West Bromwich Albion 5-1 Portsmouth: result and report

Championship · Saturday 25 January 2025

Result

West Bromwich Albion 5-1 Portsmouth

Championship · Saturday 25 January 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 4-0

West Bromwich Albion · Portsmouth · Championship predictions

West Bromwich Albion 5-1 Portsmouth: match report

West Bromwich Albion defeated Portsmouth 5-1 in the Championship on Saturday 25 January 2025. It was 4-0 at half-time.

Alex James Mowatt opened the scoring in the 25th minute. West Bromwich Albion's goals came from Alex James Mowatt (25'), Grady Diangana (32'), Jed Fernley Wallace (37'), Grady Diangana (44') and John Swift (57'). Portsmouth scored through Thomas Waddingham (90+3').

Discipline: West Bromwich Albion received no yellow cards; Portsmouth received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game West Bromwich Albion were 7th on 41 points from 28 and Portsmouth 20th on 29 points from 27. West Bromwich Albion went on to finish that season 9th with 64 points, and Portsmouth 16th with 54.

West Bromwich Albion lined up in a 4-4-2 and Portsmouth in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Grady Diangana of West Bromwich Albion (9.8), ahead of Torbjørn Heggem (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 West Bromwich Albion wins, 2 draws and 2 for Portsmouth.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Goal · Alex James MowattWest Bromwich Albion · 1-0
  • 32'Goal · Grady DianganaWest Bromwich Albion · 2-0
  • 37'Goal · Jed Fernley WallaceWest Bromwich Albion · 3-0
  • 44'Goal · Grady DianganaWest Bromwich Albion · 4-0
  • 57'Goal · John SwiftWest Bromwich Albion · 5-0
  • 61'Yellow card · Andre DozzellPortsmouth
  • 62'Yellow card · Matt RitchiePortsmouth
  • 78'Yellow card · Jordan WilliamsPortsmouth
  • 90+3'Goal · Thomas WaddinghamPortsmouth · 5-1

Head-to-head

7 meetings: West Bromwich Albion 3, draws 2, Portsmouth 2.

Team news

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West Bromwich Albion line-up (4-4-2)

Alex Palmer, Darnell Furlong, Mason Holgate, Torbjørn Heggem, Callum Styles, Tom Fellows, Alex Mowatt, John Swift, Mikey Johnston, Grady Diangana, Jed Wallace

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

Nicolas Schmid, Zak Swanson, Marlon Pack, Ryley Towler, Connor Ogilvie, Isaac Hayden, Andre Dozzell, Terry Devlin, Christian Saydee, Matt Ritchie, Colby Bishop