West Bromwich Albion vs Portsmouth, 2025-26 English League Championship, Regular Season
· English League Championship
70': About
West Bromwich Albion are hosting Portsmouth
at The Hawthorns, West Bromwich, England, starting on
. The match is a part of the English League Championship.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Attempt blocked. Aune Heggebø (West Bromwich Albion) header from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Tom Fellows with a cross.
- 2': Foul by Andre Dozzell (Portsmouth).
- 2': Tom Fellows (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 3': Attempt missed. Isaac Price (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Callum Styles following a set piece situation.
- 4': Delay in match because of an injury Callum Styles (West Bromwich Albion).
- 4': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 7': Adrian Segecic (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 7': Foul by George Campbell (West Bromwich Albion).
- 7': George Campbell (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 8': Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Callum Styles.
- 8': Offside, Portsmouth. Regan Poole is caught offside.
- 9': Foul by Darnell Furlong (West Bromwich Albion).
- 9': Josh Murphy (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 13': Attempt blocked. Alex Mowatt (West Bromwich Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Darnell Furlong.
- 14': Foul by Adrian Segecic (Portsmouth).
- 14': Nathaniel Phillips (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 18': Offside, Portsmouth. Colby Bishop is caught offside.
- 19': Attempt missed. Adrian Segecic (Portsmouth) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Regan Poole.
- 20': Attempt saved. Florian Bianchini (Portsmouth) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Josh Griffiths (West Bromwich Albion). Assisted by Adrian Segecic with a through ball.
- 22': Andre Dozzell (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 22': Foul by Jayson Molumby (West Bromwich Albion).
- 26': Goal! West Bromwich Albion 1, Portsmouth 0. Mikey Johnston (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Isaac Price.
- 27': Foul by Florian Bianchini (Portsmouth).
- 27': George Campbell (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 32': Attempt blocked. Mikey Johnston (West Bromwich Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alex Mowatt.
- 34': Foul by John Swift (Portsmouth).
- 34': Mikey Johnston (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 37': Florian Bianchini (Portsmouth) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 37': Foul by Callum Styles (West Bromwich Albion).
- 37': Callum Styles (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 37': Foul by Adrian Segecic (Portsmouth).
- 37': Foul by Jayson Molumby (West Bromwich Albion).
- 37': Josh Murphy (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 39': Attempt saved. Alex Mowatt (West Bromwich Albion) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Nicolas Schmid (Portsmouth). Assisted by Mikey Johnston.
- 40': Attempt saved. Florian Bianchini (Portsmouth) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Josh Griffiths (West Bromwich Albion). Assisted by Josh Murphy.
- 40': Offside, West Bromwich Albion. Aune Heggebø is caught offside.
- 40': Foul by Jayson Molumby (West Bromwich Albion).
- 40': Josh Murphy (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 41': Attempt blocked. Zak Swanson (Portsmouth) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
- 41': Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by George Campbell.
- 42': Attempt saved. Josh Murphy (Portsmouth) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Josh Griffiths (West Bromwich Albion). Assisted by John Swift.
- 43': Foul by Darnell Furlong (West Bromwich Albion).
- 43': Josh Murphy (Portsmouth) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 43': Foul by John Swift (Portsmouth).
- 43': Mikey Johnston (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 43': John Swift (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 44': Offside, West Bromwich Albion. Aune Heggebø is caught offside.
- 45': Alex Mowatt (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45': Foul by Adrian Segecic (Portsmouth).
- 45': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, West Bromwich Albion 1, Portsmouth 0.
- 45': Second Half begins West Bromwich Albion 1, Portsmouth 0.
- 49': Attempt missed. Tom Fellows (West Bromwich Albion) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Darnell Furlong with a cross.
- 50': Offside, West Bromwich Albion. Aune Heggebø is caught offside.
- 51': Attempt missed. Connor Ogilvie (Portsmouth) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Florian Bianchini with a cross.
- 52': Attempt blocked. Mikey Johnston (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 53': Alex Mowatt (West Bromwich Albion) hits the left post with a left footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Darnell Furlong.
- 56': Goal! West Bromwich Albion 1, Portsmouth 1. Colby Bishop (Portsmouth) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Josh Murphy with a cross.
- 57': Substitution, Portsmouth. Luke Le Roux replaces John Swift.
- 57': Substitution, Portsmouth. Thomas Waddingham replaces Florian Bianchini.
- 60': Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Karlan Grant replaces Mikey Johnston.
- 63': Aune Heggebø (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 63': Foul by Regan Poole (Portsmouth).
- 63': Regan Poole (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 64': Attempt missed. Nathaniel Phillips (West Bromwich Albion) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Isaac Price following a set piece situation.
- 65': Foul by Colby Bishop (Portsmouth).
- 65': George Campbell (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 65': Delay in match (West Bromwich Albion).
- 66': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 66': Alex Mowatt (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 66': Foul by Colby Bishop (Portsmouth).
- 66': Colby Bishop (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 69': Attempt blocked. Aune Heggebø (West Bromwich Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 70': Alex Mowatt (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card.
- 71': Adrian Segecic (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 71': Foul by Callum Styles (West Bromwich Albion).
- 71': Foul by Zak Swanson (Portsmouth).
- 71': Karlan Grant (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 73': Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Nathaniel Phillips.
- 73': Attempt missed. Colby Bishop (Portsmouth) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Adrian Segecic with a cross following a corner.
- 74': Delay in match because of an injury Nicolas Schmid (Portsmouth).
- 75': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 76': Substitution, Portsmouth. Terry Devlin replaces Colby Bishop.
- 76': Substitution, Portsmouth. Jordan Williams replaces Zak Swanson.
- 78': Aune Heggebø (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 78': Foul by Luke Le Roux (Portsmouth).
- 78': Luke Le Roux (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 79': Foul by Callum Styles (West Bromwich Albion).
- 79': Jordan Williams (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 80': Foul by Thomas Waddingham (Portsmouth).
- 80': Isaac Price (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 80': Thomas Waddingham (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 81': Foul by Conor Shaughnessy (Portsmouth).
- 81': Isaac Price (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 82': Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Josh Maja replaces Isaac Price.
- 82': Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Regan Poole.
- 83': Attempt missed. Nathaniel Phillips (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right following a corner.
- 85': Substitution, Portsmouth. Márk Kosznovszky replaces Adrian Segecic.
- 87': Foul by Andre Dozzell (Portsmouth).
- 87': Jayson Molumby (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 87': Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Jed Wallace replaces Tom Fellows.
- 87': Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Toby Collyer replaces Jayson Molumby.
- 88': Attempt saved. Alex Mowatt (West Bromwich Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Nicolas Schmid (Portsmouth).
- 89': Aune Heggebø (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 89': Foul by Regan Poole (Portsmouth).
- 90': Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
- 90'+4': Foul by Toby Collyer (West Bromwich Albion).
- 90'+4': Josh Murphy (Portsmouth) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 90'+7': Corner, West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Thomas Waddingham.
- 90'+7': Second Half ends, West Bromwich Albion 1, Portsmouth 1.
- 0': Match ends, West Bromwich Albion 1, Portsmouth 1.
Statistics
 POR |
WBA |
|
|---|---|---|
| 16 | Fouls | 10 |
| 5 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 2 | Offsides | 3 |
| 3 | Corner Kicks | 2 |
| 2 | Saves | 3 |
| 36 | Possession | 64 |
| 8 | SHOTS | 13 |
| 4 | ON GOAL | 3 |
| 0.5 | On Target % | 0.2 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 292 | Accurate Passes | 582 |
| 357 | Passes | 650 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 4 | Accurate Crosses | 3 |
| 19 | Crosses | 17 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 52 | Long Balls | 53 |
| 17 | Accurate Long Balls | 21 |
| 0.3 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 1 | Blocked Shots | 5 |
| 8 | Effective Tackles | 4 |
| 18 | Tackles | 6 |
| 0.4 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
| 5 | Interceptions | 6 |
| 29 | Effective Clearances | 24 |
| 29 | Clearances | 24 |
Game Information
Competition: English League Championship
Venue: The Hawthorns
Location: West Bromwich, England
Attendance: 24,818
Venue: The Hawthorns
Location: West Bromwich, England
Attendance: 24,818
EFL Championship Standings
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middlesbrough | 4 | +6 | 12 |
| 2 | West Bromwich Albion | 4 | +3 | 10 |
| 3 | Stoke City | 4 | +5 | 9 |
| 4 | Leicester City | 4 | +3 | 9 |
Line-Ups
West Bromwich Albion (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 20 | Joshua Griffiths (GK) |
| 6 | George Campbell  |
| 3 | Nathaniel Phillips |
| 4 | Callum Styles |
| 2 | Darnell Furlong |
| 21 | Isaac Price |
| 27 | Alex Mowatt |
| 8 | Jayson Molumby |
| 19 | Aune Heggebo |
| 11 | Michael Johnston |
| 31 | Tom Fellows |
Portsmouth (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Nicolas Schmid (GK) |
| 6 | Conor Shaughnessy |
| 5 | Regan Poole |
| 3 | Connor Ogilvie |
| 22 | Zak Swanson |
| 10 | Adrian Segecic |
| 21 | Andre Dozzell |
| 8 | John Swift |
| 9 | Colby Bishop |
| 23 | Josh Murphy |
| 11 | Florian Bianchini |
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