
Portsmouth vs Preston North End, 2024-25 English League Championship, Regular Season
· English League Championship3 - 1
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Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 5': Brad Potts (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 5': Foul by Josh Murphy (Portsmouth).
- 6': Connor Ogilvie (Portsmouth) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 6': Foul by Duane Holmes (Preston North End).
- 7': Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Freddie Woodman.
- 10': Offside, Preston North End. Emil Riis is caught offside.
- 11': Callum Lang (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 11': Foul by Benjamin Whiteman (Preston North End).
- 13': Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Jordan Storey.
- 13': Offside, Preston North End. Sam Greenwood is caught offside.
- 14': Attempt missed. Matt Ritchie (Portsmouth) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Terry Devlin.
- 15': Attempt missed. Connor Ogilvie (Portsmouth) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
- 16': Foul by Duane Holmes (Preston North End).
- 16': Josh Murphy (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 17': Attempt blocked. Marlon Pack (Portsmouth) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Freddie Potts with a cross.
- 17': Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Duane Holmes.
- 17': Attempt saved. Marlon Pack (Portsmouth) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Freddie Potts with a cross.
- 17': Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Jack Whatmough.
- 19': Foul by Sam Greenwood (Preston North End).
- 19': Regan Poole (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 21': Attempt blocked. Matt Ritchie (Portsmouth) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 21': Ali McCann (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 21': Foul by Terry Devlin (Portsmouth).
- 23': Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Andrew Hughes.
- 25': Callum Lang (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 25': Foul by Ali McCann (Preston North End).
- 27': Callum Lang (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 27': Foul by Jordan Storey (Preston North End).
- 27': Attempt blocked. Josh Murphy (Portsmouth) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked. Assisted by Andre Dozzell.
- 28': Attempt missed. Freddie Potts (Portsmouth) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
- 28': Delay in match because of an injury Freddie Woodman (Preston North End).
- 29': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 30': Connor Ogilvie (Portsmouth) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 30': Foul by Duane Holmes (Preston North End).
- 30': Attempt blocked. Kusini Yengi (Portsmouth) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Connor Ogilvie with a cross.
- 30': Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Jack Whatmough.
- 31': Attempt missed. Josh Murphy (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Freddie Potts following a corner.
- 35': Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Benjamin Whiteman.
- 36': Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Kaine Kesler-Hayden.
- 36': Goal! Portsmouth 1, Preston North End 0. Josh Murphy (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner following a corner.
- 38': Attempt blocked. Matt Ritchie (Portsmouth) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kusini Yengi.
- 39': Attempt missed. Andre Dozzell (Portsmouth) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
- 41': Foul by Matt Ritchie (Portsmouth).
- 41': Kaine Kesler-Hayden (Preston North End) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 44': Attempt blocked. Andre Dozzell (Portsmouth) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kusini Yengi.
- 44': Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Jack Whatmough.
- 45': Goal! Portsmouth 2, Preston North End 0. Connor Ogilvie (Portsmouth) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner following a corner.
- 45': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
- 45'+1': Foul by Emil Riis (Preston North End).
- 45'+1': Freddie Potts (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+3': First Half ends, Portsmouth 2, Preston North End 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Portsmouth 2, Preston North End 0.
- 45': Substitution, Preston North End. Mads Frökjaer-Jensen replaces Benjamin Whiteman.
- 45': Substitution, Preston North End. Ryan Ledson replaces Duane Holmes.
- 45': Substitution, Preston North End. Stefán Thórdarson replaces Brad Potts.
- 49': Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Regan Poole.
- 49': Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Regan Poole.
- 50': Goal! Portsmouth 2, Preston North End 1. Emil Riis (Preston North End) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ryan Ledson with a through ball.
- 51': Foul by Matt Ritchie (Portsmouth).
- 51': Jack Whatmough (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 53': Foul by Connor Ogilvie (Portsmouth).
- 53': Sam Greenwood (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 54': Ali McCann (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 54': Foul by Marlon Pack (Portsmouth).
- 58': Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Jack Whatmough.
- 60': Attempt saved. Matt Ritchie (Portsmouth) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Andre Dozzell with a cross.
- 61': Delay in match because of an injury Callum Lang (Portsmouth).
- 61': Delay in match because of an injury Jordan Storey (Preston North End).
- 62': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 64': Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Josh Murphy.
- 64': Attempt missed. Jack Whatmough (Preston North End) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ali McCann with a cross following a corner.
- 65': Attempt missed. Ali McCann (Preston North End) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Sam Greenwood with a cross.
- 65': Attempt blocked. Emil Riis (Preston North End) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ali McCann.
- 65': Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Kusini Yengi.
- 66': Foul by Callum Lang (Portsmouth).
- 66': Kaine Kesler-Hayden (Preston North End) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 67': Connor Ogilvie (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 67': Foul by Ryan Ledson (Preston North End).
- 68': Regan Poole (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card.
- 70': Substitution, Portsmouth. Christian Saydee replaces Matt Ritchie.
- 71': Attempt missed. Callum Lang (Portsmouth) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Kusini Yengi with a cross.
- 72': Foul by Emil Riis (Preston North End).
- 72': Nicolas Schmid (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 73': Delay in match (Preston North End).
- 74': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 74': Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Kaine Kesler-Hayden.
- 75': Attempt missed. Josh Murphy (Portsmouth) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a corner.
- 78': Substitution, Preston North End. Jeppe Okkels replaces Sam Greenwood.
- 78': Substitution, Portsmouth. Owen Moxon replaces Freddie Potts.
- 78': Substitution, Portsmouth. Colby Bishop replaces Kusini Yengi.
- 79': Foul by Christian Saydee (Portsmouth).
- 79': Ryan Ledson (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 80': Foul by Marlon Pack (Portsmouth).
- 80': Kaine Kesler-Hayden (Preston North End) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 81': Attempt blocked. Mads Frökjaer-Jensen (Preston North End) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 81': Substitution, Preston North End. Josh Bowler replaces Ali McCann.
- 86': Substitution, Portsmouth. Paddy Lane replaces Josh Murphy.
- 87': Foul by Christian Saydee (Portsmouth).
- 87': Kaine Kesler-Hayden (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 87': Connor Ogilvie (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 87': Foul by Mads Frökjaer-Jensen (Preston North End).
- 88': Penalty Portsmouth. Callum Lang draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 88': Penalty conceded by Andrew Hughes (Preston North End) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 89': Goal! Portsmouth 3, Preston North End 1. Colby Bishop (Portsmouth) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
- 90': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
- 90'+2': Foul by Mads Frökjaer-Jensen (Preston North End).
- 90'+2': Marlon Pack (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+2': Foul by Colby Bishop (Portsmouth).
- 90'+2': Kaine Kesler-Hayden (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+3': Attempt blocked. Stefán Thórdarson (Preston North End) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jack Whatmough.
- 90'+3': Corner, Preston North End. Conceded by Colby Bishop.
- 90'+4': Foul by Colby Bishop (Portsmouth).
- 90'+4': Jordan Storey (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Portsmouth 3, Preston North End 1.
- 0': Match ends, Portsmouth 3, Preston North End 1.
Statistics
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13 | Fouls | 12 |
0 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
0 | Red Cards | 0 |
2 | Offsides | 0 |
5 | Corner Kicks | 11 |
2 | Saves | 1 |
58.1 | Possession | 41.9 |
6 | SHOTS | 18 |
1 | ON GOAL | 5 |
0.2 | On Target % | 0.3 |
0 | Penalty Goals | 1 |
0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 1 |
281 | Accurate Passes | 174 |
421 | Passes | 292 |
0.7 | Pass Completion % | 0.6 |
4 | Accurate Crosses | 7 |
14 | Crosses | 26 |
0.3 | Cross % | 0.3 |
108 | Long Balls | 72 |
42 | Accurate Long Balls | 21 |
0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.3 |
3 | Blocked Shots | 6 |
7 | Effective Tackles | 6 |
9 | Tackles | 10 |
0.8 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
7 | Interceptions | 10 |
41 | Effective Clearances | 21 |
41 | Clearances | 21 |
Game Information
Venue: Fratton Park
Location: Portsmouth, England
Attendance: 20,295
EFL Championship Table
# | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Leeds United | 33 | +48 | 72 |
2 | Sheffield United | 33 | +24 | 70 |
3 | Burnley | 34 | +34 | 68 |
4 | Sunderland | 34 | +19 | 62 |
Line-Ups
Portsmouth (4-2-3-1)
No. | Name |
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13 | Nicolas Schmid (GK) |
7 | Marlon Pack |
5 | Regan Poole ![]() |
3 | Connor Ogilvie |
24 | Terry Devlin |
49 | Callum Lang |
21 | Andre Dozzell |
8 | Freddie Potts |
10 | Kusini Yengi |
23 | Josh Murphy |
30 | Matt Ritchie |
Preston North End (3-5-2)
No. | Name |
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1 | Freddie Woodman (GK) |
5 | Jack Whatmough |
16 | Andrew Hughes |
14 | Jordan Storey |
8 | Alistair McCann |
25 | Duane Holmes |
4 | Benjamin Whiteman |
29 | Kaine Kesler Hayden |
44 | Brad Potts |
20 | Sam Greenwood |
9 | Emil Riis Jakobsen |
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