Portsmouth 4-1 Coventry — Result, Statistics & Match Review — England - Championship, 21 Dec 2024

📅21/12/2024 · 🕒15:30 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 1-1 2nd Score 0-1
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
35%
3.5
Draw
26%
3.54
Away
39%
1.79
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
52%
1.95
Over 2.5
48%
1.78
Both Teams to Score
Yes
49%
1.73
No
51%
1.99
Total Goals
0-1 Goal EV+ ✗
29%
3.41
2-3 Goals
41%
1.77
4-5 Goals
21%
3.3
6+ Goals
9%
12.15
Value flag · 0-1 Goal at 3.41 — our 29% vs market 23.2%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
16%
6.19
1/2
8%
23.4
1/X
7%
14.85
X/1
11%
8.26
X/2
10%
4.24
X/X
9%
5.12
2/1
9%
34.5
2/2
20%
2.46
2/X
10%
14.25
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
35%
Home Win
25%
+10.6pp
26%
Draw
24%
+1.8pp
39%
Away Win
51%
-12.4pp
52%
Under 2.5
48%
+4.0pp
48%
Over 2.5
52%
-4.0pp
49%
BTTS Yes
54%
-4.8pp
51%
BTTS No
46%
+4.8pp
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 Portsmouth EU Bookmakers 29%
Head to Head
AWAY Coventry EU Bookmakers 56%
+5% / +5% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +29% / +29%
1.19/1.27 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.76/1.36
+8% / +8% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +54% / -26%
47% Ball Possession 53%
12 Total Shots 12
5 Shots on Target 5
5 Corners 6
293 · 75% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 346 · 78%
21.5 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 24.4
24.2 Crosses 17.6
2.8 Yellow Cards 3.4
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Portsmouth
3W-2D-1L
AWAY Coventry
1.67 Avg Goals (FT) 1.17
1.54 xG 1.26
49% Ball Possession 51%
11 Total Shots 12
4 Shots on Target 5
6 Corners 6
222 Passes 192
67% Pass Accuracy 62%
26 Box Touches 10
28 Crosses 14
2 Yellow Cards 2
11.02.2020 Coventry Coventry 1-0 HT 0-0 Portsmouth Portsmouth İN1
20.08.2019 Portsmouth Portsmouth 3-3 HT 2-1 Coventry Coventry İN1
22.04.2019 Portsmouth Portsmouth 2-1 HT 0-1 Coventry Coventry İN1
02.10.2018 Coventry Coventry 0-1 HT 0-1 Portsmouth Portsmouth İN1
09.08.2016 Coventry Coventry 2-2 HT 0-1 Portsmouth Portsmouth İNLK
23.03.2013 Portsmouth Portsmouth 2-0 HT 1-0 Coventry Coventry İN1
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Portsmouth
4-1
AWAY Coventry
2.06 xG 1.75
44% Ball Possession 56%
12 Total Shots 7
7 Shots on Target 3
10 Corners 2
168 Passes 263
62% Pass Accuracy 73%
26 Box Touches 17
26 Crosses 11
1 Yellow Cards 0
POST-MATCH Portsmouth vs Coventry
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Portsmouth cruised past Coventry 4-1. Half-time: 2-1. 5 goals made it one of the day's more open games.

Our pre-match split (35% / 26% / 39%) promised a tight game; Portsmouth found the edge the numbers couldn't.

Over 2.5 goals sat near a coin-flip at 48% and both teams to score was close to even at 49%.

On the day, Portsmouth had 44% of the ball to Coventry's 56%, shots finished 12-7, expected goals 2.06 to 1.75.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Portsmouth had the better of it with 3 wins, 2 drawn. Those games averaged 1.67 goals for Portsmouth and 1.17 for Coventry.

What was the final score of Portsmouth vs Coventry?

Portsmouth 4-1 Coventry in the England - Championship on 21/12/2024. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Portsmouth vs Coventry?

Before kick-off our model rated an Coventry win the most likely single outcome at about 39%, with the full match-result split Portsmouth 35%, draw 26%, Coventry 39%. The final score 4-1 went against our main leads this time — single matches are noisy by nature; our accuracy is measured across thousands of predictions, not one result.

✗ Match Result (Coventry) ✗ Under 2.5 ✗ BTTS No
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