Portsmouth 2-0 Cardiff City: result and report

Portsmouth 2-0 Cardiff City

Championship · Saturday 5 September 2026, 14:00 UTC · Fratton Park, Portsmouth · half-time 1-0

Portsmouth · Cardiff City · Championship predictions

Portsmouth beat Cardiff City 2-0 in the Championship on Saturday 5 September 2026 at Fratton Park. The half-time score was 1-0.

Conor Shaughnessy opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Portsmouth's goals came from Conor Shaughnessy (31') and Marko Milovanović (52'). Cardiff City did not score.

Discipline: Portsmouth received no yellow cards; Cardiff City received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 22nd on 3 points from 4 and Cardiff City 20th on 3 points from 4. In the current table Portsmouth are 10th on 22 points and Cardiff City are 18th on 14 points.

Portsmouth lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cardiff City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Daniel Bielica of Portsmouth (7.8), ahead of Conor Shaughnessy (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Portsmouth wins, 2 draws and 4 for Cardiff City.

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