{"id":232562,"date":"2026-01-11T12:27:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T12:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/232562\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T12:27:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T12:27:13","slug":"portsmouth-vs-arsenal-fa-cup-prediction-kick-off-time-team-news-tv-live-stream-h2h-results-odds-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/232562\/","title":{"rendered":"Portsmouth vs Arsenal: FA Cup prediction, kick-off time, team news, TV, live stream, h2h results, odds today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/newsletter_arsenal_embed_desktop.png\" alt=\"Arsenal Football Newsletter\" width=\"158px\" height=\"158px\" class=\"sc-gytJtb kpUGLA\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Gunners are six points clear at the top of the Premier League and this is another big opportunity to win silverware this season.<\/p>\n<p>Mikel Arteta is expected to rest key players at Fratton Park but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/arsenal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arsenal<\/a> should still have more than enough to progress to the fourth round.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s everything you need to know ahead of the game&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Date, kick-off time and venue<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/portsmouth\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Portsmouth<\/a> vs Arsenal is scheduled for a 2pm GMT kick-off on Sunday, January 11, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The match will take place at Fratton Park in Portsmouth.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2204759845.jpeg\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1274\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"sc-eqUAAy kRUyJB\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Fratton Park will play host to Portsmouth vs Arsenal<\/p>\n<p>Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Where to watch Portsmouth vs Arsenal<\/p>\n<p>TV channel: In the UK, the game will be televised live on TNT Sports 1, with coverage starting at 1.30pm ahead of a 2pm kick-off.<\/p>\n<p>Live stream: TNT Sports subscribers can also catch the contest live online via the Discovery+ app and website.<\/p>\n<p>Live blog: You can follow all the action on matchday via Standard Sport\u2019s live blog, with expert analysis from Matt Verri at Fratton Park.<\/p>\n<p>Portsmouth vs Arsenal team news<\/p>\n<p>Riccardo Calafiori is a doubt with an injury described by Mikel Arteta as \u201cawkward.\u201d It had been hoped he could return to face Liverpool, but he did not make the matchday squad.<\/p>\n<p>Cristhian Mosquera is out with a longer-term ankle injury, which Arteta has dubbed \u201ccomplicated,\u201d though he is expected to return in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>A match at this stage of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/fa-cup\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FA Cup<\/a> would generally be seen as a good opportunity to throw academy players into the mix, but beloved Arsenal wonderkid Max Dowman will not be available on the south coast as he recovers from an ankle injury.<\/p>\n<p>There may yet be opportunities for fringe players such as Kepa Arrizabalaga, Christian Norgaard, Gabriel Jesus, or Ethan Nwaneri. Marli Salmon could also get another run out, while the misfiring striker Viktor Gyokeres could be handed an opportunity to get a couple of goals and build his confidence back up.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PieroHincapieArsenal08012026.jpeg\" width=\"4711\" height=\"3180\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"sc-eqUAAy kRUyJB\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Piero Hincapie is the latest addition to the Arsenal injury list<\/p>\n<p>Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>There are plenty of other injuries in the Pompey squad. Forward Colby Bishop is a doubt, and as many as nine other first-team players could be set to miss out.<\/p>\n<p>Adorning that list are Florian Bianchini (knee), Josh Knight (back), Mark Kosznovszky (knee), Callum Lang (hamstring), Josh Murphy (hamstring), Connor Ogilvie (knee), Marlon Pack (hamstring), Thomas Waddingham (thigh) and Hayden Matthews (ankle).<\/p>\n<p>Portsmouth vs Arsenal prediction<\/p>\n<p>This should, in theory, be a straightforward outing for Mikel Arteta and Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>The Gunners may not have been at their absolute best in recent weeks, being held goalless by Liverpool and only narrowly beating Bournemouth the match previous, but being top of the Premier League, there can be very few excuses if they do not breeze through this encounter at Fratton Park.<\/p>\n<p>Portsmouth are in very real danger of relegation to League One this season, and are without a swathe of first-team talent.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal supporters, then, should be in for a pleasant day by the sea &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/news\/uk\/storm-goretti-latest-updates-wind-snow-met-office-b1265693.html\" title=\"Storm Goretti LIVE: Scores of Heathrow flights cancelled and tens of thousands without power as &#039;weather bomb&#039; hits UK\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">weather permitting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Head to head (h2h) history and results<\/p>\n<p>This will be the first meeting between these sides since March 2020, when they met at Fratton Park in the FA Cup fifth round. Arsenal came away with a 2-0 win thanks to goals from Eddie Nketiah and Sokratis Papastathopoulos. Pompey have not bested the Gunners since 1958, losing 14 times and drawing eight since.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-1209959958.jpeg\" width=\"3628\" height=\"2419\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"sc-eqUAAy kRUyJB\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sokratis Papastathopoulos was on target when Arsenal last faced Portsmouth<\/p>\n<p>Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Portsmouth vs Arsenal match odds<\/p>\n<p>Portsmouth to go through: 9\/1<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal to go through: 1\/25<\/p>\n<p>Odds via Betfair (subject to change).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Gunners are six points clear at the top of the Premier League and this is another big&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232563,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[29018,85,46,126416,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-232562","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-fa-cup","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-portsmouth","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}