Portsmouth 2:0 Cardiff City: xG & match report · Championship

Saturday, 05/09/2026 at 16:00

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Match report · Championship

Portsmouth Home 2.07 xG · 15 shots

Cardiff City Away 1.37 xG · 17 shots

20 The scoreline reflected the chances

Goals

31' Conor Shaughnessy Portsmouth · 0.04 xG chance 1–0
52' Marko Milovanović Portsmouth · 0.77 xG chance 2–0

The shots behind it

Portsmouth Cardiff City

Shots: 15; 17
On target: 5; 5
Inside the box: 12; 13
xG per shot: 0.13; 0.07
Open play xG: 1.37; 1.04
Set-piece xG: 0.54; 0.17
Penalties: —; —

Shot-level xG may differ from the published match total

The provider publishes the match total separately from its shot-by-shot values. Those values are rounded to two decimals and, leaving out penalties and own goals, add up to its non-penalty xG: 1.88 for Portsmouth and 1.21 for Cardiff City.

Shot map

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All shots

32 shots · 3.12 xG

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Dot area = xG (the smallest chances drawn at a minimum size)

Recent form

Last 6 · xG per match

Portsmouth

1.32 xG created 1.46 xGA

W 1.61 created, 1.51 conceded against Stoke City
D 0.74 created, 1.67 conceded against Birmingham City
L 2.17 created, 2.07 conceded against Queens Park Rangers
W 1.21 created, 2.32 conceded against Lincoln City
L 1.37 created, 0.61 conceded against Bristol City
L 0.84 created, 0.55 conceded against Derby County

Cardiff City

1.43 xG created 1.61 xGA

D 0.90 created, 1.43 conceded against Wrexham
D 1.98 created, 1.62 conceded against Derby County
D 2.24 created, 1.28 conceded against Sheffield United
L 0.60 created, 2.09 conceded against Queens Park Rangers

xG created xG conceded (xGA) W / D / L: the match result

Model details

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Limitations

The model reads expected goals and nothing else. It does not know the lineups, who is injured or suspended, what either side has to play for, the weather, or how congested the schedule around this match is.