Portsmouth 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 13 December 2025

Result

Portsmouth 2-1 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Saturday 13 December 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Portsmouth · Blackburn Rovers · Championship predictions

Portsmouth 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Portsmouth defeated Blackburn Rovers 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 13 December 2025. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Yuki Ohashi opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Portsmouth's goals came from Callum Lang (62') and Ibane Bowat (79'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Yuki Ohashi (36').

Discipline: Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 23rd on 17 points from 19 and Blackburn Rovers 20th on 22 points from 19. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 18th with 55 points, and Blackburn Rovers 22nd with 52.

Portsmouth lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Conor Mark Chaplin of Portsmouth (8.2), ahead of Ibane Bowat (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Portsmouth wins, 1 draw and 7 for Blackburn Rovers.

Going into the match Portsmouth's last five read L-L-L-W-L and Blackburn Rovers's D-D-D-L-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Yellow card · Yuki OhashiBlackburn Rovers
  • 35'Yellow card · Ryan AlebiosuBlackburn Rovers
  • 36'Goal · Yuki OhashiBlackburn Rovers · 0-1
  • 45+4'Yellow card · Lewis MillerBlackburn Rovers
  • 54'Yellow card · Hayden MatthewsPortsmouth
  • 59'Yellow card · Callum LangPortsmouth
  • 62'Goal · Callum LangPortsmouth · 1-1
  • 79'Goal · Ibane BowatPortsmouth · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Portsmouth 2, draws 1, Blackburn Rovers 7.

Team news

Portsmouth line-up (4-2-3-1)

Nicolas Schmid, Terry Devlin, Hayden Matthews, Ibane Bowat, Zak Swanson, John Swift, Andre Dozzell, Min-hyeok Yang, Conor Mark Chaplin, Josh Murphy, Callum Lang

Blackburn Rovers line-up (3-4-1-2)

Aynsley Pears, Lewis Miller, Sean McLoughlin, Yuri Ribeiro, Ryan Alebiosu, Ryoya Morishita, Sidnei Tavares, Dion De Neve, Todd Cantwell, Yuki Ohashi, Andri Gudjohnsen