Portsmouth 0-2 Derby County: result and report

Portsmouth 0-2 Derby County

Championship · Tuesday 1 September 2026, 18:45 UTC · Fratton Park, Portsmouth · half-time 0-1

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Portsmouth were beaten by Derby County 0-2 in the Championship on Tuesday 1 September 2026 at Fratton Park. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Sammie Szmodics opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Portsmouth did not score. Derby County scored through Sammie Szmodics (16') and Lars-Jørgen Salvesen (62').

Discipline: Portsmouth received 1 yellow card; Derby County received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 17th on 3 points from 3 and Derby County 21st on 1 point from 3. In the current table Portsmouth are 10th on 22 points and Derby County are 23rd on 7 points.

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 Lars-Jørgen Salvesen of Derby County (7.5), level with Dion Sanderson (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Portsmouth win, 6 draws and 3 for Derby County.