Portsmouth 1-0 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Championship · Saturday 29 March 2025
Result
Portsmouth 1-0 Blackburn Rovers
Championship · Saturday 29 March 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Portsmouth 1-0 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Portsmouth defeated Blackburn Rovers 1-0 in the Championship on Saturday 29 March 2025. The half-time score was 1-0.
The only goal came from Josh Murphy of Portsmouth in the 20th minute.
Discipline: Portsmouth received 4 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Portsmouth were 17th on 42 points from 38 and Blackburn Rovers 10th on 52 points from 38. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 16th with 54 points, and Blackburn Rovers 7th with 66.
Portsmouth lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Hayden Carter of Blackburn Rovers (7.5), ahead of Regan Poole (7.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Portsmouth wins, 1 draw and 7 for Blackburn Rovers.
Going into the match Portsmouth's last five read L-L-W-L-W and Blackburn Rovers's L-L-L-D-L.
Key events
- 6'Yellow card · Tyrhys Dolan
- 20'Goal · Josh Murphy
- 36'Yellow card · Zak Swanson
- 37'Yellow card · Regan Poole
- 40'Yellow card · Danny Batth
- 75'Yellow card · Jordan Williams
- 81'Yellow card · Freddie Potts
Head-to-head
Team news
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Portsmouth line-up (4-2-3-1)
Nicolas Schmid, Zak Swanson, Regan Poole, Connor Ogilvie, Cohen Bramall, Freddie Potts, Andre Dozzell, Matt Ritchie, Adil Aouchiche, Josh Murphy, Colby Bishop
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-2-3-1)
Aynsley Pears, Hayden Carter, Dominic Hyam, Danny Batth, Yuri Ribeiro, Sondre Tronstad, Lewis Travis, Cauley Woodrow, Tyrhys Dolan, Owen Beck, Yuki Ohashi