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Charlton vs Portsmouth has produced a contested English balance rather than a settled hierarchy. Portsmouth won 2-1 in the Championship on 29 December 2025, while Charlton had earlier won 3-1 and 3-0 in League One. The clubs also drew 2-2 and 0-0 in 2023 and 2024, and a 2-0 Charlton friendly win offers only secondary context. Close answers keep the matchup open.
Past matches, Charlton vs Portsmouth
Match center
Starting eleven
Substitutes Charlton
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17D
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21G
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14M
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23F
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8M
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32D
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16M
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26M
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35F
Portsmouth Substitutes
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D
55
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F
25
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M
37
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D
5
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G
1
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D
22
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M
8
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M
27
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M
38
Match events
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69'Ebou Adams Rocco Robert Shein
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74'Zak Swanson Jayden Meghoma
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74'Ryan Kavuma-McQueen Tyrese Shade
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76'Charlie Kelman Millenic Alli
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82'John Michael Lewis Mousinho Yellow Card
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85'Regan Poole Terry Devlin
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86'Miles Leaburn Yellow Card
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86'Ebou Adams Yellow Card
Stats for this game
Matchup Charlton VS Portsmouth
Competitive results pull both ways
Portsmouth’s 2-1 Championship win on 29 December 2025 gives them the clearest result in that competition, but the wider balance remains contested. Charlton won 3-0 on 17 October 2022 and 3-1 at Portsmouth on 1 January 2023. The clubs then drew 2-2 on 11 November 2023 and 0-0 on 24 February 2024 in League One. Those scorelines show Charlton capable of decisive wins, Portsmouth able to answer, and neither side holding an unbroken direction across the dated meetings.
A friendly should stay in the background
Charlton’s 2-0 victory in the club friendly on 3 August 2024 adds another result but carries less competitive weight than the league encounters. It can sit as secondary evidence of a Charlton win without changing the central profile: Portsmouth’s Championship success and the earlier League One exchange leave the comparison open. Future meetings will test whether Portsmouth can reinforce its Championship result, whether Charlton can restore its stronger margins, or whether another draw keeps this matchup defined by resistance rather than a fixed hierarchy.