Latics and Pompey have met 21 times down the years, the first of which came in our inaugural season as a Football League club, 26 September 1978, over 13,000 fans at Fratton Park witnessed the Division Four encounter, Pompey coming out winners by the only goal of a very tight game.
We won the return fixture at Springfield Park 2:0 in February 1979, our paths didn’t cross too many times over the following seasons and it would be another 26 years before we would taste victory again against Portsmouth, this time the two clubs meeting in the Premier League, Bonfire Night, 2005, Pascal Chimbonda and Jason Roberts scoring the goals that took the Latics up to 2nd spot in the top flight.
Always a tight affair, just 41 goals scored in the 22 fixtures, and a fixture where home advantage doesn’t appear to count for much, three of our six victories against Pompey coming down on the south coast, whilst they have won five times up in Wigan.
Last season played these facts out, an early season win for the Latics at Fratton Park by 1:2, then Pompey winning by the only goal of the game at the DW Stadium back in April this year.
Last Meeting
Latics won the reverse fixture 1:0 against Pompey back on a sunny day in August, Callum Lang grabbing the only goal of the game at the DW Stadium.
Latics – Amos; Darikwa, Whatmough, Watts, Pearce; Cousins, Naylor; Jones, Lang, Keane; Wyke
Subs – Jones, Bayliss, McClean, Edwards, Massey, Humphrys, Aasgaard
Attendance – 9,571
Highlights Latics 1:0 Portsmouth
Portsmouth Current Form
Portsmouth currently sit 9th in League One with 70 points from 44 games, their recent form is, LWWDW.
Pompey’s last game was a 3:1 home win against Gillingham on Easter on Saturday 23rd April.
Home Form
Portsmouth’s 22 home games so far this season have brought 44 points, with 13 wins, 4 defeats & 5 draws, scoring 43 goals and conceding 23.
Player To Watch – Marcus Harness
Marcus Harness
The 26 year old winger is the current leading goal scorer at Fratton Park with 11 goals in League One.
Harness came through the ranks at Burton Albion making his debut at 17 in September 2013, he went on to spend the next seven seasons with the Brewers before moving to Fratton Park in July 2019.
Marcus Harness is a quality player in League One and he’s having an excellent season for Pompey, Harness has made 38 league appearances so far this campaign, scoring 11 league goals from 60 attempts, with 23 efforts on target, Harness also has 5 assists and has made 139 crosses.
Picking up 4 yellow cards and 1 red, Hardie has committed 40 fouls and drawn 28, he has completed 23 interceptions and won 35 tackles.
Full Record v Portsmouth
Played – 22
Won – 7
Drawn – 4
Lost – 11
The Last Six Meetings
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Date |
Competition |
Result |
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26 Aug 2021 |
League One |
Latics 1:0 Portsmouth |
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05 Apr 2021 |
League One |
Latics 0:1 Portsmouth |
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26 Sep 2020 |
League One |
Portsmouth 1:2 Latics |
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02 Apr 2018 |
League One |
Portsmouth 2:1 Latics |
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26 Aug 2017 |
League One |
Latics 1:1 Portsmouth |
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14 Apr 2010 |
Premier League |
Latics 0:0 Portsmouth |
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