Blackburn Rovers will host Portsmouth at Ewood Park on Saturday in the 36th round of the 2025-26 EFL Championship campaign. The hosts will be keen to return to winning ways after a disappointing couple of weeks to pull further clear of the relegation zone.

Blackburn conceded three second-half goals on their visit to Derby County last weekend to see the game end in a 3-1 defeat, making it two losses and two wins from four games under interim manager Michael O’Neill. The Riversiders currently sit in 20th place, four points clear of the relegation zone, having won just 10 of their 35 league games this season, and will need to string together a strong run of results in the coming weeks to ensure safety.

Portsmouth are one place and one point above this weekend’s hosts despite having played a game fewer and will be just as keen to put together a solid finish to the season to avoid relegation.

Pompey were the better side for most of their 1-0 defeat to Hull City last time out, but were repeatedly denied by Tigers goalkeeper Ivor Pandur’s heroic saves before eventually conceding the sole goal of the game in the 73rd minute.

Blackburn Rovers vs Portsmouth Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

• The two sides have met on 93 previous occasions going into Saturday’s game. Blackburn have won 41 of those meetings, 24 have ended in draws, while Portsmouth have won the remaining 28.
• The hosts have scored nine goals across the last five meetings between the sides and have conceded only four across those games.
• Blackburn picked up a narrow 2-1 win when the sides met earlier this season in December 2025.
• Only Oxford United (31) and Sheffield Wednesday (21) have scored fewer goals in the English second tier this season than Blackburn Rovers’ 33 after 35 games.
• The visitors have scored only one more goal than Saturday’s hosts in the league this season.

Blackburn Rovers vs Portsmouth Prediction

The sides are closely matched going into the weekend fixture, although the Riversiders will need to make major improvements on their abysmal home record to get a result.

Pompey will be satisfied to come away with a draw on the road, needing to be at their rarely seen best to claim maximum points.

Prediction: Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Portsmouth

Blackburn Rovers vs Portsmouth Betting Tips

Tip 1 – Result: Draw

Tip 2 – Goals – Over/under 2.5 – Under 2.5 goals

Tip 3 – Both teams to score: Yes (Both teams have gotten on the scoresheet in three of the visitors’ last four games)