Portsmouth 4-1 Coventry City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 21 December 2024

Result

Portsmouth 4-1 Coventry City

Championship · Saturday 21 December 2024, 12:30 UTC · half-time 2-1

Portsmouth · Coventry City · Championship predictions

Portsmouth 4-1 Coventry City: match report

Portsmouth beat Coventry City 4-1 in the Championship on Saturday 21 December 2024. The half-time score was 2-1.

Norman Bassette opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Portsmouth's goals came from Callum Lang (14'), Callum Lang (43'), Callum Lang (48') and Callum Lang (55'). Coventry City scored through Norman Bassette (3').

Discipline: Portsmouth received 1 yellow card; Coventry City received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 22nd on 17 points from 19 and Coventry City 16th on 24 points from 21. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 16th with 54 points, and Coventry City 5th with 72.

Portsmouth lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Coventry City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Callum Lang of Portsmouth (9.4), ahead of Freddie Potts (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Portsmouth wins, 3 draws and 3 for Coventry City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Norman BassetteCoventry City · 0-1
  • 14'Goal · Callum LangPortsmouth · 1-1
  • 32'Yellow card · Marlon PackPortsmouth
  • 43'Goal · Callum LangPortsmouth · 2-1
  • 48'Goal · Callum LangPortsmouth · 3-1
  • 55'Goal · Callum LangPortsmouth · 4-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Portsmouth 4, draws 3, Coventry City 3.

Team news

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

Nicolas Schmid, Zak Swanson, Marlon Pack, Ryley Towler, Connor Ogilvie, Andre Dozzell, Freddie Potts, Josh Murphy, Callum Lang, Matt Ritchie, Colby Bishop

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

Brad Collins, Milan van Ewijk, Bobby Thomas, Luis Binks, Jay Dasilva, Victor Torp, Ben Sheaf, Tatsuhiro Sakamoto, Jack Rudoni, Ephron Mason-Clark, Norman Bassette