Play-off chasing Stoke City will look to bounce back from their midweek defeat when they travel to Fratton Park to take on Portsmouth in the Championship on Saturday.
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Our Three Predictions For Portsmouth vs Stoke City
- First Prediction: Match Result – Draw – 21/10
- Second Prediction: Under 2.5 Goals – 4/6
- Third Prediction: Over 9.5 Corners – 13/25
First Prediction For Portsmouth vs Stoke City – Match Result – Draw – 21/10
Portsmouth find themselves languishing in 17th in the Championship but have opened up a healthy 5 point gap on the relegation places. They lost at Fratton Park on Tuesday, but there’s no shame in going down 2-1 against the unbeaten Coventry City.
Prior to that, their home form has been decent. They beat promotion chasing Middlesbrough earlier this month whilst they also picked up 3 points against Preston North End in September.
Stoke remain sixth but have won just 1 of their last 6 league games. This game in a narrow 1-0 victory over Wrexham at the bet365 Stadium and they haven’t won on the road since beating Southampton in August.
The Potters did pick up a point in away trips to Middlesbrough and Blackburn Rovers. This one could follow suit.
Second Prediction For Portsmouth vs Stoke City – Under 2.5 Goals – 4/6
These two teams are amongst the lowest in the Championship when it comes to low scoring games. Portsmouth have been involved in games with 3 goals or more in just 36% of their fixtures, although that does include 3 of their last 5.
Stoke rank even lower, with only 27% of their outings hitting this marker. That equates to 3 of their 11 games thus far, of which all came in their opening 3 fixtures of the season.
As a result, Mark Robins’ team are on a run of 8 league games which have seen less than 3 goals. Three of those have ended in a draw, but they did fail to score against Millwall on Tuesday when they fell to a 2-0 defeat.
Third Prediction For Portsmouth vs Stoke City – Over 9.5 Corners – 13/25
This is a battle of two of the division’s highest teams when it comes to corners. Games involving Portsmouth this season are averaging 10.73 corners per game, with 10 or more being awarded in 64% of their outings thus far. Pompey’s last 3 league games have all gone over this marker too, including their defeat against Coventry on Tuesday.
Stoke record a similar average than their opponents here, with 10.36 corners awarded per game. However, no other team in the Championship has been involved in more fixtures which have hit over 9.5 in this market, with a staggering 73% of their outings achieving this figure.
Best Odds For Portsmouth vs Stoke City
| Bookmaker | Portsmouth | Draw | Stoke City |
| NRGBet Sports | 19/10 | 21/10 | 6/4 |
| Bet442 Sport | 9/5 | 21/10 | 8/5 |
| 7bet Sports | 13/7 | 21/10 | 17/11 |
Full Preview Of The Game: Last Results And Head-To-Head:
Portsmouth flirted with relegation for the majority of last season and could be involved in a fight for survival once again. It’s fair to say that they have been inconsistent so far, although John Mousinho has had to deal with his fair share of injury problems.
October has followed a similar pattern, with Pompey picking up 1 win, 2 draws and a defeat over the course of the month. This started with a 2-2 draw against Watford before an excellent 1-0 victory over Middlesbrough.
Last weekend saw Portsmouth pick up another valuable point, this time with a 1-1 draw at Leicester City. They do head into this game on the back of a defeat though after narrowly losing 2-1 to league leaders Coventry City at Fratton Park on Tuesday night.
Stoke have spent years battling in the bottom half of the Championship. They find themselves in unfamiliar territory though and currently sit in sixth.
Despite that, recent form has been poor and the Potters have just 1 win in their last 6 games. This came earlier this month when they edged past Wrexham by a solitary goal, but they do have 3 draws from this run.
They picked up a point in encounters with Norwich City, Middlesbrough and Blackburn Rovers, but they lost on Tuesday night. A trip to the capital saw them fall to a 2-0 defeat at Millwall.
Portsmouth’s 3-1 win in this fixture in January ended a run of 4 successive Stoke victories. However, there was a big gap in meetings with the 2 sides playing in different divisions between 2010 and 2024.
Overall, Pompey edge the head-to-head record with 28 wins in 68 previous meetings. The Potters have 26 victories whilst the pair have played out 14 draws, the last of which came in 2009.
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Portsmouth Stoke 0 1 22/01/2025
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Portsmouth Stoke City 3 1 02/10/2024
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Stoke City Portsmouth 6 1 08/11/2025
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Hull Portsmouth 3 2 L 05/11/2025
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Portsmouth Wrexham 0 0 D 01/11/2025
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Birmingham Portsmouth 4 0 L 25/10/2025
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Portsmouth Stoke 0 1 L 21/10/2025
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Portsmouth Coventry 1 2 L 08/11/2025
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Stoke Coventry 0 1 L 04/11/2025
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Oxford Utd Stoke 0 3 W 01/11/2025
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Stoke Bristol City 5 1 W 25/10/2025
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Portsmouth Stoke 0 1 W 21/10/2025
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Millwall Stoke 2 0 LConfrontation
Last Results - Portsmouth
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Where To Watch Portsmouth vs Stoke City
Where can I watch this game, either in person or on TV?
- Location: Fratton Park, 44 Frogmore Rd, Southsea, Portsmouth, Southsea, PO4 8RA
- Date: October 25th, 2025
- TV Channel: Sky Sports +
Probable Lineups For Portsmouth vs Stoke City
Predicted Portsmouth Lineup
- Lineup: Bursik; Swanson, Knight, Poole, Ogilvie; Pack, Dozzell; Chaplin, Kosznovszky, Yang; Bishop
- Injured/Suspended: Schmid, Williams, Farrell, Blair, Umeh, Murphy, Shaughnessy, Waddingham, Lang, Segecic, Swift (suspended)
- Manager: John Mousinho
Predicted Stoke City Lineup
- Lineup: Johansson; Wilmot, Phillips, Talovierov, Cresswell; Seko, Rigo; Baker, Manhoef, Thomas; Mubama
- Injured/Suspended: Jun-Ho, Lawal, Gallagher, Tchamadeu (suspended)
- Manager: Mark Robins
