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Portsmouth vs Exeter City Live Stream, Predictions
The League One meeting at Fratton Park on Saturday will see home side Portsmouth locking horns with Exeter City.
Scroll down for all of our predictions, poll and stats for the Portsmouth v Exeter City game (inc. the best betting odds).
📏 Form Guide
Portsmouth
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Portsmouth will be wanting a better result here after the 3-0 League One defeat last time out to Bolton Wanderers.
Dion Charles (15'), Kieran Lee (48') and Eoin Toal (71') scored for Bolton Wanderers.
It’s not been often in recent times where Portsmouth have kept a clean sheet. The reality is that Portsmouth have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, leaking 10 goals during that time.
Analysis of their past results shows that Portsmouth:
- have left without a victory over Exeter City in their previous 2 league matches.
- have not won at home in their last 8 league matches. No joy for the home fans.
Exeter City
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In their last game, Exeter City drew 1-1 in the League One tie with Forest Green Rovers.
The only name on the scoresheet from Exeter City was Jevani Brown (75'). Jordon Garrick (54') scored for Forest Green Rovers.
Over the course of 5 of the prior six games involving Exeter City, a notably low volume of goals have been hit between them and their opponents. The overall average number of goals per game during that spell comes out as a paltry 2.33, with the number of goals averaged by The Grecians equalling 1.17. That sort of pattern might not follow through into this game, of course.
Pre-game facts show that Exeter City:
- haven't been defeated by Portsmouth when they've played them away from home in the last 2 matches in the league.
- are undefeated in their last 2 away league matches.
↔️ Head to head
An examination of their prior head-to-head meetings dating back to 01/03/2016 tells us that Portsmouth have won 3 of these & Exeter City 1, with the number of drawn matches standing at 2.
In all, 14 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 8 for Pompey and 6 netted by The Grecians. That’s an average goals per game of 2.33.
The last league match featuring these sides was League One match day 23 on 26/12/2022 and the score finished Exeter City 0-0 Portsmouth.
The referee was Alan Young.
ℹ️ Team News: Portsmouth
There aren’t many selection issues, with just the lone fitness concern for the Portsmouth gaffer Simon Bassey to be concerned about thanks to an otherwise robust squad. Jayden Reid (Knee Injury) will miss out.
📋 Team News: Exeter City
Thanks to a largely available group of players, there is just a single fitness issue for the Exeter City boss Gary Caldwell to be concerned about. Kyle Taylor (Fracture-dislocation of the ankle) won’t be in action.
🔮 Prediction
We’ve got the feeling that Exeter City will likely create enough chances to breach the defence of this Portsmouth side, although that may not be as many as the goals that they could concede.
We reckon that it will be both teams to score in a 2-1 win for Portsmouth after the 90. It’s a very tough call.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Victor Martins, 01:47 17/01/2023

🏟️ Team Focus:
Portsmouth
Formed: 1898
Stadium: Fratton Park (20,620)
Captain: Clark Robertson
Chairman: Michael Eisner
Manager: Simon Bassey
Competitions: League One position 15
⭐ Star Man: Dane Scarlett
Generally used in the Striker position, Dane Scarlett was born in Hillingdon, England. Having played his first senior match for Tottenham Hotspur in the 2020 - 2021 season, the talented Forward has scored 3 league goals in the League One 2022 - 2023 season to date in 22 appearances.
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27 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 58 | WWWDD |
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26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 55 | DWWWW |
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26 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 51 | LWDDD |
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25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 44 | WDWWW |
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26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 44 | DDWDW |
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24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 40 | WDWLL |
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25 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 38 | LDWLW |
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26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 38 | WWLWL |
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27 | 10 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 37 | LLWWL |
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26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 35 | LDWWD |
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25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | -7 | 35 | LWLWL |
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26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 34 | DLWWW |
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25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 32 | DLWLW |
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25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 32 | WLLLW |
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23 | 7 | 10 | 6 | -1 | 31 | LDDLL |
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25 | 6 | 12 | 7 | -6 | 30 | LDDLD |
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25 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 29 | WLLWL |
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25 | 8 | 4 | 13 | -9 | 28 | LWLLL |
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24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | -15 | 25 | DDLLW |
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25 | 5 | 9 | 11 | -9 | 24 | LLWWW |
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25 | 7 | 3 | 15 | -19 | 24 | DWLLL |
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25 | 6 | 4 | 15 | -13 | 22 | WWLLD |
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26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -22 | 22 | LWWLL |
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26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -28 | 21 | LLLLD |
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Goals scored | 1.4 |
Goals conceded | 1.3 |
Time first goal scored | 35 |
Time first goal conceded | 30 |
Yellow cards | 1.8 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 4.4 |
Biggest victory | 4-1 |
Biggest defeat | 3-1 |
Goals scored | 1.5 |
Goals conceded | 1.5 |
Time first goal scored | 27 |
Time first goal conceded | 35 |
Yellow cards | 1.7 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 3 |
Biggest victory | 4-0 |
Biggest defeat | 4-2 |
Colby Bishop | 11 |
Connor Ogilvie | 4 |
Dane Scarlett | 3 |
Michael Jacobs | 2 |
Josh Koroma | 2 |
Jevani Brown | 12 |
Sam Nombe | 11 |
Jay Stansfield | 4 |
Archie Collins | 3 |
Timothée Dieng | 3 |
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Cambridge United |
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