Wolves vs Portsmouth — Championship: stats, lineups & analysis
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play_arrow2 clips- 22′Wolves, yellow card:Foul
- Half-time
- 46′Wolves, substitution:off
- 46′Wolves, substitution:off
- 53′Portsmouth, substitution:off
- 53′Portsmouth, substitution:off
- 55′Portsmouth, yellow card:Foul
- 56′Wolves, yellow card:Paulo César da Silva PeixotoDissent
- 62′Wolves, goal:1–0assist
- 67′Wolves, substitution:off
- 75′Portsmouth, substitution:off
- 75′Wolves, substitution:off
- 75′Portsmouth, substitution:off
- 80′Portsmouth, yellow card:Argument
- 83′Wolves, yellow card:Foul
- 84′Wolves, yellow card:Foul
- 86′Portsmouth, goal:1–1
- 89′Wolves, substitution:off
- 90+5′Portsmouth, yellow card:Foul
- 90+6′Portsmouth, substitution:off
- Full-time1 – 1
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Match report
Wolves denied by late Devlin equaliser against Portsmouth
Wolves and Portsmouth shared a 1-1 draw at Molineux Stadium on Championship Matchday 6, with Terry Devlin's goal four minutes from time cancelling out Jordan James's second-half opener. It was Wolves who dominated the ball and the chances, but a single lapse near the end cost them a win.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
The first half passed without a goal, the sides level at 0-0 at the interval. Wolves broke through in the 62nd minute, when Fer López supplied the pass and James finished to make it 1-0. The home side had 15 shots to 8 over the match, yet only two of those tested the goalkeeper.
Portsmouth stayed in contention and found their moment in the 86th minute, Devlin scoring to make it 1-1. The point left Wolves eighth on 18 points and Portsmouth 13th on 15, five places and three points apart. Both sides play at home on Saturday, Wolves against Watford and Portsmouth against Millwall, in the Championship.
James scored the opening goal in the 62nd minute and was the top-rated performer on a rating of 7.66. López, who set up that goal, was close behind on 7.58.
Wolves held 58 per cent of possession, yet could not turn that control into a winning margin.
Wolves and Portsmouth drew 1–1 (half-time 0–0).
Wolves met Portsmouth in the Championship (Regular Season - 6). Kick-off was Tuesday, 20 October 2026, 18:45 UTC at Molineux Stadium. Referee: Edward Duckworth.
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Key moments
- 62' Goal: Jordan James (assist: Fer López) — 1–0 · Watch Jordan James's goal video (62')
- 86' Goal: Terry Devlin — 1–1 · Watch Terry Devlin's goal video (86')
Starting line-ups
Wolves (4-2-3-1)
- 1 José Sá
- 3 Hugo Bueno
- 37 Ladislav Krejčí
- 34 Nasser Djiga
- 38 Jackson Tchatchoua
- 5 Marshall Munetsi
- 7 André (c)
- 19 Rafiki Saïd
- 28 Fer López
- 36 Mateus Mane
- 14 Sean Neave
Portsmouth (4-2-3-1)
- 1 Nicolas Schmid
- 16 Jayden Meghoma
- 55 Madiodio Dia
- 5 Regan Poole (c)
- 24 Terry Devlin
- 37 Iyad Mohamed
- 38 Ebou Adams
- 10 Adrian Segecic
- 19 Rocco Robert Shein
- 11 Abu Kamara
- 17 Tyrese Shade
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Wolves 64%, the draw 23%, Portsmouth 13%. It finished Wolves 1–1 Portsmouth.
Wolves' stronger rating drives a clear lead — We give Wolves 64% mainly because our strength rating has them 174 points higher, 1574 to 1400, though weak home advantage across the Championship pulls a little towards Portsmouth. The draw sits at 23%, up from about 20% for a gap this size, nudged higher by the Championship's usual draw rate and typical scoring in both sides' recent games.
Why Wolves at 64%?
Wolves sit 174 points higher on our strength rating — 1574 to 1400. Sides with a 160–240-point rating edge at home won 66.8% of 6,591 such games. The 300 most similar past games finished 59–23–18.
Why only 64%?
Championship home sides under-perform the global norm — and the difference mostly flows to draws (26.9% vs 25.4% norm). Championship homes won 42.9% of 8,486 games vs 44.6% across all 101,459 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly.
Why is the draw only 23%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 19.9%. These teams' recent games average 2.7 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 26.5% of 28,363. Championship runs draw-heavy, adding 1.6 points.
What did we measure but not count?
Out: Rodrigo Gomes and Raúl Jiménez, rotation players. Doubtful: Adam Armstrong, an important player. This does not change our forecast yet: we are still measuring how much missing players like these cost a team.
Sirius probabilities, frozen at kick-off. Analysis, not betting advice. How Sirius is doing this season · Full breakdown, evidence cards and squad news in the Match Insights tab
About this match
On this page: the Wolves vs Portsmouth final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this Championship fixture.
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