Birmingham City vs Portsmouth prediction | 1 Jan 2027 | xGtoday


Birmingham City
Ranking: #147 overall, #24 in England

66.9 → 69.2 (+2.3 over last 10 games)

Rating
2-1 09 Sep Norwich City (A) 67.2 +0.6
1-2 12 Sep Derby (A) 68.3 +1.1
2-2 19 Sep Boro (H) 67.8 -0.5
0-1 10 Oct West Brom (A) 68.8 +1.0
4-0 13 Oct Preston (H) 69.2 +0.4
Portsmouth
Ranking: #230 overall, #31 in England

64.8 → 65.0 (+0.2 over last 10 games)

Rating
2-0 05 Sep Cardiff City (H) 64.6 +0.2
0-0 12 Sep Charlton (A) 64.3 -0.3
2-2 19 Sep Blackburn (H) 64.8 +0.5
1-0 11 Oct Southampton (A) 65.0 +0.2
3-2 14 Oct Sheff Utd (H) 65.0 0.0

Birmingham City vs Portsmouth: by the numbers

Portsmouth trail Birmingham City by 83 places in our proprietary European rankings, and by 7 in England.

Over their last 10 matches Birmingham City have moved +2.3 rating points, against +0.2 for Portsmouth.

Portsmouth lost 0.8 rating points in the last contest between these two, on 2 May 2026.

Birmingham City first reached their highest ever xGtoday rating of 69.9 on 22 December 2018.

The highest Portsmouth have ever stood in our European rankings is joint #195, first reached on 3 April 2026.