Burnley vs Portsmouth Prediction

Recent form across competitions

Looking at the last 20 matches each side have played across all competitions, including cup games and friendlies, Burnley haven't won any of them: 10 draws and 10 losses, with 20 goals scored and 38 conceded. Portsmouth's record in the same stretch is more balanced, with 7 wins, 6 draws and 7 losses, scoring 24 and conceding 28.

Burnley: 20 completed matches; Portsmouth: 20 completed matches.

Burnley

20 matches

Win

0% 0 / 20

Draw

50% 10 / 20

Loss

50% 10 / 20

Scored

20

Conceded

38

Difference

-18

Portsmouth

20 matches

Win

35% 7 / 20

Draw

30% 6 / 20

Loss

35% 7 / 20

Scored

24

Conceded

28

Difference

-4

That's a wide sample rather than a pure league snapshot, so it includes some pre-season and cup fixtures alongside Championship games. Even so, the gap in results between the two sides is hard to miss.

Burnley's struggles look deeper than just a rough league run; Portsmouth's form, while patchy, has at least produced regular wins.

Comparative Team Statistics: Burnley vs Portsmouth

Head-to-head

The two recent meetings have been tight. Burnley won 2-1 at home in September 2024, and the reverse fixture in February 2025 finished 0-0 at Fratton Park. Older results from 2011 and 2012 don't tell us much about these two current squads.

Nothing in the head-to-head record points strongly either way.

Where they sit in the table

Stripping it back to just the Championship table, Portsmouth sit 19th with 8 points from 7 games: 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. Burnley are 24th with 4 points from 8 games, still without a league win this season, having drawn 4 and lost 4.

Portsmouth have scored 9 and conceded 10, Burnley have scored 9 but conceded 17. Neither side is pulling away from trouble, but Burnley's numbers are the more concerning of the two.

Burnley's home advantage is yet to translate into points this season, which matters given who's visiting.

Team news snapshot

There isn't much to go on here beyond a small discipline note. Burnley's J. Laurent has picked up 2 yellow cards in 7 matches and no reds, which is a minor thing to keep an eye on rather than anything that shapes the match.

Burnley:

Penalty cards:

J. Laurent x 1 x 2

Two sides short on confidence

Put the table and the form together and you get two teams who haven't settled into a rhythm. Burnley are winless in the league and leaking goals at home, while Portsmouth's away form has swung between decent wins and some soft defeats.

That combination doesn't point clearly to a comfortable afternoon for either side. It could easily be a scrappy, low-confidence game rather than one shaped by one team dominating.