Portsmouth 3-2 Sheffield United: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 14 October 2026

Result

Portsmouth 3-2 Sheffield United

Championship · Wednesday 14 October 2026, 18:45 UTC · Fratton Park, Portsmouth · half-time 1-0

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Portsmouth 3-2 Sheffield United: match report

Portsmouth defeated Sheffield United 3-2 in the Championship on Wednesday 14 October 2026 at Fratton Park. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Zak Swanson opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Portsmouth's goals came from Zak Swanson (41'), Adrian Segečić (54') and Ebou Adams (89'). Sheffield United scored through Japhet Tanganga (59') and Tom Cannon (67').

Discipline: Portsmouth received 3 yellow cards; Sheffield United received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 20th on 8 points from 8 and Sheffield United 15th on 12 points from 9. In the current table Portsmouth are 10th on 22 points and Sheffield United are 9th on 22 points.

Portsmouth lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Sheffield United in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Adrian Segečić of Portsmouth (7.7), ahead of Kalvin Phillips (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Portsmouth wins, 2 draws and 5 for Sheffield United.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Yellow card · Jayden MeghomaPortsmouth
  • 35'Yellow card · Hamza Dewan ChoudhurySheffield United
  • 41'Goal · Zak SwansonPortsmouth · 1-0
  • 44'Second yellow · Hamza Dewan ChoudhurySheffield United
  • 54'Goal · Adrian SegečićPortsmouth · 2-0
  • 59'Goal · Japhet TangangaSheffield United · 2-1
  • 60'Yellow card · Sam McCallumSheffield United
  • 60'Yellow card · Nicolas SchmidPortsmouth
  • 67'Goal · Tom CannonSheffield United · 2-2
  • 82'Yellow card · Ebou AdamsPortsmouth
  • 89'Goal · Ebou AdamsPortsmouth · 3-2

Form and table

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9Sheffield United146442017+322LWDWW
10Portsmouth146441916+322WDWDW

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Portsmouth 3, draws 2, Sheffield United 5.

Team news

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

Nicolas Schmid, Zak Swanson, Regan Poole, Madiodio Dia, Jayden Meghoma, Marlon Pack, Iyad Mohamed, Abu Kamara, Adrian Segečić, Ryan Kavuma-McQueen, Marko Milovanović

Sheffield United line-up (4-4-2)

Michael Cooper, Hamza Dewan Choudhury, Japhet Tanganga, Liam Kitching, Sam McCallum, Tahith Chong, Sydie frederick Peck, Joe Rothwell, Ben Brereton Díaz, Tom Cannon, Patrick Bamford

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