Championship

Bristol City 2–1 Portsmouth

Final score · Half-time 1–0 · All of yesterday's results

No sharp market price is available for this match. Our own model makes Bristol City the most likely outcome at 46%; we make no value call without a sharp benchmark. Recent form — Bristol City: DLLWL; Portsmouth: WLLDW.

After the whistle

Match stats

Match statsBristol CityPortsmouth
Possession %4654
Expected goals (xG)0.611.37
Shots914
Shots on target31
Corners310
Yellow cards30
Red cards00
Fouls156
Offsides10
Goalkeeper saves11
Pass accuracy %7577

Referee: James Bell, England · Venue: Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol

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Line-ups, events and match stats: API-Football.

Starting line-ups

Bristol City 4-2-3-1

  1. S. Tickle GK
  2. J. Wallace FW
  3. S. Twine MF
  4. L. Tolaj FW
  5. G. Tanner DF
  6. J. Knight MF
  7. Y. Hirakawa FW
  8. L. Eissat DF
  9. R. Dickie DF
  10. J. Williams MF
  11. Rio Cardines DF

Portsmouth 4-2-3-1

  1. Z. Swanson DF
  2. Benjamin Arthur DF
  3. C. Bishop FW
  4. T. Devlin MF
  5. A. Kamara FW
  6. R. Kavuma McQueen MF
  7. M. Pack MF
  8. A. Segecic MF
  9. C. Shaughnessy DF
  10. R. Shein MF
  11. N. Schmid GK

The most likely result is not the same as value: value is where a bookmaker pays more than the fair price, and the two can point to different outcomes.

Value check before kick-off

No value

No value was flagged for this match: before kick-off, no bookmaker price we saw beat the fair price under our rule.

Most likely result

1/2 Home or away 74%

When no single result is likely enough, our pick covers the two most probable outcomes (double chance).

1X2
Other estimates
Our model46%26%28%

Sharp, recorded = Pinnacle when we logged the match (it can be days old). Our model = our own estimate, which on average predicts worse than the market.

Fair odds of the pick (as recorded) 1.35
Sharp odds recorded for this prediction (Pinnacle) —
Market Gap —
Confidence —
Prediction result Won · 1

Match context

The last 4 head-to-head meetings we tracked split 3–0–1 (Bristol City wins – draws – Portsmouth wins).

Bristol City scored 1 and conceded 1.4 across their last 5 matches in our results database; Portsmouth scored 1.8 and conceded 1.8 in 5.

These figures come from our own tracked results and odds snapshots for this fixture — not from a generic stats feed.

Why this price?

Bristol City
D L L W L
avg 1 scored · 1.4 conceded (last 5)
Portsmouth
W L L D W
avg 1.8 scored · 1.8 conceded (last 5)
Recent head-to-head
01 Jan 2026 Bristol City 5–0 Portsmouth
29 Nov 2025 Portsmouth 0–1 Bristol City
29 Dec 2024 Bristol City 3–0 Portsmouth
07 Dec 2024 Portsmouth 3–0 Bristol City

Recent form and head-to-head from our settled results — context behind the fair price. The price itself comes from the sharp market, not from these alone.

Public, timestamped record

Logged before kick-off
Prediction record
Pick 1/2 · Home or away
Odds recorded for the prediction —
Closing odds pending
Prediction CLV —
Result Won
Prediction hash — integrity fingerprint 6102ec8cf9fb4839

This hash fingerprints the prediction as recorded: teams, kick-off time, our model probabilities, the Pinnacle prices recorded for it (at logging or, if there were none, the first quoted after logging and before kick-off, which can be written in after the match) and the log time. A later edit to any of them would change it (a rescheduled kick-off changes it too). It does not cover closing prices, the result or the value-bet record above; value flags recorded live have their own seal in the public record. Verify in the public record →

Every day a snapshot of the full public record is published to a public Git repository and timestamped with OpenTimestamps. Timestamped snapshots are never overwritten and the Git history shows any difference, so a later change to a past row is visible by comparing two snapshots. The corrections file lists the corrections we announced. Verify on the public log →

Since 20 June 2026 the public record is snapshotted daily (07:40 Bucharest time: 04:40 UTC in summer time, 05:40 UTC in winter) to an external log. A prediction is externally timestamped before kick-off only if it was in a snapshot taken before the match; predictions logged on match day, or whose Pinnacle price was added after logging, first appear there after kick-off. Value flags have been recorded live only since 26 September 2026; earlier value flags were reconstructed on that date.

Methodology

The fair price comes from the sharp market itself: we strip the margin from Pinnacle-style odds — the most accurate public predictor in existence — and use our calibrated Elo + form model as a cross-check and as the fallback where no sharp price exists. Value is flagged only where a softer bookmaker prices a selection above that fair price, never on long shots (implied probability under 30%), and never beyond a plausible band. Most of the time there is no value — and we say so.

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