Portsmouth 0-1 Stoke City: result and report

Championship · Saturday 25 October 2025

Result

Portsmouth 0-1 Stoke City

Championship · Saturday 25 October 2025, 11:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Portsmouth 0-1 Stoke City: match report

Portsmouth were beaten by Stoke City 0-1 in the Championship on Saturday 25 October 2025. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal was an own goal by Hayden Matthews in the 70th minute, credited to Stoke City.

Discipline: Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards; Stoke City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 17th on 13 points from 11 and Stoke City 7th on 18 points from 11. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 18th with 55 points, and Stoke City 17th with 55.

Portsmouth lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Stoke City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ben Wilmot of Stoke City (7.6), ahead of Maksym Taloverov (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Portsmouth wins, 1 draw and 4 for Stoke City.

Going into the match Portsmouth's last five read L-D-W-D-L and Stoke City's L-W-D-D-D.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 35'Yellow card · Makenzie KirkPortsmouth
  • 41'Yellow card · Marlon PackPortsmouth
  • 48'Yellow card · Sorba ThomasStoke City
  • 61'Yellow card · Divin MubamaStoke City
  • 70'Own goal · Hayden MatthewsStoke City · 0-1
  • 87'Yellow card · Maksym TaloverovStoke City

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Portsmouth 3, draws 1, Stoke City 4.

Team news

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

Josef Bursik, Jordan Williams, Hayden Matthews, Regan Poole, Connor Ogilvie, Marlon Pack, Andre Dozzell, Conor Mark Chaplin, Colby Bishop, Min-hyeok Yang, Makenzie Kirk

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

Viktor Johansson, Maksym Taloverov, Ashley Phillips, Ben Wilmot, Aaron Cresswell, Lewis Baker, Ben Pearson, Million Manhoef, Jun-ho Bae, Sorba Thomas, Divin Saku Mubama