Championship · Matchweek 1
Portsmouth
POR
1–3Full time
Queens Park Rangers
QUE
How they playPossession, press, how they create
Nothing in the numbers separates these two by much — which is itself worth knowing, and more common than most previews admit.
51%Possession45%
29%Territory35%
52%From set plays41%
0.09Chance quality0.16
6.5%Directness5.9%
Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 5 for Portsmouth, 3 for QPR. Too few to lean on heavily.
Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90
Goal involvements per 90, among players with at least 45% of the most-used player’s minutes. Drawn from the last 33 of 156 matches, not the full season.