Portsmouth 0-1 Derby County: result and report
Championship · Monday 16 March 2026
Result
Portsmouth 0-1 Derby County
Championship · Monday 16 March 2026, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Portsmouth 0-1 Derby County: match report
Portsmouth were beaten by Derby County 0-1 in the Championship on Monday 16 March 2026. It was 0-1 at half-time.
The only goal came from Sammie Szmodics of Derby County in the 8th minute.
Discipline: Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards; Derby County received 6 yellow cards.
Going into the game Portsmouth were 21st on 40 points from 36 and Derby County 8th on 54 points from 37. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 18th with 55 points, and Derby County 8th with 69.
Portsmouth lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Derby County in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Richard O'Donnell of Derby County (9.0), ahead of Dion Sanderson (7.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Portsmouth win, 6 draws and 3 for Derby County.
Going into the match Portsmouth's last five read L-D-L-L-W and Derby County's L-W-W-L-L.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Sammie Szmodics
- 40'Yellow card · Conor Chaplin
- 41'Yellow card · Sammie Szmodics
- 53'Yellow card · Matt Clarke
- 67'Yellow card · John Swift
- 78'Yellow card · Ben Brereton Díaz
- 86'Yellow card · Bobby Clark
- 88'Yellow card · Joe Ward
- 90+2'Yellow card · Oscar Fraulo
Head-to-head
Team news
Portsmouth line-up (4-2-3-1)
Nicolas Schmid, Terry Devlin, Regan Poole, Connor Ogilvie, Zak Swanson, Marlon Pack, Ebou Adams, Millenic Alli, Conor Mark Chaplin, Gustavo Caballero, Jacob Brown
Derby County line-up (4-2-3-1)
Richard O'Donnell, Joe Ward, Dion Sanderson, Matt Clarke, Derry Murkin, Lewis Travis, Bobby Clark, Ben Brereton Díaz, Sammie Szmodics, Rhian Brewster, Patrick Agyemang