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Portsmouth vs Cardiff: match report

Portsmouth hosted Cardiff City at Fratton Park on Saturday 5 September 2026, in the EFL Championship (round 5). Ben Speedie is the referee, averaging 3.4 yellow cards a game against a league average of 3.8.

Result and scorers

Portsmouth 2-0 Cardiff. Goals: Conor Shaughnessy 31' for Portsmouth; Marko Milovanovic 52' for Portsmouth. Attendance: 20,459.

Key moments (contains the result)
  • 9' Yellow card: Krystian Bielik (Cardiff)
  • 31' Goal: Conor Shaughnessy (Portsmouth) 1-0
  • 52' Goal: Marko Milovanovic (Portsmouth) 2-0
  • 60' Yellow card: Ollie Tanner (Cardiff)
  • 86' Yellow card: Alex Robertson (Cardiff)
  • 90'+2' Yellow card: Yousef Salech (Cardiff)
Match stats (contains the result)
36%Possession64%
15Shots17
5Shots on target5
5Corners7
15Fouls12
5Offsides2
5Saves3
0Yellow cards4
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Portsmouth 4-2-3-1

Coach: John Mousinho

  1. 31 Daniel Bielica GK
  2. 24 Terry Devlin DEF
  3. 2 Benjamin Arthur 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. 17 Tyrese Shade FWD
  11. 29 Marezi FWD

Bench

  • 22 Zak Swanson DEF
  • 38 Ebou Adams MID
  • 9 Colby Bishop FWD
  • 25 Ryan Kavuma-McQueen FWD
  • 37 Iyad Mohamed MID
  • 1 Nicolas Schmid GK
  • 5 Regan Poole DEF
  • 32 Eoin Kenny MID
  • 27 Odin Bailey MID

Cardiff 4-2-3-1

Coach: Brian Barry-Murphy

  1. 1 Nathan Trott GK
  2. 38 Perry Ng DEF
  3. 5 Krystian Bielik DEF
  4. 4 Gabriel Osho DEF
  5. 3 Joel Bagan DEF
  6. 18 Alex Robertson MID
  7. 14 David Turnbull MID
  8. 11 Ollie Tanner FWD
  9. 8 Jack Moylan MID
  10. 16 Chris Willock FWD
  11. 9 Yousef Salech FWD

Bench

  • 27 Joel Colwill MID
  • 10 Rubin Colwill MID
  • 45 Cian Ashford FWD
  • 23 Calum Scanlon DEF
  • 30 Harry Tyrer GK
  • 41 Matthew Turner GK
  • 44 Ronan Kpakio DEF
  • 33 Rob Tankiewicz MID
  • 47 Callum Robinson FWD
Previous meetings
  • Tuesday 11 February 2025: Portsmouth 2-1 Cardiff City
  • Tuesday 22 October 2024: Cardiff City 2-0 Portsmouth
  • Tuesday 9 August 2022: Cardiff City 0-3 Portsmouth
  • Tuesday 8 August 2017: Cardiff City 2-1 Portsmouth
  • Saturday 21 January 2012: Cardiff City 3-2 Portsmouth