Portsmouth 2-2 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Championship · Saturday 19 September 2026

Result

Portsmouth 2-2 Blackburn Rovers

Championship · Saturday 19 September 2026, 14:00 UTC · Fratton Park, Portsmouth · half-time 1-1

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Portsmouth 2-2 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Portsmouth drew with Blackburn Rovers 2-2 in the Championship on Saturday 19 September 2026 at Fratton Park. The half-time score was 1-1.

Zak Swanson opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Portsmouth's goals came from Zak Swanson (4') and Colby Bishop (74'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Oladapo Afolayan (11') and Ryoya Morishita (56').

Discipline: Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 18th on 7 points from 6 and Blackburn Rovers 16th on 8 points from 7. In the current table Portsmouth are 10th on 22 points and Blackburn Rovers are 14th on 18 points.

Portsmouth lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Blackburn Rovers in a 5-4-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Oladapo Afolayan of Blackburn Rovers (8.2), ahead of Ryan Kavuma-McQueen (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Portsmouth wins, 2 draws and 5 for Blackburn Rovers.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Zak SwansonPortsmouth · 1-0
  • 11'Goal · Oladapo AfolayanBlackburn Rovers · 1-1
  • 40'Yellow card · Marlon PackPortsmouth
  • 47'Yellow card · Tom AtchesonBlackburn Rovers
  • 56'Goal · Ryoya MorishitaBlackburn Rovers · 1-2
  • 74'Goal · Colby BishopPortsmouth · 2-2
  • 89'Yellow card · Zak SwansonPortsmouth

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
10Portsmouth146441916+322WDWDW
14Blackburn Rovers145362022-218WLWLL

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Portsmouth 3, draws 2, Blackburn Rovers 5.

Team news

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

Daniel Bielica, Zak Swanson, Madiodio Dia, Conor Shaughnessy, Jayden Meghoma, Marlon Pack, Rocco Shein, Abu Kamara, Adrian Segečić, Ryan Kavuma-McQueen, Tyrese Shade

Blackburn Rovers line-up (5-4-1)

Balázs Tóth, Ryan Alebiosu, Tom Atcheson, Hayden Carter, Sean McLoughlin, Harry Pickering, Ryoya Morishita, Sam Morsy, Kristi Montgomery, Oladapo Afolayan, Todd Cantwell

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