Portsmouth vs Southampton prediction and preview

Championship · Sunday 28 February 2027, 12:00 UTC

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Portsmouth vs Southampton

Championship · Sunday 28 February 2027, 12:00 UTC · Fratton Park, Portsmouth

Portsmouth · Southampton · Championship predictions

Portsmouth vs Southampton preview

Portsmouth welcome Southampton at Fratton Park in Portsmouth on Sunday 28 February 2027 (12:00 UTC) in the Championship. Portsmouth sit 10th on 22 points after 14 matches, while Southampton sit 1st on 28 points after 14 matches.

Recent form: Portsmouth W-D-W-D-W, Southampton D-W-W-D-W (most recent first). Over their last 6, Portsmouth have scored 1.7 and conceded 0.8 goals per game, with 3 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 4. Southampton average 1.7 scored and 0.7 conceded across their last 6, with 3 clean sheets.

The sides have met 10 times in the records we hold: Portsmouth won 2, 4 games were drawn and Southampton won 4. Those games averaged 2.5 goals, 5 finished with more than 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 5. The most recent meeting, on 11 Oct 2026, ended Southampton 1-0 Portsmouth.

At home this season Portsmouth have 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats from 7 matches; on the road Southampton have 2 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats from 7.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

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Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
1Southampton148422914+1528WDWWD
10Portsmouth146441916+322WDWDW

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Portsmouth 2, draws 4, Southampton 4.

Team news

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

Nicolas Schmid, Regan Poole, Madiodio Dia, Jayden Meghoma, Terry Devlin, Iyad Mohamed, Adrian Segečić, Marko Milovanović

Southampton expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Daniel Peretz, Jack Stephens, Keven Schlotterbeck, James Bree, Ryan Manning, Finn Azaz, James Ward-Prowse, Kuryu Matsuki, Samuel Edozie, Léo Scienza

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