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Portsmouth vs Birmingham City; Sky Bet Championship

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Portsmouth vs Birmingham City. Sky Bet Championship.

Fratton ParkAttendance20,478.

Portsmouth 1

  • A Segecic (8th minute)

Birmingham City 1

  • A Priske (19th minute)

Portsmouth 1-1 Birmingham City: Adrian Segecic nets again for Pompey in final-day draw

Report and free match highlights from the Sky Bet Championship match between Portsmouth and Birmingham City at Fratton Park on Saturday; Adrian Segecic scores again as Pompey and Blues play out draw on final day.

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Highlights of the Sky Bet Championship game between Portsmouth and Birmingham on the final day of the 2025/26 season.

Adrian Segecic's excellent end-of-season form continued as Portsmouth played out an entertaining 1-1 draw with Birmingham at Fratton Park.

The south-coast club took the lead after only eight minutes when the in-form Segecic fired home from 12 yards from Jordan Williams' cross.

It was the Australian-born Croatian's 11th goal of his maiden Sky Bet Championship season and fifth in his last three games.

Jay Stansfield should have equalised when he put a free header wide from a corner before Birmingham goalkeeper James Beadle saved at the feet of Segecic.

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Portsmouth and Birmingham players separated after Adrian Segecic's attempt on goal.

The visitors did hit back in the 19th minute thanks to August Priske's far-post header from Kai Wagner's corner.

Portsmouth lost midfielder John Swift to injury midway through the first half.

Stand-in Pompey goalkeeper Ben Killip made a save to deny Ibrahim Osman from a tight angle as Birmingham ended the first half strongly.

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Killip saved well to keep out Carlos Vicente's sharp left-foot shot from the centre of the penalty area and on the stroke of half-time Pompey substitute Conor Chaplin shot narrowly wide from long range.

 Adrian Segecic of Portsmouth celebrates scoring his team's second goal
Image: Adrian Segecic of Portsmouth celebrates scoring his team's second goal

Osman missed a golden chance seven minutes into the second half when he failed to hit the target from Bright Osayi-Samuel's inviting cross.

Beadle then made a fine reaction stop to prevent Chaplin's well-struck 20-yard volley from putting Pompey back in front.

The hosts felt they should have had a penalty when Segecic was brought down by Vicente but referee John Brooks decided the challenge was outside the box and gave only a free-kick.

Segecic sparked controversy 10 minutes from time when he fired just over after chasing the ball down after Pompey had returned it to Birmingham following a stoppage for an injury to the visitors' Christoph Klarer.

Following a melee, during which a home fan ran onto the pitch, Segecic was shown a yellow card.

Birmingham midfielder Tommy Doyle's 88th-minute effort from wide on the edge of the box was as close as either team came to a late winner.

The result means Portsmouth end the season with just one defeat in their final eight games, although doubts remain over whether manager John Mousinho will opt to leave the club this summer.

Mousinho, who met the Pompey owners this week to discuss their plans for the future, was serenaded with chants of 'one more year' from the home supporters.

Birmingham finished their first campaign back in the second tier in a respectable 10th place. Pompey finished 18th, eight points clear of the relegation zone.

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