Championship Championship
Regular Season - 12• 24 Oct 2026

Portsmouth 2–1 Millwall

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Match Recap

Portsmouth needed a goal of real nerve, and Thomas Waddingham gave them one, firing home in the 82nd minute to turn a draw into a Championship win over Millwall. Jenson Metcalfe had put the visitors ahead inside six minutes, but Lyndon Dykes dragged Portsmouth level by the quarter-hour mark, setting up a tense second half that stayed level until Waddingham's late strike settled it. The two sides arrived level on 15 points and separated by a single place in the table, with Portsmouth's DWWLD form only marginally sharper than Millwall's DLWDD, so neither had much of an edge on paper. History sided with the hosts too: in their only previous meeting between these clubs, Portsmouth came out on top, and now it's two from two. Neither side had a name among the Championship's top ten scorers on the pitch, with Charlton's W. Lankshear still well clear at the top on 16, so this one was decided by composure in the moment rather than individual quality. Watch how Waddingham finds the gap in the 82nd minute to turn this one around.

Match Statistics

Portsmouth
VS
Millwall
49% Ball Possession 51%
0.62 Expected goals (xG) 0.72
6 Total Shots 9
1 Shots on target 1
3 Shots off target 3
2 Blocked Shots 5
4 Shots inside box 5
2 Shots outside box 4
4 Corner Kicks 3
1 Offsides 5
8 Fouls 8
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0 Goalkeeper Saves 1
300 Total passes 315
214 Accurate passes 241
8 Free Kicks 8

Lineups

Portsmouth
John Mousinho 4-2-3-1
VS
Millwall
A. Neil 4-2-3-1

Substitutes — Portsmouth

19R. Shein 38E. Adams 27O. Bailey 31D. Bielica 32E. Kenny 16J. Meghoma 15F. Umeh 17T. Shade 20T. Waddingham

Substitutes — Millwall

45A. Doughty 11R. Esse 9M. Ivanović 16D. Kelly 18R. Leonard 2J. Osei-Tutu 17M. Sykes 12E. Baggott 41G. Evans