Accrington Stanley 3-3 Portsmouth: result and report

League One · Tuesday 27 April 2021

Result

Accrington Stanley 3-3 Portsmouth

League One · Tuesday 27 April 2021, 18:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Accrington Stanley 3-3 Portsmouth: match report

Accrington Stanley drew with Portsmouth 3-3 in the League One on Tuesday 27 April 2021. The half-time score was 2-0.

Colby Bishop opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Accrington Stanley's goals came from Colby Bishop (15'), Cameron Burgess (43') and an own goal by John Marquis (90+5'). Portsmouth scored through John Marquis (49'), Ryan Williams (54') and John Marquis (90+1').

Discipline: Accrington Stanley received 2 yellow cards; Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Accrington Stanley were 12th on 62 points from 43 and Portsmouth 7th on 68 points from 43. Accrington Stanley went on to finish that season 11th with 67 points, and Portsmouth 8th with 72.

Accrington Stanley lined up in a 5-3-2 and Portsmouth in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to John Marquis of Portsmouth (8.8), ahead of Colby Bishop (8.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Accrington Stanley wins, 4 draws and 3 for Portsmouth.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Goal · Colby BishopAccrington Stanley · 1-0
  • 43'Goal · Cameron BurgessAccrington Stanley · 2-0
  • 49'Goal · John MarquisPortsmouth · 2-1
  • 54'Goal · Ryan WilliamsPortsmouth · 2-2
  • 84'Yellow card · Ronan CurtisPortsmouth
  • 86'Yellow card · Andy CannonPortsmouth
  • 90+1'Goal · John MarquisPortsmouth · 2-3
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Ben BarclayAccrington Stanley
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Seamus ConneelyAccrington Stanley
  • 90+5'Own goal · John MarquisAccrington Stanley · 3-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Accrington Stanley 3, draws 4, Portsmouth 3.

Team news

Accrington Stanley line-up (5-3-2)

Toby Savin, Harvey Rodgers, Ben Barclay, Michael Nottingham, Cameron Burgess, Sean McConville, Adam Phillips, Seamus Conneely, Jon Russell, Dion Charles, Colby Bishop

Portsmouth line-up (3-5-2)

Craig MacGillivray, James Bolton, Sean Raggett, Rasmus Nicolaisen, Callum Johnson, Tom Naylor, Ben Close, George Byers, Marcus Harness, Ronan Curtis, John Marquis