Portsmouth 1–3 QPR

EFL Championship 2026/27 Matchweek 1 · 15 Aug 2026

Portsmouth vs QPR in the EFL Championship 2026/27.

At Fratton Park, Portsmouth.

Referee: Will Finnie, England.

QPR beat Portsmouth 3–1. T. Devlin opened the scoring for Portsmouth after 15 minutes. K. Saito made it 1–2 after 40 minutes, and that was the winner.

Goalscorers

• Portsmouth: T. Devlin 15'
• QPR: I. Chair 33', K. Saito 40', I. Chair 45+2'

Portsmouth starting lineup (4-2-3-1)

• 1 N. Schmid (G)
• 24 T. Devlin (D)
• 5 R. Poole (D)
• 6 C. Shaughnessy (D)
• 22 Z. Swanson (D)
• 19 R. R. Shein (M)
• 38 E. Adams (M)
• 11 A. Kamara (M)
• 10 A. Segecic (M)
• 28 L. Brooke-Smith (M)
• 9 C. Bishop (F)

QPR starting lineup (4-2-3-1)

• 1 P. Charles (G)
• 27 A. S. Mbengue (D)
• 3 J. Dunne (D)
• 6 J. Clarke-Salter (D)
• 12 B. Kemper (D)
• 20 H. Vale (M)
• 5 R. Edwards (M)
• 17 K. Poku (M)
• 10 I. Chair (M)
• 14 K. Saito (M)
• 16 R. Burrell (F)

Match events

• 15′ Portsmouth: Normal Goal, T. Devlin, E. Adams
• 20′ QPR: Substitution, K. Adamson, B. Kemper
• 25′ QPR: Yellow Card, Ronnie Edwards
• 33′ QPR: Normal Goal, I. Chair, H. Vale
• 40′ QPR: Normal Goal, K. Saito, I. Chair
• 45′ QPR: Normal Goal, I. Chair, A. S. Mbengue
• 46′ Portsmouth: Substitution, R. Kavuma McQueen, L. Brooke-Smith
• 58′ QPR: Substitution, G. Kamara, K. Poku
• 58′ QPR: Substitution, P. Smyth, K. Saito
• 65′ Portsmouth: Substitution, J. Murphy, A. Kamara
• 72′ Portsmouth: Substitution, B. Arthur, Z. Swanson
• 72′ Portsmouth: Substitution, Marezi, R. Poole
• 74′ QPR: Substitution, J. Varane, A. S. Mbengue
• 74′ QPR: Substitution, A. Lloyd, R. Burrell
• 83′ Portsmouth: Substitution, O. Bailey, E. Adams

Match statistics