Has Cardiff City ever beaten Portsmouth?

Yes — Cardiff City won 1 of the last 2 meetings. Portsmouth won 1 and 0 ended level.

XGOAL

Championship12

Preston North End

Blackburn Rovers 21 FT

Lincoln City

Southampton 11 FT

Stoke City

Charlton Athletic 40 FT

Millwall

Bolton Wanderers 40 FT

Portsmouth

Cardiff City 20

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Football› Championship› Round 5› Portsmouth vs Cardiff City

Portsmouth vs Cardiff City — result, stats & head-to-head, 5 Sep 2026

Portsmouth vs Cardiff CityChampionship · Round 5 · Fratton Park2–0

Matches

Portsmouth 2–0 Full time

Cardiff City

Starting XI

Portsmouth—

29⚽↓Milovanović7.1↓ 69'
11Kamara7.2
10Segečić7.5
17↓Shade7.0↓ 69'
7↓CPack6.6↓ 90'
19↓Shein6.8↓ 65'
24Devlin7.0
2Arthur7.0
6⚽Shaughnessy7.7
16↓Meghoma6.7↓ 65'
31Bielica7.7

Cardiff City—

9Salech6.5
16↓Willock7.0↓ 64'
8Moylan6.7
11↓Tanner6.4↓ 83'
14↓Turnbull6.9↓ 63'
18Robertson6.8
3Bagan7.0
4Osho6.9
5↓Bielik7.1↓ 90'
38CNg6.2
1Trott6.5

Timeline

9'
Krystian Bielikyellow card
31'
Conor Shaughnessy · 1–0assist: Tyrese Shade
Half time
52'
Marko Milovanović · 2–0assist: Adrian Segečić
60'
Ollie Tanneryellow card
63'
David Turnbull ↑ Joel Colwill ↓substitution
64'
Chris Willock ↑ Rubin Colwill ↓substitution
65'
Jayden Meghoma ↑ Zak Swanson ↓substitution
65'
Rocco Shein ↑ Ebou Adams ↓substitution
69'
Marko Milovanović ↑ Colby Bishop ↓substitution
69'
Tyrese Shade ↑ Ryan Kavuma-McQueen ↓substitution
83'
Ollie Tanner ↑ Cian Ashford ↓substitution
86'
Alex Robertsonyellow card
90+1'
Krystian Bielik ↑ Calum Scanlon ↓substitution
90+2'
Yousef Salechyellow card
90+4'
Marlon Pack ↑ Iyad Mohamed ↓substitution

Portsmouth left · Cardiff City right

Periods

Portsmouth

1st half1

2nd half1

Extra time0

Cardiff City

1st half0

2nd half0

Extra time0

Match statistics

14Shots17

5Shots on target5

5Corners7

15Fouls13

15Tackles8

0Yellow cards4

Match information

ChampionshipCompetition

5Round

Sat 5 Sep · 14:00 UTCKickoff

Fratton ParkVenue

20,688Capacity

Possession

36% · 64%

Duels won

52% · 48%

Pass accuracy

63% · 82%

Breakdown

Shooting

11Shots inside box12

3Shots outside box5

2Shots blocked5

1Hit woodwork0

3Big chances created1

2Big chances missed1

Passing

253Passes466

19Crosses21

6Accurate crosses2

75Long passes64

29Accurate long passes31

Defence

9Interceptions6

5Keeper saves3

Duels & dribbles

40Duels won38

7Dribble attempts9

2Successful dribbles6

Goalscorers

Terry DevlinPortsmouth

Bench

Portsmouth · bench

SchmidGK

PooleDF

Bishop6.8↑ 69'

Swanson6.4↑ 65'

25McQueen6.9↑ 69'

BaileyMF

KennyMF

Mohamed6.4↑ 90'

Adams7.0↑ 65'

Cardiff City · bench

Colwill6.6↑ 64'

Scanlon6.4↑ 90'

Colwill6.3↑ 63'

TyrerGK

33TankiewiczMF

TurnerGK

KpakioDF

Ashford6.7↑ 83'

RobinsonFW

Managers

Previous meetings

In 2 recorded meetings, Portsmouth have won 1 and Cardiff City 1 — 0 ended level.

2025 · Championship

Portsmouth vs Cardiff City 2–1 2024 · Championship

Cardiff City vs Portsmouth 2–0 All 2 meetings →

Recent form

Portsmouth LL

Cardiff City WW

Championship

#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Swansea City	4	3	1	0	7	1	+6	10
2	Queens Park Rangers	4	3	1	0	7	3	+4	10
3	Charlton Athletic	4	3	1	0	6	3	+3	10
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4	2	1	1	11	8	+3	7
5	Middlesbrough	4	2	1	1	7	5	+2	7
6	West Bromwich Albion	4	2	1	1	7	6	+1	7
7	Bristol City	4	2	1	1	7	6	+1	7
8	Sheffield United	4	1	3	0	5	4	+1	6
9	Birmingham City	4	1	3	0	5	4	+1	6
10	Millwall	4	2	0	2	6	8	-2	6
11	Wrexham	4	1	2	1	6	4	+2	5
12	West Ham United	4	1	2	1	8	7	+1	5
13	Blackburn Rovers	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	5
14	Watford	4	1	2	1	4	5	-1	5
15	Bolton Wanderers	4	1	1	2	4	5	-1	4
16	Derby County	4	1	1	2	5	7	-2	4
17	Lincoln City	4	1	1	2	3	5	-2	4
18	Southampton	4	2	1	1	10	5	+5	3
19	Cardiff City	4	0	3	1	6	7	-1	3
20	Norwich City	4	1	0	3	5	7	-2	3
21	Portsmouth	4	1	0	3	5	8	-3	3
22	Stoke City	4	1	0	3	4	9	-5	3
23	Burnley	4	0	2	2	5	10	-5	2
24	Preston North End	4	0	0	4	3	9	-6	0