Match Report
Before the match
five goals for and five against accompanied Wolverhampton's three wins and two defeats across five outings. On 16 October, Wolverhampton recorded a 2-1 win visiting Burnley.
Wolverhampton's away from home game on 16 October (Championship) ended 2-1 against Burnley, with two goals for and one against. On 13 October, Bolton faced Wolverhampton in Championship: Wolverhampton lost 1-3 at home, having scored one and conceded three. Championship, 10 October brought an away meeting with Middlesbrough; Wolverhampton lost 0-1, a return of zero goals scored and one conceded. Wolverhampton hosted West Brom on 20 September (Championship) and won 1-0; their goals totalled one, compared with zero conceded. Sheffield Utd hosted Wolverhampton (Championship) on 13 September. For Wolverhampton, the score was 1-0: one goal scored, zero allowed.
Wolverhampton: 8th, 17 points, ten matches in the calculated Championship standings at kickoff.
Portsmouth: two wins, two draws and one defeat over five games; six goals scored, five conceded. Latest: a 1-0 win away to Norwich on 17 October.
On 17 October, Norwich faced Portsmouth in Championship: Portsmouth won 1-0 away from home, having scored one and conceded zero. Championship, 14 October brought a home meeting with Sheffield Utd; Portsmouth won 3-2, a return of three goals scored and two conceded. Portsmouth visited Southampton on 11 October (Championship) and lost 0-1; their goals totalled zero, compared with one conceded. Blackburn travelled to face Portsmouth (Championship) on 19 September. For Portsmouth, the score was 2-2: two goals scored, two allowed. 0-0 was Portsmouth's result against Charlton on 12 September (Championship), playing away from home; Portsmouth drew, with zero scored to zero conceded.
14 points in ten matches put Portsmouth 13th in the pre-match results-based Championship standings.
After the match
Wolverhampton and Portsmouth drew 1-1 on 20 October 2026. Jordan James opened the scoring 62 minutes into the game for Wolverhampton, set up by Fernando López, to make it 1-0. Terry Devlin levelled it late on, in the 86th minute for Portsmouth to make it 1-1. Sean Neave (22'), Iyad Mohamed (55'), Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (83'), Thomas Doyle (84') and Ryan Kavuma-McQueen (90') were booked. On our current Elo ratings the gap is a modest one: Portsmouth are 94 points stronger than Wolverhampton. The card tally for Wolverhampton was three yellow cards. five changes were recorded for Wolverhampton. Jordan James scored in minute 62 following entry for Wolverhampton in the 46th minute. Thomas Doyle, on in the 67th minute, was booked. Jean-Ricner Bellegarde entered for Wolverhampton at 75 minutes and later was booked. Portsmouth picked up two yellow cards. The substitution total for Portsmouth was four. Ryan Kavuma-McQueen was booked following entry for Portsmouth in the 53rd minute.