Portsmouth 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Championship · Saturday 13 December 2025
Result
Portsmouth 2-1 Blackburn Rovers
Championship · Saturday 13 December 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Portsmouth 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Portsmouth defeated Blackburn Rovers 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 13 December 2025. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Yuki Ohashi opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Portsmouth's goals came from Callum Lang (62') and Ibane Bowat (79'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Yuki Ohashi (36').
Discipline: Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Portsmouth were 23rd on 17 points from 19 and Blackburn Rovers 20th on 22 points from 19. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 18th with 55 points, and Blackburn Rovers 22nd with 52.
Portsmouth lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Conor Mark Chaplin of Portsmouth (8.2), ahead of Ibane Bowat (7.7).
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-L-W-L and Blackburn Rovers's D-D-D-L-W.
Key events
- 28'Yellow card · Yuki Ohashi
- 35'Yellow card · Ryan Alebiosu
- 36'Goal · Yuki Ohashi
- 45+4'Yellow card · Lewis Miller
- 54'Yellow card · Hayden Matthews
- 59'Yellow card · Callum Lang
- 62'Goal · Callum Lang
- 79'Goal · Ibane Bowat
Head-to-head
Team news
Portsmouth line-up (4-2-3-1)
Nicolas Schmid, Terry Devlin, Hayden Matthews, Ibane Bowat, Zak Swanson, John Swift, Andre Dozzell, Min-hyeok Yang, Conor Mark Chaplin, Josh Murphy, Callum Lang
Blackburn Rovers line-up (3-4-1-2)
Aynsley Pears, Lewis Miller, Sean McLoughlin, Yuri Ribeiro, Ryan Alebiosu, Ryoya Morishita, Sidnei Tavares, Dion De Neve, Todd Cantwell, Yuki Ohashi, Andri Gudjohnsen