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Portsmouth vs Blackburn: match report

Portsmouth hosted Blackburn Rovers at Fratton Park on Saturday 19 September 2026, in the EFL Championship (round 8). John Busby is the referee, averaging 3.5 yellow cards a game against a league average of 3.8.

Result and scorers

Portsmouth 2-2 Blackburn. Goals: Zak Swanson 4' for Portsmouth; Oladapo Afolayan 11' for Blackburn; Ryoya Morishita 56' for Blackburn; Colby Bishop 74' for Portsmouth.

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Key moments (contains the result)
  • 4' Goal: Zak Swanson (Portsmouth) 1-0
  • 11' Goal: Oladapo Afolayan (Blackburn) 1-1
  • 40' Yellow card: Marlon Pack (Portsmouth)
  • 47' Yellow card: Tom Atcheson (Blackburn)
  • 56' Goal: Ryoya Morishita (Blackburn) 1-2
  • 74' Goal: Colby Bishop (Portsmouth) 2-2
  • 89' Yellow card: Zak Swanson (Portsmouth)
Match stats (contains the result)
50.3%Possession49.7%
20Shots8
6Shots on target5
9Corners7
16Fouls9
2Offsides2
3Saves4
2Yellow cards1
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Portsmouth 4-2-3-1

Coach: John Mousinho

  1. 31 Daniel Bielica GK
  2. 22 Zak Swanson DEF
  3. 55 Madiodio Dia DEF
  4. 6 Conor Shaughnessy DEF
  5. 16 Jayden Meghoma DEF
  6. 7 Marlon Pack MID
  7. 19 Rocco Shein MID
  8. 11 Abu Kamara FWD
  9. 10 Adrian Segečić MID
  10. 25 Ryan Kavuma-McQueen FWD
  11. 17 Tyrese Shade FWD

Bench

  • 38 Ebou Adams MID
  • 5 Regan Poole DEF
  • 27 Odin Bailey MID
  • 9 Colby Bishop FWD
  • 37 Iyad Mohamed MID
  • 1 Nicolas Schmid GK
  • 8 John Swift MID
  • 32 Eoin Kenny MID
  • 24 Terry Devlin MID

Blackburn 5-4-1

Coach: Tony Mowbray

  1. 22 Balázs Tóth GK
  2. 6 Tom Atcheson DEF
  3. 17 Hayden Carter DEF
  4. 15 Sean McLoughlin DEF
  5. 2 Ryan Alebiosu DEF
  6. 3 Harry Pickering DEF
  7. 25 Ryoya Morishita MID
  8. 8 Sam Morsy MID
  9. 31 Kristi Montgomery MID
  10. 21 Oladapo Afolayan MID
  11. 10 Todd Cantwell FWD

Bench

  • 24 Moussa Baradji MID
  • 9 Andri Guðjohnsen FWD
  • 11 Jayden Fevrier FWD
  • 1 Aynsley Pears GK
  • 27 Gady Beyuku DEF
  • 39 Harvey Pates DEF
  • 42 Harry Lister MID
  • 14 Dion De Neve MID
  • 30 Jake Garrett MID
Previous meetings
  • Saturday 7 March 2026: Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Portsmouth
  • Saturday 13 December 2025: Portsmouth 2-1 Blackburn Rovers
  • Saturday 29 March 2025: Portsmouth 1-0 Blackburn Rovers
  • Wednesday 15 January 2025: Blackburn Rovers 3-0 Portsmouth
  • Tuesday 13 February 2018: Portsmouth 1-2 Blackburn Rovers