Norwich City 1-1 Portsmouth: result and report

Championship · Friday 3 April 2026

Result

Norwich City 1-1 Portsmouth

Championship · Friday 3 April 2026, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Norwich City · Portsmouth · Championship predictions

Norwich City 1-1 Portsmouth: match report

Norwich City drew with Portsmouth 1-1 in the Championship on Friday 3 April 2026. It was 1-0 at half-time.

P. Mattsson opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Norwich City's goal came from P. Mattsson (26'). Portsmouth scored through an own goal by P. Mattsson (84').

Discipline: Norwich City received 3 yellow cards; Portsmouth received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Norwich City were 10th on 54 points from 39 and Portsmouth 22nd on 40 points from 38. Norwich City went on to finish that season 9th with 65 points, and Portsmouth 18th with 55.

Norwich City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Portsmouth in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Marlon Pack of Portsmouth (7.2), ahead of Madiodio Dia (7.0).

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

Going into the match Norwich City's last five read W-L-W-W-W and Portsmouth's L-L-L-D-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Yellow card · Marlon PackPortsmouth
  • 16'Yellow card · Connor OgilviePortsmouth
  • 26'Goal · P. MattssonNorwich City · 1-0
  • 30'Yellow card · Gustavo CaballeroPortsmouth
  • 46'Yellow card · Liam GibbsNorwich City
  • 48'Yellow card · Jacob WrightNorwich City
  • 67'Yellow card · P. MattssonNorwich City
  • 84'Own goal · P. MattssonPortsmouth · 1-1
  • 87'Yellow card · Colby BishopPortsmouth
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Jacob BrownPortsmouth

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Vladan Kovacevic, Liam Gibbs, Harry Darling, Jakov Medic, Kellen Fisher, Kenny McLean, Pelle Mattsson, Paris Maghoma, Jacob Wright, Oscar Schwartau, Mathias Kvistgaarden

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

Nicolas Schmid, Terry Devlin, Regan Poole, Madiodio Dia, Connor Ogilvie, Marlon Pack, Luke Le Roux, Gustavo Caballero, Conor Mark Chaplin, Millenic Alli, Colby Bishop