Portsmouth 2–0 Cardiff
Portsmouth
2–0HT 1–0
Cardiff
Portsmouth played Cardiff in the Championship on 5 September 2026 at Fratton Park. The match finished 2–0.
Goals and cards
- 9'Krystian Bielik — Yellow card
- 31'C. Shaughnessy (assist by T. Shade)
- 52'Marezi (assist by A. Segecic)
- 60'Ollie Tanner — Yellow card
- 86'Alex Robertson — Yellow card
- 90+2'Yousef Salech — Yellow card
Line-ups
Portsmouth 4-2-3-1
- D. Bielica
- T. Devlin
- B. Arthur
- C. Shaughnessy
- J. Meghoma
- M. Pack
- R. R. Shein
- A. Kamara
- A. Segecic
- T. Shade
- Marezi
- SUBSTITUTES
- N. Schmid
- R. Poole
- Z. Swanson
- E. Adams
- O. Bailey
- I. Mohamed
- R. Kavuma McQueen
- C. Bishop
- E. Kenny
- COACHES: John Mousinho
Cardiff 4-2-3-1
- N. Trott
- P. Ng
- K. Bielik
- G. Osho
- J. Bagan
- A. Robertson
- D. Turnbull
- O. Tanner
- J. Moylan
- C. Willock
- Y. Salech
- SUBSTITUTES
- H. Tyrer
- M. Turner
- C. Scanlon
- R. Kpakio
- R. Colwill
- C. Ashford
- J. Colwill
- R. Tankiewicz
- C. Robinson
- COACHES: Brian Barry-Murphy
Match statistics
| Portsmouth | Cardiff | |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Shots on goal | 5 |
| 7 | Shots off goal | 7 |
| 15 | Total shots | 16 |
| 3 | Blocked shots | 4 |
| 12 | Shots inside box | 13 |
| 3 | Shots outside box | 3 |
| 15 | Fouls | 12 |
| 5 | Corners | 7 |
| 5 | Offsides | 2 |
| 36% | Possession | 64% |
| 0 | Yellow cards | 4 |
| 5 | Saves | 3 |
| 252 | Total passes | 475 |
| 160 | Accurate passes | 389 |
| 63% | Pass accuracy | 82% |
| 2.07 | Expected Goals (xG) | 1.37 |
| -0.14 | goals_prevented | -0.14 |