Portsmouth 3-0 Bristol City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 7 December 2024

Result

Portsmouth 3-0 Bristol City

Championship · Saturday 7 December 2024, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Portsmouth 3-0 Bristol City: match report

Portsmouth defeated Bristol City 3-0 in the Championship on Saturday 7 December 2024. The half-time score was 1-0.

Colby Bishop opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Portsmouth's goals came from Colby Bishop (20'), Josh Murphy (62') and Callum Lang (71'). Bristol City did not score.

Discipline: Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards; Bristol City received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 24th on 13 points from 16 and Bristol City 12th on 25 points from 18. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 16th with 54 points, and Bristol City 6th with 68.

Portsmouth lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Bristol City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Colby Bishop of Portsmouth (9.0), ahead of Josh Murphy (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Portsmouth win, 2 draws and 1 for Bristol City.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Yellow card · Rob DickieBristol City
  • 12'Yellow card · Cameron PringBristol City
  • 20'Goal · Colby BishopPortsmouth · 1-0
  • 41'Yellow card · Andre DozzellPortsmouth
  • 62'Goal · Josh MurphyPortsmouth · 2-0
  • 71'Goal · Callum LangPortsmouth · 3-0
  • 83'Yellow card · Callum LangPortsmouth
  • 86'Yellow cardBristol City
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Sinclair ArmstrongBristol City

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Portsmouth 1, draws 2, Bristol City 1.

Team news

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

Nicolas Schmid, Terry Devlin, Regan Poole, Marlon Pack, Connor Ogilvie, Andre Dozzell, Freddie Potts, Matt Ritchie, Callum Lang, Josh Murphy, Colby Bishop

Bristol City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Max O'Leary, Zak Vyner, Rob Dickie, Luke McNally, Cameron Pring, Marcus McGuane, Jason Knight, Yu Hirakawa, Max Bird, Anis Mehmeti, Nahki Wells