Preston North End 2-1 Portsmouth: result and report

Championship · Saturday 15 March 2025

Result

Preston North End 2-1 Portsmouth

Championship · Saturday 15 March 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Preston North End · Portsmouth · Championship predictions

Preston North End 2-1 Portsmouth: match report

Preston North End beat Portsmouth 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 15 March 2025. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Ryan Porteous opened the scoring in the 76th minute. Preston North End's goals came from Ryan Porteous (76') and Stefán Teitur Thórdarson (87'). Portsmouth scored through Colby Bishop (83').

Discipline: Preston North End received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Portsmouth received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Preston North End were 15th on 44 points from 37 and Portsmouth 17th on 42 points from 37. Preston North End went on to finish that season 20th with 50 points, and Portsmouth 16th with 54.

Preston North End lined up in a 5-3-2 and Portsmouth in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Stefán Teitur Thórdarson of Preston North End (7.5), ahead of Adil Aouchiche (7.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Preston North End win, 1 draw and 1 for Portsmouth.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Yellow card · Mads Frøkjaer-JensenPreston North End
  • 76'Goal · Ryan PorteousPreston North End · 1-0
  • 83'Goal · Colby BishopPortsmouth · 1-1
  • 87'Goal · Stefán Teitur ThórdarsonPreston North End · 2-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Sam GreenwoodPreston North End
  • 90+4'Second yellow · Sam GreenwoodPreston North End
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Thomas WaddinghamPortsmouth

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Preston North End 1, draws 1, Portsmouth 1.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Ibane BowatPortsmouth · injury (Patellar Tendon Rupture)
  • Josh SearyPreston North End · injury (Knee Injury)

Preston North End line-up (5-3-2)

Freddie Woodman, Kaine Kesler-Hayden, Ryan Porteous, Liam Lindsay, Lewis Gibson, Jayden Meghoma, Ryan Ledson, Stefán Teitur Thórdarson, Mads Frøkjaer-Jensen, Will Keane, Emil Riis

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

Nicolas Schmid, Terry Devlin, Regan Poole, Connor Ogilvie, Cohen Bramall, Freddie Potts, Andre Dozzell, Adil Aouchiche, Colby Bishop, Josh Murphy, Kusini Yengi