Pick of the stats: Bristol City v Portsmouth

[BBC] There will be plenty of intrigue in this game with Bristol City having been strongly linked with Portsmouth boss John Mousinho earlier this summer. The Pompey head coach confirmed there was contact but remained at Fratton Park with the Robins eventually handing the job to Michael Skubala who arrived from Lincoln City. Bristol City have kept a clean sheet in each of their past three league games against Portsmouth (W3), and five of their past six overall since August 2011. Portsmouth have lost each of their past three league games against Bristol City, only once before have they lost four in succession in this fixture - a four-match run between November 1974 and April 1976. Bristol City have lost five of their past seven home league games (W2), this after losing just six of their prior 25 at Ashton Gate between mid-February 2025 and mid-February 2026. Portsmouth have won each of their past two away league games by 3-1 scorelines, they last won three in succession on the road in the second tier in September 2002. Portsmouth's Ryan Kavuma-McQueen scored on his first professional start against Lincoln last weekend – he could become the 10th player aged 17 or under to net in back-to-back Championship appearances, but the second to do so on their first two starts after Theo Walcott in 2005.