Sheffield United 2-1 Portsmouth: result and report

Championship · Saturday 8 February 2025

Result

Sheffield United 2-1 Portsmouth

Championship · Saturday 8 February 2025, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Sheffield United · Portsmouth · Championship predictions

Sheffield United 2-1 Portsmouth: match report

Sheffield United won against Portsmouth 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 8 February 2025. The half-time score was 1-1.

Gustavo Hamer opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Sheffield United's goals came from Gustavo Hamer (24') and Jesurun Rak-Sakyi (73'). Portsmouth scored through Connor Ogilvie (27').

Discipline: Sheffield United received 4 yellow cards; Portsmouth received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Sheffield United were 2nd on 63 points from 30 and Portsmouth 20th on 30 points from 30. Sheffield United went on to finish that season 3rd with 98 points, and Portsmouth 16th with 54.

Sheffield United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Portsmouth in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Gustavo Hamer of Sheffield United (8.4), ahead of Josh Murphy (7.9).

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Goal · Gustavo HamerSheffield United · 1-0
  • 25'Yellow card · Rob AtkinsonPortsmouth
  • 27'Goal · Connor OgilviePortsmouth · 1-1
  • 42'Yellow card · Ben Brereton DíazSheffield United
  • 73'Goal · Jesurun Rak-SakyiSheffield United · 2-1
  • 77'Yellow card · Harry ClarkeSheffield United
  • 86'Yellow card · Sydie PeckSheffield United
  • 90'Yellow card · Anel AhmedhodzicSheffield United

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Sheffield United 2, draws 2, Portsmouth 3.

Team news

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Sheffield United line-up (4-4-2)

Michael Cooper, Harry Clarke, Anel Ahmedhodzic, Jack Robinson, Harrison Burrows, Ben Brereton Díaz, Hamza Dewan Choudhury, Vinicius de Souza Costa, Gustavo Hamer, Tom Cannon, Tyrese Campbell

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

Nicolas Schmid, Zak Swanson, Conor Shaughnessy, Rob Atkinson, Connor Ogilvie, Freddie Potts, Andre Dozzell, Matt Ritchie, Callum Lang, Josh Murphy, Colby Bishop