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Pompey returned to the Championship after a long-awaited 12 years with an absolute thriller as they secured a 3-3 draw with Leeds at Elland Road. However, despite taking a valuable point against the Championship play-off finalists in their own backyard, the Championship team of the week has bizarrely not acknowledged the impressive displays from the travelling Blues squad.
Portsmouth debutant Elias Sorenson was quickly able to level the scores after an early penalty from Leeds, thanks to an excellent pass from captain Marlon Pack.
Callum Lang then executed arguably the goal of the weekend to put Pompey 2-1 up at half-time before then going on to deliver a calm yet superb penalty in injury time. However, such heroics have not been deemed fine enough to contend with whoscored.com’s ratings from stars across the EFL’s second-tier 23 other clubs.
According to the statistics, here is the Championship team of the weekend after the opening day of EFL action...
9. CM - Josh Windass
The Owls star Windass scored the third of four Sheffield Wednesday goals against the Pilgrims, scoring 8.4. | Getty Images
10. LW - Duncan Watmore
Watmore scored a brace, earning a rating of 8.4, but it was not enough to overcome Watford with the latter winning 3-2. | Getty Images
11. ST - Josh Maja
Maja scored a hat-trick to take West Brom to a 3-1 win over QPR and rated 9.5 for his efforts. | Getty Images
12. ST - Emmanuel Latte Lath
Middlesbrough's Lath scored 7.8 as his penalty ensured the Riverside stadium club won 1-0 over Swansea. Photo: Ed Sykes/Getty Images