Bristol City 5-0 Portsmouth: result and report

Championship · Thursday 1 January 2026

Result

Bristol City 5-0 Portsmouth

Championship · Thursday 1 January 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Bristol City · Portsmouth · Championship predictions

Bristol City 5-0 Portsmouth: match report

Bristol City defeated Portsmouth 5-0 in the Championship on Thursday 1 January 2026. The half-time score was 2-0.

Adam Randell opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Bristol City's goals came from Adam Randell (11'), Anis Mehmeti (24'), Scott Twine (50'), Sinclair Armstrong (59') and Sinclair Armstrong (90+3'). Portsmouth did not score.

Discipline: Bristol City received no yellow cards; Portsmouth received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Bristol City were 9th on 36 points from 24 and Portsmouth 21st on 25 points from 23. Bristol City went on to finish that season 12th with 62 points, and Portsmouth 18th with 55.

Bristol City lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Portsmouth in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Sinclair Armstrong of Bristol City (8.3), ahead of Adam Randell (8.1).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Goal · Adam RandellBristol City · 1-0
  • 22'Yellow card · Luke Le RouxPortsmouth
  • 24'Goal · Anis MehmetiBristol City · 2-0
  • 50'Goal · Scott TwineBristol City · 3-0
  • 59'Goal · Sinclair ArmstrongBristol City · 4-0
  • 90+3'Goal · Sinclair ArmstrongBristol City · 5-0

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Bristol City 3, draws 2, Portsmouth 2.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Luke McNallyBristol City · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)
  • Max BirdBristol City · injury (Calf Injury)

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

Max O'Leary, George Tanner, Zak Vyner, Rob Atkinson, Ross McCrorie, Jason Knight, Adam Randell, Neto Borges, Scott Twine, Anis Mehmeti, Emil Riis

Portsmouth line-up (3-4-3)

Nicolas Schmid, Regan Poole, Conor Shaughnessy, Ibane Bowat, Terry Devlin, Luke Le Roux, Andre Dozzell, Zak Swanson, John Swift, Makenzie Kirk, Adrian Segečić