Norwich City 3-5 Portsmouth: result and report

Championship · Friday 18 April 2025

Result

Norwich City 3-5 Portsmouth

Championship · Friday 18 April 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-3

Norwich City · Portsmouth · Championship predictions

Norwich City 3-5 Portsmouth: match report

Norwich City were beaten by Portsmouth 3-5 in the Championship on Friday 18 April 2025. It was 1-3 at half-time.

Colby Bishop opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Norwich City's goals came from Josh Sargent (21'), Jack Stacey (64') and Emiliano Marcondes (90'). Portsmouth scored through Colby Bishop (15'), Matt Ritchie (39'), Colby Bishop (45+4', penalty), Colby Bishop (51') and Regan Poole (71').

Discipline: Norwich City received 1 yellow card; Portsmouth received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Norwich City were 13th on 53 points from 42 and Portsmouth 19th on 46 points from 42. Norwich City went on to finish that season 13th with 57 points, and Portsmouth 16th with 54.

Norwich City lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Portsmouth in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Colby Bishop of Portsmouth (9.6), ahead of Matt Ritchie (8.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Norwich City win, 3 draws and 1 for Portsmouth.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Goal · Colby BishopPortsmouth · 0-1
  • 21'Goal · Josh SargentNorwich City · 1-1
  • 31'Yellow card · Matt RitchiePortsmouth
  • 32'Yellow card · Isaac HaydenPortsmouth
  • 39'Goal · Matt RitchiePortsmouth · 1-2
  • 45+4'Penalty goal · Colby BishopPortsmouth · 1-3
  • 51'Goal · Colby BishopPortsmouth · 1-4
  • 64'Goal · Jack StaceyNorwich City · 2-4
  • 71'Goal · Regan PoolePortsmouth · 2-5
  • 79'Yellow card · Borja SainzNorwich City
  • 90'Goal · Emiliano MarcondesNorwich City · 3-5
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Andre DozzellPortsmouth

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Norwich City 1, draws 3, Portsmouth 1.

Team news

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

George Long, Shane Duffy, José Córdoba, Kenny McLean, Jacob Wright, Kellen Fisher, Anis Ben Slimane, Marcelino Núñez, Oscar Schwartau, Josh Sargent, Borja Sainz

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

Nicolas Schmid, Jordan Williams, Regan Poole, Rob Atkinson, Connor Ogilvie, Freddie Potts, Isaac Hayden, Matt Ritchie, Adil Aouchiche, Josh Murphy, Colby Bishop