Blackburn Rovers v Portsmouth, EFL Championship

The big picture

Blackburn Rovers come in 13th on the ladder with 21 points; Portsmouth are 11th on 22. Only a couple of spots separate them, so there is plenty riding on it.

Blackburn Rovers are 6–6–3 in EFL Championship 2026-27, averaging 1.5 goals for and 1.5 against.

Portsmouth are 6–5–4 in EFL Championship 2026-27, averaging 1.3 goals for and 1.2 against.

Form

Blackburn Rovers have won two of their last five and most recently beat West Ham United 2–1.

Portsmouth have won two of their last five and most recently lost to Stoke City 1–2.

Head to head

These sides have met 78 times on our records since 1927: Blackburn Rovers 32, Portsmouth 27, 19 drawn.

Last time out (2026-27), it was a draw 2–2 at Fratton Park.

Biggest margin between these two: Blackburn Rovers by 6 goals in 1927-28 (6–0).

Players to watch

For Blackburn Rovers, watch Andri Gudjohnsen (0.7 goals a match, 1 assist in 2026-27) and Oladapo Afolayan (5 goals, 2 assists in 2026-27).

For Portsmouth, watch Terry Devlin (4 goals in 2026-27) and Marko Milovanovic (3 goals in 2026-27).

At Ewood Park

Blackburn Rovers have won 7 of their last 20 at Ewood Park.

The deeper numbers

Portsmouth haven't beaten Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park since 2007-08: 4 meetings there since then.

What the numbers say

On the numbers this is too close to split.