English League Championship

FT Saturday, August 9, 2025
Portsmouth DWWDD 1
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Oxford United WLDWD 0
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Match Report

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Socceroos aspirant Segecic scores winner in Portsmouth debut

Australian new boy Adrian Segecic has made an "unbelievable start" to life in the Championship, scoring the winner for Portsmouth as they opened the season with a 1-0 win away at Oxford.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
15
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
4
Corner Kicks
8
4
Saves
3
51.1
Possession
48.9
9
SHOTS
18
4
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
229
Accurate Passes
201
323
Passes
299
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
7
Accurate Crosses
5
14
Crosses
23
0.5
Cross %
0.2
64
Long Balls
67
22
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.3
Long Balls %
0.3
0
Blocked Shots
11
12
Effective Tackles
12
22
Tackles
22
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
3
Interceptions
6
49
Effective Clearances
27
49
Clearances
27

Head to Head

POR leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

OXF · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Jamie CummingG
  2. 6Michal HelikCD-L
  3. 5Elliott MooreCD-R
  4. 22Greg LeighLB
  5. 15Brodie SpencerRB
  6. 27Will LankshearAM
  7. 8Cameron BrannaganLM
  8. 4Will VaulksRM
  9. 9Mark HarrisF
  10. 19Tyler GoodrhamAM-L
  11. 17Stanley MillsAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 23Siriki DembeleSUB
  2. 21Matt IngramSUB
  3. 10Matt PhillipsSUB
  4. 18Louie SibleySUB
  5. 24Hidde ter AvestSUB
  6. 26Jack CurrieSUB
  7. 39Gatlin O'DonkorSUB
  8. 2Sam LongSUB
  9. 20Tom BradshawSUB

POR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Nicolas SchmidG
  2. 6Conor ShaughnessyCD-L
  3. 5Regan PooleCD-R
  4. 3Connor OgilvieLB
  5. 2Jordan WilliamsRB
  6. 10Adrian SegecicAM
  7. 21Andre DozzellLM
  8. 8John SwiftRM
  9. 9Colby BishopF
  10. 11Florian BianchiniAM-L
  11. 49Callum LangAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 30Ben KillipSUB
  2. 14Hayden MatthewsSUB
  3. 22Zak SwansonSUB
  4. 17Ibane BowatSUB
  5. 18Márk KosznovszkySUB
  6. 20Thomas WaddinghamSUB
  7. 24Terry DevlinSUB
  8. 47Yang Min-HyeokSUB
  9. 16Luke Le RouxSUB

Timeline

  1. 38' Goal! Oxford United 0, Portsmouth 1. Adrian Segecic (Portsmouth) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
  2. 41' John Swift (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 63' Connor Ogilvie (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 64' Tyler Goodrham (Oxford United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 66' Substitution, Oxford United. Hidde ter Avest replaces Elliott Moore because of an injury.
  6. 67' Substitution, Portsmouth. Yang Min-Hyeok replaces Florian Bianchini.
  7. 69' Substitution, Oxford United. Jack Currie replaces Greg Leigh.
  8. 69' Substitution, Oxford United. Siriki Dembélé replaces Mark Harris.
  9. 80' Substitution, Portsmouth. Terry Devlin replaces Callum Lang.
  10. 81' Substitution, Oxford United. Tom Bradshaw replaces Will Lankshear.
  11. 81' Substitution, Oxford United. Louie Sibley replaces Will Vaulks.
  12. 86' Substitution, Portsmouth. Zak Swanson replaces John Swift.
  13. 87' Substitution, Oxford United. Gatlin O'Donkor replaces Tyler Goodrham.
  14. 90'+3' Substitution, Portsmouth. Thomas Waddingham replaces Adrian Segecic.

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