Portsmouth 4-0 Swansea City: result and report

Championship · Wednesday 1 January 2025

Result

Portsmouth 4-0 Swansea City

Championship · Wednesday 1 January 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Portsmouth 4-0 Swansea City: match report

Portsmouth won against Swansea City 4-0 in the Championship on Wednesday 1 January 2025. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Josh Murphy opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Portsmouth's goals came from Josh Murphy (22'), Paddy Lane (29'), Ryley Towler (61') and Colby Bishop (78'). Swansea City did not score.

Discipline: Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards; Swansea City received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 23rd on 20 points from 22 and Swansea City 10th on 33 points from 24. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 16th with 54 points, and Swansea City 11th with 61.

Portsmouth lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Swansea City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Josh Murphy of Portsmouth (8.1), ahead of Freddie Potts (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Portsmouth win, 2 draws and 0 for Swansea City.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Goal · Josh MurphyPortsmouth · 1-0
  • 29'Goal · Paddy LanePortsmouth · 2-0
  • 44'Yellow card · Marlon PackPortsmouth
  • 44'Yellow cardPortsmouth
  • 61'Goal · Ryley TowlerPortsmouth · 3-0
  • 78'Goal · Colby BishopPortsmouth · 4-0

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Portsmouth 1, draws 2, Swansea City 0.

Team news

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

Nicolas Schmid, Zak Swanson, Marlon Pack, Ryley Towler, Connor Ogilvie, Freddie Potts, Andre Dozzell, Paddy Lane, Callum Lang, Josh Murphy, Colby Bishop

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

Lawrence Vigouroux, Kyle Naughton, Ben Cabango, Harry Darling, Josh Tymon, Jay Fulton, Matt Grimes, Ronald, Liam Cullen, Ji-sung Eom, Florian Bianchini