Pick of the stats: Norwich City v Portsmouth

[BBC] The past three meetings between Norwich City and Portsmouth have produced 13 goals with eight of those coming in a 5-3 victory for Pompey at Carrrow Road in April 2025. The Canaries are seeking to end a four-game losing run on Saturday (15:00 BST) while Portsmouth's 3-2 victory over Sheffield United on Wednesday was their first win in four attempts. Norwich have won just two of their past nine league meetings with Portsmouth (D4 L3), with both coming away from home. Portsmouth are unbeaten in four league visits to Norwich (W2 D2) since a 1-0 defeat in 2002-03. Norwich have lost each of their past four league games, last enduring a longer losing run between October and November 2025 (six games). Portsmouth have failed to score in both of their past two away Championship matches, the same amount of goalless displays as across their prior 16 such fixtures in the competition beforehand. 38.5% of the total goals that Portsmouth have conceded in the Championship this season have come from set-pieces (incl. penalties – 5 of 13) – the third-biggest percentage in the competition, behind only West Ham (58.3%) and Birmingham (45.5%). Latest Norwich City news and analysis