{"id":1392171,"date":"2025-08-08T14:06:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T13:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=1392171"},"modified":"2025-08-08T14:06:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T13:06:08","slug":"oxford-united-vs-portsmouth-championship","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/oxford-united-vs-portsmouth-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Oxford United vs Portsmouth prediction, odds, tips &amp; team news"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Oxford United and Portsmouth kick off their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/football-tips\/championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2025-26 Championship<\/a> campaigns at the Kassam Stadium on Saturday 9th August at 3pm. Both sides were caught in the relegation battle last season, but managed to seal safety. 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They had the fifth-worst goal difference in the Championship, and only five teams lost more matches than their 19. Fortunately for Oxford, there were always teams doing worse, so a nine-game unbeaten run after Christmas set them up for safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That run coincided with the appointment of Gary Rowett, who has now had a pre-season to get Oxford looking the way he wants. Safety will be the main guarantee, with this being just Oxford&#8217;s second campaign in the Championship after promotion in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Portsmouth finished one point and one place above Oxford last season. But they had looked in danger of relegation for some time. Also coming up from League One, Pompey were in the relegation zone as late as January and had spent time bottom of the table. But things were so close at the bottom, that just a few positive results lifted Portsmouth out of the bottom three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And they stayed outside the relegation zone for the rest of the season. 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