Portsmouth 1-3 QPR result, stats and report

A tense, scrappy Championship stalemate saw Charlton and Portsmouth cancel each other out, with Portsmouth the more threatening side but ultimately unable to convert their big chance. The match ended with late bookings and a touchline card for Portsmouth manager John Mousinho.

Bristol City ground out a 2-1 Championship win over Portsmouth despite finishing with ten men, as second-half goals from Lorent Tolaj and Jason Knight proved just enough to survive a nervy late Portsmouth penalty.

Cardiff City silenced Fratton Park with a controlled 2-0 victory, Conor Shaughnessy heading home before the break and Marko Milovanović finishing coolly after it. Portsmouth had the ball but Cardiff had the answers.

Derby made their three shots on target count in a 2-0 win at Portsmouth, with Sammie Szmodics and substitute Lars-Jørgen Salvesen doing the damage against a Portsmouth side that mustered 21 shots but could not convert a single one.

Two inconsistent sides with identical five-match records meet at Fratton Park on Wednesday night. One of them has to win. Neither has earned the right to be confident.

Southampton host Portsmouth in the South Coast derby on Sunday with five home Championship matches unbeaten and a squad firing on all cylinders. Portsmouth arrive depleted, inconsistent, and needing everything to go right.

Charlton sit third in the early Championship table with a perfect record, but their home form over the last ten games tells a very different story. Portsmouth arrive at The Valley having won just one of their opening two league fixtures, yet the structure of this clash rewards closer inspection.