Blackpool 1-1 Portsmouth: result and report

League One · Saturday 31 August 2019

Result

Blackpool 1-1 Portsmouth

League One · Saturday 31 August 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Blackpool · Portsmouth · League One predictions

Blackpool 1-1 Portsmouth: match report

Blackpool drew with Portsmouth 1-1 in the League One on Saturday 31 August 2019. The half-time score was 0-1.

Marcus Harness opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Blackpool's goal came from A. Gnanduillet (58'). Portsmouth scored through Marcus Harness (17').

Discipline: Blackpool received 2 yellow cards; Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Blackpool were 2nd on 11 points from 5 and Portsmouth 16th on 4 points from 4. Blackpool went on to finish that season 13th with 45 points, and Portsmouth 5th with 62.

Blackpool lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Portsmouth in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Armand Gnanduillet of Blackpool (7.8), ahead of Marcus Harness (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Blackpool wins, 1 draw and 4 for Portsmouth.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Marcus HarnessPortsmouth · 0-1
  • 22'Yellow card · Ross McCroriePortsmouth
  • 34'Yellow card · Ryan EdwardsBlackpool
  • 58'Goal · A. GnanduilletBlackpool · 1-1
  • 73'Yellow card · J. SpearingBlackpool
  • 76'Yellow card · Brandon HaunstrupPortsmouth

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Blackpool 3, draws 1, Portsmouth 4.

Team news

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

Jak Alnwick, Ryan Edwards, Curtis Tilt, Ollie Turton, James Husband, Jay Spearing, Sullay Kaikai, Liam Feeney, Jordan Thompson, Armand Gnanduillet, Joe Nuttall

Portsmouth line-up (4-3-3)

Craig MacGillivray, Tom Naylor, Paul Michael Downing, Christian Burgess, Brandon Haunstrup, Andy Cannon, Ross McCrorie, Ben Close, John Marquis, Ronan Curtis, Marcus Harness