Sheffield United 2-1 Portsmouth — Result, Statistics & Match Review — England - Championship, 8 Feb 2025

📅08/02/2025 · 🕒18:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-1 2nd Score 2-0
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
57%
1.57
Draw
25%
3.8
Away
18%
4.85
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
49%
1.82
Over 2.5
51%
1.9
Both Teams to Score
Yes
48%
1.96
No
52%
1.75
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
24%
3.04
2-3 Goals
40%
1.75
4-5 Goals
25%
3.6
6+ Goals
11%
14.95
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
28%
2.0
1/2
6%
34.5
1/X
10%
16.1
X/1
18%
3.89
X/2
6%
10.8
X/X
7%
5.21
2/1
11%
23.85
2/2
6%
9.33
2/X
8%
18.15
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
56%
Home Win
60%
-3.1pp
25%
Draw
23%
+2.3pp
18%
Away Win
18%
+0.8pp
49%
Under 2.5
51%
-1.8pp
51%
Over 2.5
49%
+1.8pp
48%
BTTS Yes
47%
+1.4pp
52%
BTTS No
53%
-1.4pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Sheffield United EU Bookmakers 64%
Head to Head
AWAY Portsmouth EU Bookmakers 21%
+1% / +12% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -8% / -12%
1.75/0.71 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 0.85/2.10
-9% / +31% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -7% / -38%
56% Ball Possession 44%
15 Total Shots 9
6 Shots on Target 3
6 Corners 4
392 · 80% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 269 · 72%
30.0 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 13.5
22.0 Crosses 15.9
2.1 Yellow Cards 2.6
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Sheffield United
2W-2D-2L
AWAY Portsmouth
0.50 Avg Goals (FT) 0.83
0.54 xG 0.50
54% Ball Possession 46%
8 Total Shots 11
3 Shots on Target 5
6 Corners 7
294 Passes 218
79% Pass Accuracy 72%
28 Box Touches 16
16 Crosses 26
3 Yellow Cards 2
28.09.2024 Portsmouth Portsmouth 0-0 HT 0-0 Sheffield United Sheffield United İNCL
20.04.2013 Portsmouth Portsmouth 3-0 HT 3-0 Sheffield United Sheffield United İN1
29.10.2012 Sheffield United Sheffield United 1-0 HT 0-0 Portsmouth Portsmouth İN1
05.03.2011 Portsmouth Portsmouth 1-0 HT 1-0 Sheffield United Sheffield United İNCL
18.09.2010 Sheffield United Sheffield United 1-0 HT 0-0 Portsmouth Portsmouth İNCL
13.01.2007 Sheffield United Sheffield United 1-1 HT 1-0 Portsmouth Portsmouth İNP
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Sheffield United
2-1
AWAY Portsmouth
1.30 xG 3.06
61% Ball Possession 39%
11 Total Shots 16
3 Shots on Target 5
5 Corners 5
331 Passes 156
81% Pass Accuracy 63%
19 Box Touches 21
22 Crosses 25
4 Yellow Cards 1
POST-MATCH Sheffield United vs Portsmouth
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Sheffield United squeezed past Portsmouth 2-1. The game was level at 1-1 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

As we highlighted before kick-off, our model had Sheffield United as the likeliest winner at 56%, and the 2-1 landed on that lead.

Over 2.5 goals sat near a coin-flip at 51% and both teams to score was close to even at 48%.

On the day, Sheffield United had 61% of the ball to Portsmouth's 39%, shots finished 11-16, expected goals 1.30 to 3.06 — the balance of chances actually favoured Portsmouth.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, honours were even at 2 apiece, 2 drawn. Those games averaged 0.50 goals for Sheffield United and 0.83 for Portsmouth.

What was the final score of Sheffield United vs Portsmouth?

Sheffield United 2-1 Portsmouth in the England - Championship on 08/02/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Sheffield United vs Portsmouth?

Before kick-off our model rated a Sheffield United win the most likely single outcome at about 56%, with the full match-result split Sheffield United 56%, draw 25%, Portsmouth 18%. The final score 2-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Sheffield United), Over 2.5 — while BTTS No went the other way.

✓ Match Result (Sheffield United) ✓ Over 2.5 ✗ BTTS No
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