Portsmouth vs Blackburn Rovers Prediction and Betting Tips | December 13th 2025

Portsmouth will host Blackburn Rovers at Fratton Park on Saturday in the 21st round of the 2025-26 EFL Championship campaign. The hosts will be desperate to put up a good performance and get a result in an attempt to push out of the relegation zone.

Portsmouth’s woes continued when they visited Swansea on Tuesday as Liam Cullen scored the winner for the hosts in the 78th minute, resulting in a 1-0 defeat and handing John Moushino’s side their 10th league loss of the season. Pompey now sit two points deep in the relegation zone with only one win from their last 10 matches and will need to string together a good run of results in the coming weeks to keep their chances of staying up alive.

Blackburn Rovers are having a similarly poor season, sitting just two places clear of Saturday's hosts, having lost nine of their 19 league matches played so far. The Riversiders’ 1-1 draw with Oxford United during the week marked their third consecutive match with the same scoreline and will leave them hoping to take the next step to return to winning ways or risk falling into the drop zone in the coming weeks.

Portsmouth vs Blackburn Rovers Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

• The two teams have met on 92 previous occasions going into Saturday's game. Portsmouth have won 27 of those games, 24 have ended in draws, while Blackburn Rovers have won the remaining 41.
• The hosts’ 1-0 win in the last edition of this fixture marked their first win over Blackburn since November 2008.
• The hosts have the joint-worst offensive record in the English second tier, having only scored 15 goals after 19 games played.
• The visitors have the joint-third-worst offensive record in the division with 19 goals scored in 19 games.

Portsmouth vs Blackburn Rovers Prediction

The sides are very closely matched ahead of their weekend clash. Pompey, however, will hope to get a boost from their home advantage but will need to be at their rarely seen best to secure a victory.

The Rovers will fancy their chances of securing at least a point, thanks to them having the third-best away record in the league, but will need to avoid complacency to manage that.

Prediction: Portsmouth 1-1 Blackburn Rovers

Portsmouth vs Blackburn Rovers Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Result: Draw

Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Under 2.5 goals (Four of the visitors' last five games have produced fewer than 2.5 goals)

Tip 3 - Both teams to score: Yes (Both teams have gotten on the scoresheet in five of the visitors' last six games)

Edited by Peter P