Sheffield Wednesday vs Portsmouth: Lineups, Predictions & Betting Tips

Sheffield Wednesday vs Portsmouth: Lineups, Predictions & Betting Tips

Match Details: January 17 2026 | Hillsborough | Championship - Round 27 | 15:00 GMT

A battle at the bottom of the table as Sheffield Wednesday face Portsmouth in a game that is vital for both teams as they hope to change their fortunes in 2026. Sheffield Wednesday are looking to add their second win of the season after this game and try to close at 15-point gap between them and Oxford United at the bottom of the table. Whereas Portsmouth looks to add some points to their tally so that they can make that current 1-point gap between them and the relegation zone bigger and feel a bit safer. Our advanced algorithm has predicted that this game will end in a 2-2 draw with the points being split.

Key Betting Tip: Over 1.5 goals scored in this game at 1.40 odds – this represents excellent value based on tips provided to us by our team of in-house tipsters.

Sheffield Wednesday vs Portsmouth Predicted Lineups

Sheffield Wednesday Predicted Lineup (5-3-2): Charles, Fusire, Emery, Otegbayo, McGhee, Alao, Shipston, Thornton, Ingelsson, McNeill, Cadamarteri

Portsmouth Predicted Lineup (4-2-3-1): Bursik, Swanson, Shaughnessy, Poole, Devlin, Le Roux, Dozzell, Blair, Chaplin, Segecic, Bishop

Previous Sheffield Wednesday vs Portsmouth Head-to-Head

Portsmouth 0-2 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 1-1 Portsmouth Portsmouth 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday Portsmouth 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday 3-3 Portsmouth

Sheffield Wednesday have been the much stronger team in the last 5 meetings having not lost a single game. The main issue that they have faced is their form when playing at home as both times that they have faced Portsmouth at home they have drawn. If this carries on, we can expect yet another draw as they are playing with their home fans behind them on Saturday. One massive positive going into this game is that they have managed to score in every game from the last 5 meetings and scored 9 goals in the last 5 matches. This will give them a massive boost in confidence as they look to register their second win this season.

Portsmouth have struggled a lot in the last 5 meetings as they haven’t won a single game and the best result that they have got is away from home being 2 draws. Having failed to keep a single clean sheet, it looks unlikely that they will manage to register their first win, however, for them a single point in important and will boost confidence and considering their away form, that point could be very likely.

Last 5 Sheffield Wednesday and Portsmouth Match Analysis

Last 5 Sheffield Wednesday Matches: Sheffield Wednesday 2-2 Hull City (H) Championship Sheffield Wednesday 0-0 Blackburn Rovers (H) Championship Preston 3-0 Sheffield Wednesday (A) Championship QPR 3-0 Sheffield Wednesday (A) Championship Sheffield Wednesday 0-2 Brentford (H) FA Cup

As expected for the team that sits bottom not the greatest form on paper, however, those 2 draws would’ve been very important for boosting moral especially having been able to keep a clean sheet in one of those matches. However, since then, having lost the past 3 that moral would’ve gone down again. Especially having conceded 8 goals in the last 3 matches their confidence will be once again very low. They will need to improve both ends on the pitch if they want to have a chance at winning this game after only scoring 2 goals in 5 games and conceding 9 goals in the last 5 matches. They will need to focus on both ends.

Last 5 Portsmouth Matches: Derby 1-1 Portsmouth (A) Championship Portsmouth 1-1 QPR (H) Championship Portsmouth 2-1 Charlton (H) Championship Bristol City 5-0 Portsmouth (A) Championship Portsmouth 1-4 Arsenal (H) FA Cup

For a team that sits 4th from bottom this form has been very good for them with 5 points in the last 5 matches their confidence would’ve been boosted a lot after these matches. However, after scoring 1 goal in the last 2 matches and conceding 9, this confidence might have been knocked a lot, however, that goal scored would’ve boosted their confidence as it came against the team with the best defence in Europe. Their moral will be higher than Sheffield Wednesday having seen a win in the last 5 matches as well as having seen 2 other positive results in those last 5 matches.

Sheffield Wednesday vs Portsmouth Predictions

Our advanced algorithm has analysed over 200 pieces of data and predicted with an 85% confidence that there will be over 1.5 goals scored in this match. The key factors that help this are players available, current form, previous head-to-head matches and tactical matchups.

Best Sheffield Wednesday vs Portsmouth Betting Tip

Football Park’s Best Bet: There to be over 1.5 goals scored in this game @ 1.40 odds. This is based on tips provided to us by our team of in-house tipsters as a result of their being over 1.5 goals scored in 4 out of the 5 last meetings between these 2 sides.

Key Players to Watch: Sheffield Wednesday vs Portsmouth

Barry Bannan (Sheffield Wednesday): The midfielder has been one of the only shining lights for Sheffield Wednesday this season with 6 goal contributions from defensive midfielder. He has scored double the amount of goals his xG said he should’ve and while he has underperformed his xA, it shows that he is making the chances for his forwards, if they can start finishing them his assist count will go up a lot with 41 chances created, expect him to be the person who makes something happen if Sheffield Wednesday win this match.

Adrian Segecic (Portsmouth): The winger who this season has started scoring goals from nothing. With 4 goals this season and 2 of them being from outside the box, he has been the person who has had the bit of magic to help Portsmouth. If they are struggling this game expect him to get at least close to making a goal happen from nothing if not actually scoring a goal from nothing, he will be the man likely to save Portsmouth.

Sheffield Wednesday vs Portsmouth Match Facts

Referee: John Busby Stadium Details: Hillsborough capacity 39,814 surface grass