Season so far

Championship

Key, Oxford v Portsmouth
League position, Oxford United 13th, Portsmouth 14thTotal points, Oxford United 0, Portsmouth 0

Form guide

All competitions

Oxford United won
v Málaga
3
0
Club Friendlies
Portsmouth won
v PEC Zwolle
1
0
Club Friendlies
Oxford United draw
v Leganés
1
1
Club Friendlies
Portsmouth draw
v Havant & Waterlooville
0
0
Club Friendlies
Oxford United lose
v Bristol Rovers
0
1
Club Friendlies
Portsmouth won
v Reading
0
4
Club Friendlies
Oxford United won
v Mansfield Town
0
1
Club Friendlies
Portsmouth lose
v Crawley Town
1
0
Club Friendlies
Oxford United lose
v Port
1
2
Piala Presiden
Portsmouth won
v Farnborough
0
5
Club Friendlies

Previous meetings

All competitions

Oxford United and Portsmouth
Played
37
Oxford United Won 11Portsmouth Won 11Draw 15

Previous scores

All competitions

Championship

Oxford United 0 , Portsmouth 2 on the 15th of February 2025
Oxford United
Portsmouth
15th of February 2025
Portsmouth 1 , Oxford United 1 on the 5th of October 2024
Portsmouth
Oxford United
5th of October 2024

League One

Portsmouth 2 , Oxford United 1 on the 2nd of March 2024
Portsmouth
Oxford United
2nd of March 2024

Match Facts

  • Oxford United are winless across their last seven league games against Portsmouth (D4 L3), since a 3-2 victory in February 2022.

  • After winning this exact fixture 2-0 last season, Portsmouth will be looking to win successive away league games against Oxford United for the first time since September 1981.

  • This will be the fourth time that Oxford have met Portsmouth on the opening day of a Football League campaign, winning each of their prior three meetings whilst scoring 3+ goals in 1987, 1993 and 2013.

  • Portsmouth have lost their opening league game in just one of the last 11 seasons (W4 D6), remaining unbeaten across their last five in succession (W1 D4).

  • Only Plymouth (12) earned fewer points away from home in the Championship last season than Portsmouth (14 – W3 D5 L15), with only Luton (16) losing more on the road than Pompey.