Portsmouth 1–0 Blackburn Rovers

PORPortsmouth

1–0

Full Time

BLABlackburn

Josh Murphy 20′ · assist Colby Bishop

Saturday 29 March at 15:00 · Fratton Park · Referee Jeremy Simpson

Match stats

47%Possession53%

3Shots9

2Shots on target3

1Big chances0

2Corners5

369Passes420

68%Pass accuracy73%

14Tackles18

16Interceptions8

3Saves1

13Fouls13

1Offsides1

4Yellow cards2

How it happened

6′Tyrhys Dolan · away
13′Ryan Hedges on for Owen Beck · away
20′Josh Murphy · assist Colby Bishop · home
36′Zak Swanson · home
37′Regan Poole · home
40′

Line-ups

Portsmouth4-2-3-14-2-3-1Blackburn

Next meetingPortsmouth v Blackburn RoversSat, 13 Dec 2025

Previous meetings · last 5

0

Portsmouth

1

Draws

4

Blackburn

Danny Batth

· away

57′Todd Cantwell on for Yuki Ohashi · away

57′Makhtar Gueye on for Cauley Woodrow · away

61′Terry Devlin on for Adil Aouchiche · home

67′Jordan Williams on for Matt Ritchie · home

72′John Buckley on for Sondre Tronstad · away

72′Joe Rankin-Costello on for Hayden Carter · away

75′Jordan Williams · home

81′Freddie Potts · home

89′Marlon Pack on for Cohen Bramall · home

PORPortsmouth4-2-3-1

13Nicolas Schmid
22Zak Swanson
5Regan Poole
3Connor Ogilvie
18Cohen Bramall▾ 89′ (Pack on)
8Freddie Potts
21Andre Dozzell
30Matt Ritchie▾ 67′ (Williams on)
17Adil Aouchiche▾ 61′ (Devlin on)
23Josh Murphy
9Colby BishopA

2Jordan Williams▴ 67′ for Ritchie

7Marlon Pack▴ 89′ for Bramall

24Terry Devlin▴ 61′ for Aouchiche

Bench: Mark O'Mahony, Kaide Gordon, Christian Saydee, Jordan Archer, Alexander Milošević, Isaac Hayden

BLABlackburn4-2-3-1

1Aynsley Pears
17Hayden Carter▾ 72′ (Rankin-Costello on)
5Dominic Hyam
15Danny Batth
4Yuri Ribeiro
6Sondre Tronstad▾ 72′ (Buckley on)
27Lewis Travis
45Cauley Woodrow▾ 57′ (Gueye on)
10Tyrhys Dolan

Players we hold link to their Scout profiles.

Blackburn Rovers

Nov 2009Blackburn Rovers3–1Portsmouth

We go again

24Owen Beck▾ 13′ (Hedges on)

23Yuki Ohashi▾ 57′ (Cantwell on)

8Todd Cantwell▴ 57′ for Ohashi

9Makhtar Gueye▴ 57′ for Woodrow

11Joe Rankin-Costello▴ 72′ for Carter

19Ryan Hedges▴ 13′ for Beck

21John Buckley▴ 72′ for Tronstad

Bench: Balázs Tóth, Adam Forshaw, Dion Sanderson, Amario Cozier-Duberry