Accrington Stanley 2-2 Portsmouth: result and report

League One · Saturday 23 October 2021

Result

Accrington Stanley 2-2 Portsmouth

League One · Saturday 23 October 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Accrington Stanley 2-2 Portsmouth: match report

Accrington Stanley drew with Portsmouth 2-2 in the League One on Saturday 23 October 2021. The half-time score was 0-1.

Ronan Curtis opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Accrington Stanley's goals came from Harry Pell (50') and Matt Butcher (77'). Portsmouth scored through Ronan Curtis (18') and Marcus Harness (86').

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

Going into the game Accrington Stanley were 10th on 19 points from 13 and Portsmouth 17th on 15 points from 13. Accrington Stanley went on to finish that season 12th with 61 points, and Portsmouth 10th with 73.

Accrington Stanley lined up in a 3-5-1-1 and Portsmouth in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ross Sykes of Accrington Stanley (8.3), ahead of Matt Butcher (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Accrington Stanley wins, 5 draws and 2 for Portsmouth.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Goal · Ronan CurtisPortsmouth · 0-1
  • 28'Yellow card · Sean RaggettPortsmouth
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Ross SykesAccrington Stanley
  • 50'Goal · Harry PellAccrington Stanley · 1-1
  • 64'Yellow card · Ronan CurtisPortsmouth
  • 64'Yellow card · Ethan HamiltonAccrington Stanley
  • 77'Goal · Matt ButcherAccrington Stanley · 2-1
  • 86'Goal · Marcus HarnessPortsmouth · 2-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Accrington Stanley 3, draws 5, Portsmouth 2.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Joe PritchardAccrington Stanley · injury (Hamstring Injury)
  • J. ReidPortsmouth · injury (Knee Injury)

Accrington Stanley line-up (3-5-1-1)

Toby Savin, Yeboah Amankwah, Michael Nottingham, Sam Sherring, Ethan Hamilton, Seamus Conneely, David Morgan, Matt Butcher, Sean McConville, H. Pell, Colby Bishop

Portsmouth line-up (4-2-3-1)

Gavin Bazunu, Mahlon Romeo, Sean Raggett, Connor Ogilvie, Lee Brown, Joe Morrell, Shaun Williams, Reeco Hackett, Marcus Harness, Ronan Curtis, John Marquis