Blackpool 2-3 Portsmouth: result and report

League One · Saturday 11 November 2017

Result

Blackpool 2-3 Portsmouth

League One · Saturday 11 November 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Blackpool 2-3 Portsmouth: match report

Blackpool lost to Portsmouth 2-3 in the League One on Saturday 11 November 2017. The half-time score was 0-0.

Juan Carlos León opened the scoring in the 52nd minute. Blackpool's goals came from V. Solomon-Otabor (74') and an own goal by Oliver Hawkins (83'). Portsmouth scored through Juan Carlos León (52'), Ben Close (80') and Juan Carlos León (86').

Discipline: Blackpool received 1 yellow card; Portsmouth received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Blackpool were 12th on 22 points from 15 and Portsmouth 14th on 20 points from 16. Blackpool went on to finish that season 12th with 60 points, and Portsmouth 8th with 66.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Blackpool win, 1 draw and 2 for Portsmouth.

Going into the match Blackpool's last five read L-L-W-D-L and Portsmouth's L-L-L-W-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 52'Goal · Juan Carlos LeónPortsmouth · 0-1
  • 54'Yellow card · Curtis TiltBlackpool
  • 74'Goal · V. Solomon-OtaborBlackpool · 1-1
  • 80'Goal · Ben ClosePortsmouth · 1-2
  • 82'Yellow card · Matt ClarkePortsmouth
  • 83'Own goal · Oliver HawkinsBlackpool · 2-2
  • 86'Goal · Juan Carlos LeónPortsmouth · 2-3

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Blackpool 1, draws 1, Portsmouth 2.

Team news

Blackpool line-up

Ryan Allsop, Will Aimson, Curtis Tilt, Ollie Turton, Colin Daniel, Jimmy Ryan, Viv Solomon-Otabor, Callum Cooke, Jay Spearing, Danny Philliskirk, Nathan Delfouneso

Portsmouth line-up

Luke McGee, Matt Clarke, Christian Burgess, Oli Hawkins, Kal Naismith, Daniel Rose, Kyle Bennett, Gareth Evans, Ben Close, Brett Pitman, Jamal Lowe