Portsmouth
- Portsmouth have won four of their 11 Championship home games in 2025-26, losing five.
- Pompey are just above the relegation zone in 21st with 21 points from 21 games, while Charlton Athletic are 17th, six points better off with 27 from the same number of matches.
- John Mousinho took over Pompey in January 2023 and his attacking brand of football has seen the club adopt a very high defensive line and intense, all-out front-line pressing.
- Pompey beat Blackburn Rovers 2-1 at home last weekend before following up with a 1-1 draw away at Derby County on Tuesday.
Charlton Athletic
- Charlton Athletic have won two of their 11 Championship away games in 2025-26.
- Charlton Athletic are 17th, six points better off with 27 from the same number of matches.
- Nathan Jones has instilled a very different approach at Charlton Athletic since taking over in February 2024.
- Charlton Athletic drew 1-1 away at Birmingham City before beating Oxford United 1-0 at home in their most recent games.
Head-to-Head
- Charlton Athletic are unbeaten in their last three head-to-head meetings with Portsmouth, winning one and drawing two.
- Pompey have failed to win their last two home matches against Charlton Athletic, while Charlton Athletic have failed to win their last two away games, taking just one point.
Key Players
- Adrian Segecic is Pompey’s leading scorer in the Championship this season, scoring three times in 16 appearances.
- Sonny Carey is Charlton Athletic’s top scorer with five goals in 21 Championship appearances.
- Callum Lang has scored two of Portsmouth's last three goals during that spell.
Betting Insights
- Portsmouth are the slight favorites at 2.35, but we feel the 3.15 about the visitors and 3.05 about the draw are overpriced given the teams are so evenly matched.
- Both teams have struggled for goals this season but Portsmouth have scored 1.00 goals per home game in the Championship compared to Charlton’s 0.82 when playing away from home.
- Therefore, we will take both teams to score at 1.83 as our main bet for this match.
Prediction
We are going to take the draw , which seems the most likely outcome of a hard-fought match.
