Bristol City 2-1 Portsmouth: result and report

Bristol City 2-1 Portsmouth

Championship · Saturday 29 August 2026, 14:00 UTC · Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol · half-time 1-0

Bristol City · Portsmouth · Championship predictions

Bristol City beat Portsmouth 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 29 August 2026 at Ashton Gate Stadium. The half-time score was 1-0.

Lorent Tolaj opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Bristol City's goals came from Lorent Tolaj (31') and Jason Knight (56'). Portsmouth scored through Marko Milovanović (90+5', penalty).

Discipline: Bristol City received 3 yellow cards; Portsmouth received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Bristol City were 19th on 1 point from 2 and Portsmouth 13th on 3 points from 2. In the current table Bristol City are 15th on 18 points and Portsmouth are 10th on 22 points.

Bristol City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Portsmouth in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Marko Milovanović of Portsmouth (7.4), ahead of Rio Cardines (7.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Bristol City wins, 2 draws and 2 for Portsmouth.