed to score more than 1 goal.

	Portsmouth 17th	Blackburn 9th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.5 goals	0.9 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 22% 1 33% 2 25% 3 13% 4+ There is a 78% probability that Portsmouth will score 1 or more goals	0 41% 1 37% 2 16% 3 4+ There is a 78% probability of Blackburn scoring 1 goal or less

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+7 Portsmouth’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-17 Blackburn have scored 17% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.5 average goals scored	0.9 average goals scored
	1.0 conceded	1.2 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Championship - 2024/2025 season

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POR

BLB

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Games scored	25		25
Failed to score	13		13
Scored first	14		16
Goals scored	46		42
Avg. goals scored	1.2		1.1
Avg. shots per game	8		7
Avg. shots per goal	7		7
Conversion rate for	15		15
Avg. XG for	1.3		1.2
KickOff rating		+1%

POR

BLB

22%

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Games conceded	30		25
Clean sheets	8		13
Conceded first	20		20
Goals conceded	61		40
Avg. goals conceded	1.6		1.1
Avg. shots/game conceded	10		9
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		8
Conversion rate against	17%		12%
Avg. XG against	1.5		1.3
KickOff rating		+22%

Portsmouth v Blackburn Championship lLine ups will show here when available.

Portsmouth Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
36	10	10	10
C Ogilvie	C Lang	J Murphy	M Pack

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
C Ogilvie DEF	36	4	1	4 -
M Pack MID	34		1	9 1
J Murphy FWD	34	6	10	6 -
M Ritchie MID	31	4		5 -
A Dozzell MID	31	1	1	9 -
N Schmid GLK	29		1	2 -
F Potts MID	29	1	4	5 -
C Lang FWD	28	10	3	10 -
Z Swanson DEF	27	1	1	3 -
T Devlin MID	26		1	1 -
C Saydee FWD	24	2		4 -
C Bishop FWD	24	7	2	-
P Lane FWD	21	1	1	2 -
R Poole DEF	19			4 -
J Williams DEF	14			5 -
M O’Mahony FWD	12	3		1 -
R Towler DEF	11	1		3 -
I Hayden MID	11			-
K Yengi FWD	11			2 -
R Atkinson DEF	9		1	3 -
C Bramall DEF	8			1 -
A Aouchiche MID	8	1		1 -
H Blair FWD	8			3 -
H. Matthews DEF	6			-
C Shaughnessy DEF	5	1		1 -
A Kamara MID	5			1 -
K Gordon FWD	4			-
T. Waddingham FWD	3	1		1 -
J Archer GLK	2			-
J. Farrell DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
10	24	10	26
C Lang	J Murphy	J Murphy	J Murphy

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
C Lang FWD	10	21	3	18
C Bishop FWD	7	16	2	8
J Murphy FWD	6	24	10	26
C Ogilvie DEF	4	9	1	17
M Ritchie MID	4	12		22
M O’Mahony FWD	3	4		2
C Saydee FWD	2	5		4
F Potts MID	1	3	4	21
A Aouchiche MID	1	3
Z Swanson DEF	1	2	1	5
A Dozzell MID	1	3	1	5
P Lane FWD	1	5	1	12
T. Waddingham FWD	1	2
R Towler DEF	1	1
C Shaughnessy DEF	1	2		1
A Kamara MID				1
H. Matthews DEF				1
H Blair FWD		1		1
K Yengi FWD				5
R Atkinson DEF			1	2
N Schmid GLK			1	2
M Pack MID		2	1	14
J Williams DEF				2
R Poole DEF		2		1
T Devlin MID		2	1	7

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1316	62	220
M Pack	Z Swanson	C Ogilvie

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
M Pack MID	1316	32	162
C Ogilvie DEF	1080	33	220
N Schmid GLK	989		12
F Potts MID	948	48	174
A Dozzell MID	751	43	87
R Poole DEF	711	30	84
Z Swanson DEF	638	62	117
C Bishop FWD	531	20	177
M Ritchie MID	505	30	71
J Murphy FWD	494	30	139
T Devlin MID	441	20	85
J Williams DEF	360	31	57
R Towler DEF	329	10	30
R Atkinson DEF	295	3	54
C Lang FWD	269	26	124
I Hayden MID	234	24	39
P Lane FWD	215	13	37
C Saydee FWD	167	10	41
A Aouchiche MID	139	10	25
C Shaughnessy DEF	124		15
H. Matthews DEF	108	6	19
C Bramall DEF	84	5	15
A Kamara MID	83	4	7
K Yengi FWD	63	3	30
M O’Mahony FWD	63	4	23
J Archer GLK	52
J. Farrell DEF	40	1	4
K Gordon FWD	33	4	7
H Blair FWD	16	4	13
T. Waddingham FWD	2	2	3

Blackburn Championship squad statistics 2024/2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
38	7	6	10
D Hyam	A Weimann	M Gueye	M Gueye

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
D Hyam DEF	38	1	2	6 -
A Pears GLK	37			4 -
M Gueye FWD	37	6	6	9 1
T Dolan MID	36	4	6	10 -
R Hedges MID	34	1	1	3 -
S Tronstad MID	31			4 -
T Cantwell MID	30	2	3	6 -
L Travis MID	30	2	1	9 -
A Weimann FWD	30	7	2	3 -
D Batth DEF	29	2		4 -
C Brittain DEF	29	1	3	5 -
Y Ohashi FWD	28	6	1	3 -
J Rankin-Costello MID	26	2	2	4 -
O Beck DEF	23	1		4 1
A Cozier-Duberry MID	22	1		-
J Buckley MID	20			5 -
H Carter DEF	15		1	5 -
H Pickering DEF	14		1	1 -
A Forshaw MID	11	1		-
D Sanderson DEF	9			1 -
H Leonard FWD	9	1		-
Y Ribeiro DEF	7		1	-
A Kargbo FWD	6		1	-
C Woodrow FWD	4			-
E Dennis FWD	4		1	1 1
I. Tyjon FWD	2			-
B Tóth GLK	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
7	21	6	30
A Weimann	M Gueye	M Gueye	T Cantwell

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
A Weimann FWD	7	20	2	12
M Gueye FWD	6	21	6	7
Y Ohashi FWD	6	13	1	5
T Dolan MID	4	15	6	18
J Rankin-Costello MID	2	8	2	7
T Cantwell MID	2	8	3	30
L Travis MID	2	4	1	10
D Batth DEF	2	6		4
D Hyam DEF	1	2	2	5
H Leonard FWD	1	4		2
A Forshaw MID	1	1		2
A Cozier-Duberry MID	1	5		4
O Beck DEF	1	2		16
C Brittain DEF	1	2	3	19
R Hedges MID	1	10	1	20
J Buckley MID		2		6
H Carter DEF		1	1	3
H Pickering DEF		1	1	3
S Tronstad MID		2		9
D Sanderson DEF				1
Y Ribeiro DEF			1	2
A Kargbo FWD			1
E Dennis FWD			1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
2054	75	214
D Hyam	L Travis	M Gueye

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
D Hyam DEF	2054	40	204
L Travis MID	1281	75	146
S Tronstad MID	1276	72	138
D Batth DEF	1238	25	148
A Pears GLK	1059	1	16
C Brittain DEF	1026	50	126
T Cantwell MID	929	41	135
T Dolan MID	714	44	140
H Carter DEF	714	20	67
O Beck DEF	658	61	107
R Hedges MID	634	60	138
J Buckley MID	460	27	54
M Gueye FWD	459	22	214
H Pickering DEF	435	15	44
J Rankin-Costello MID	380	24	60
Y Ribeiro DEF	359	17	43
A Weimann FWD	342	8	29
Y Ohashi FWD	332	24	87
D Sanderson DEF	287	2	20
A Forshaw MID	266	11	26
A Cozier-Duberry MID	226	15	42
E Dennis FWD	53	1	15
H Leonard FWD	36	1	15
A Kargbo FWD	28	5	12
C Woodrow FWD	25		2
B Tóth GLK	21		1
I. Tyjon FWD	1		1

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Portsmouth v Blackburn Rovers : Championship match betting preview, prediction and odds

Portsmouth have played 38 matches so far this season and are in 17th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

Home league performance

Blackburn lay in 9th place on 52 points in the Championship league table having played 38 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Away league performance

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