Rescued A Point
Portsmouth
Portsmouth went behind and dragged it back level.
- Final score
- 2–2
Championship · Matchday 8Portsmouth
Z. Swanson 4'
C. Bishop 74'
2 – 2
FT
HT 1–1
Blackburn
O. Afolayan 11'
R. Morishita 56'
Championship
Matchday 8Portsmouth2–2Blackburn
1.60
Expected goals
0.59
4′11′56′74′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: POR 1.60, BLA 0.59.
Match report
Portsmouth 2-2 Blackburn
Portsmouth and Blackburn shared 4 goals in a 2-2 Championship draw at Fratton Park. Swanson opened the scoring for Portsmouth on 4', Afolayan levelled for Blackburn on 11', Morishita put Blackburn back in front on 56' and Bishop levelled for Portsmouth on 74'.
Expected goals finished Portsmouth 1.60, Blackburn 0.59. Portsmouth created the better of it and will feel a point was a poor return.
Portsmouth had to come from behind to get there, which is the detail the scoreline hides.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Blackburn graded out for clinical edge — 2 goals and 0.59 expected goals. Blackburn graded out for box occupation — 7 of 8 shots in the box and 0.07 xg per shot.
Oladapo Afolayan came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.3 for Blackburn from 1 goal, 1 assist and 1 key pass.
It was a niggly afternoon: 25 fouls between them and 3 yellow cards, with Portsmouth conceding the most free-kicks (16).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
51%Possession49%
22Shots8
1.60xG0.59
What the numbers say
4 readsClinical Edge
Blackburn
Blackburn finished well above what their chances were worth — 2 goals from 0.59 xG.
- Goals
- 2
- Expected goals
- 0.59
- Overperformance
- +1.41
Box Occupation
Blackburn
Blackburn kept getting bodies into the area — 88% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 7 of 8
- Share
- 88%
- xG per shot
- 0.07
Box Occupation
Portsmouth
Portsmouth kept getting bodies into the area — 77% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 17 of 22
- Share
- 77%
- xG per shot
- 0.07
Timeline
Z. Swanson
⚽4'
⚽11'
O. Afolayan — assist: H. Pickering
Marlon Pack
Foul
🟨40'
Half-time
E. Adams ↑ R. R. Shein ↓
🔄46'
🟨47'
Tom Atcheson
Foul
⚽56'
R. Morishita — assist: O. Afolayan
R. Poole ↑ C. Shaughnessy ↓
🔄63'
O. Bailey ↑ M. Pack ↓
🔄63'
🔄69'
M. Baradji ↑ T. Atcheson ↓
🔄69'
A. Gudjohnsen ↑ O. Afolayan ↓
C. Bishop ↑ A. Segecic ↓
🔄71'
C. Bishop — assist: R. Kavuma McQueen
⚽74'
🔄83'
J. Fevrier ↑ T. Cantwell ↓
I. Mohamed ↑ R. Kavuma McQueen ↓
🔄87'
Zak Swanson
Foul
🟨89'
Match info
Kickoff
VenueFratton Park, Portsmouth
RefereeJohn Busby, England
CompetitionChampionship
Season2026
RoundMatchday 8
StatusMatch Finished