Portsmouth against Swansea has the busiest referee of the round by a distance and the thinnest builder in it – which is worth saying rather than padding.
Below are the free bets worth claiming for it, then our tips from the stats, and a bet builder you can put a free bet on.
Portsmouth vs Swansea Free Bets
The biggest new-customer offer for this one is Betfred’s, and it is the right shape for a bet builder: of the £50, twenty of it comes back as Bet Builder free bets rather than ordinary sports free bets.

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Portsmouth vs Swansea Betting Offers
Which offer suits you depends on the bet you actually want to place, and that is worth thirty seconds of thought rather than taking the biggest number on the page.
- Backing the bet builder below — Betfred, because £20 of the £50 is specifically Bet Builder free bets, and the qualifying bet at evens is easy to meet with a builder of two or three legs.
- Backing one selection at a bigger price — SBK, whose qualifying bet has to be at 3.0 or bigger, which a single card or shots line will clear on its own.
- Staking as little as possible — Ladbrokes, £5 to get £30, and the lowest qualifying price of the group at 1/2.
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Portsmouth vs Swansea Betting Tips
Matthew Corlett referees, and he averages 5.06 cards a game. That is the highest of the twelve and well clear of their 3.72 average. It is the single number this page is built on, because the player records behind the rest are thin.
- 01Abu Kamara 1+ Foul Committedbet365TBCAbu Kamara has committed a foul in 9 of his last 10 for Portsmouth, at 1.23 per 90 across 1,094 minutes, and he averages 84 minutes a game when he plays.Swansea City hold 56.35% of the ball, which is where the fouls come from. There is no price up for this one yet, so there is nothing to measure the record against — worth a look when the market opens.
- 02Jayden Meghoma to be CardedAdd to slip10/3Jayden Meghoma has been booked in 3 of his last 8 for Portsmouth, at 0.42 per 90 across 644 minutes, and he averages 80 minutes a game when he plays.Portsmouth pick up 1.75 cards a game and there are 3.9 in their matches. That is about 38% on his own record, against the 23% implied by 10/3.
- 03Under 8.5 CornersAdd to slip6/4Portsmouth win 4.7 corners a game and Swansea City 4.0, with 2.2 and 1.6 of those in the first half.That leaves about 9 in the match, a 50% chance of 8 or fewer against the 40% implied by 6/4.
- 04Both Teams to ScoreAdd to slip5/6Both teams have scored in 11 of Portsmouth's last 20 matches and 11 of Swansea City's. Portsmouth concede 1.20 a game and Swansea City 1.15.On the venue splits the projection is 1.43 against 1.31, which puts both teams scoring at about 55%.
- 05Correct Score 1-2Add to slip10/1On the venue splits this projects Portsmouth 1.43 against Swansea City 1.31, and 1-2 is the single likeliest scoreline that comes out of it at about 7.3%.Correct score is the widest market on the coupon, so this is not a value call - it is the scoreline our numbers land on most often, and it backs Swansea City, which is where the board has the match too.

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Portsmouth vs Swansea Bet Builder Tip
| 1 | Jayden Meghoma to be Carded3 of his last 8, 0.42 per 90Why this Leg |
| 2 | Under 8.5 Corners50% on our numbersWhy this Leg |
| 3 | Both Teams to Score55% on our numbersWhy this Leg |
Three legs only, and two of them are near coin-flips on our own numbers – under 8.5 corners at 50% and both teams to score at 55%. The card is the leg the referee’s rate actually supports.
- Jayden Meghoma to be Carded — 3 of his last 8, 0.42 per 90
- Under 8.5 Corners — 50% on our numbers
- Both Teams to Score — 55% on our numbers
Each leg is priced at bet365 and you can send the whole thing to a betslip from the table above.
When Does Portsmouth vs Swansea Kick Off?
Portsmouth vs Swansea kicks off at 7.45pm on Tuesday 3rd November in the Championship.
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Andy Clark is a British betting analyst and the founder and editor of Thatsagoal, a UK sports betting comparison site operated by Thatsagoal Media Limited. He has over 20 years of betting experience across football and horse racing, and personally tests every bookmaker account reviewed on the site.
