Bristol City 2–1 Portsmouth
Bristol City
2–1HT 1–0
Portsmouth
Bristol City played Portsmouth in the Championship on 29 August 2026 at Ashton Gate Stadium. The match finished 2–1.
Goals and cards
- 31'L. Tolaj (assist by J. Wallace)
- 49'Rio Cardines — Yellow card
- 56'J. Knight (assist by R. Cardines)
- 67'Jason Knight — Yellow card
- 77'Rob Dickie — Yellow card
- 90'Marezi
Line-ups
Bristol City 4-2-3-1
- S. Tickle
- G. Tanner
- R. Dickie
- L. Eissat
- R. Cardines
- J. Knight
- J. Williams
- J. Wallace
- S. Twine
- Y. Hirakawa
- L. Tolaj
- SUBSTITUTES
- B. Collins
- N. Eile
- C. Pring
- R. Atkinson
- S. Greenwood
- T. Horvat
- A. Randell
- G. Yah
- D. Ballard
- COACHES: Roy Hodgson
Portsmouth 4-2-3-1
- N. Schmid
- T. Devlin
- B. Arthur
- C. Shaughnessy
- Z. Swanson
- R. R. Shein
- M. Pack
- A. Kamara
- A. Segecic
- R. Kavuma McQueen
- C. Bishop
- SUBSTITUTES
- D. Bielica
- R. Poole
- M. Dia
- J. Swift
- E. Adams
- O. Bailey
- L. Brooke-Smith
- H. Blair
- Marezi
- COACHES: John Mousinho
Match statistics
| Bristol City | Portsmouth | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Shots on goal | 1 |
| 3 | Shots off goal | 9 |
| 9 | Total shots | 14 |
| 3 | Blocked shots | 4 |
| 6 | Shots inside box | 8 |
| 3 | Shots outside box | 6 |
| 15 | Fouls | 6 |
| 3 | Corners | 10 |
| 1 | Offsides | 0 |
| 46% | Possession | 54% |
| 3 | Yellow cards | 0 |
| 1 | Saves | 1 |
| 314 | Total passes | 362 |
| 235 | Accurate passes | 279 |
| 75% | Pass accuracy | 77% |
| 0.61 | Expected Goals (xG) | 1.37 |
| -0.57 | goals_prevented | -0.57 |