Wrexham 2-1 Portsmouth: result and report
Championship · Tuesday 24 February 2026
Result
Wrexham 2-1 Portsmouth
Championship · Tuesday 24 February 2026, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0
Wrexham 2-1 Portsmouth: match report
Wrexham defeated Portsmouth 2-1 in the Championship on Tuesday 24 February 2026. The half-time score was 2-0.
Sam Smith opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Wrexham's goals came from Sam Smith (23') and Max Cleworth (39'). Portsmouth scored through Zak Swanson (49').
Discipline: Wrexham received no yellow cards; Portsmouth received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Wrexham were 6th on 51 points from 33 and Portsmouth 20th on 39 points from 32. Wrexham went on to finish that season 7th with 71 points, and Portsmouth 18th with 55.
Wrexham lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Portsmouth in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Max Cleworth of Wrexham (7.8), ahead of Zak Swanson (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Wrexham wins, 1 draw and 0 for Portsmouth.
Going into the match Wrexham's last five read W-D-L-W-W and Portsmouth's W-W-L-L-W.
Key events
- 23'Goal · Sam Smith
- 30'Yellow card · Regan Poole
- 39'Goal · Max Cleworth
- 49'Goal · Zak Swanson
Head-to-head
Team news
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Wrexham line-up (3-4-2-1)
Arthur Okonkwo, Max Cleworth, Dominic Hyam, Callum Doyle, Issa Kaboré, George Dobson, Lewis O'Brien, George Thomason, Josh Windass, Nathan Broadhead, Sam Smith
Portsmouth line-up (4-2-3-1)
Nicolas Schmid, Terry Devlin, Regan Poole, Connor Ogilvie, Zak Swanson, Marlon Pack, Ebou Adams, Gustavo Caballero, John Swift, Millenic Alli, Colby Bishop