Bristol Rovers 1-2 Portsmouth: result and report
League One · Tuesday 21 August 2018
Result
Bristol Rovers 1-2 Portsmouth
League One · Tuesday 21 August 2018, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
Bristol Rovers 1-2 Portsmouth: match report
Bristol Rovers were beaten by Portsmouth 1-2 in the League One on Tuesday 21 August 2018. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Gareth Evans opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Bristol Rovers's goal came from C. Lines (76', penalty). Portsmouth scored through Gareth Evans (32') and Ronan Curtis (87').
Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Portsmouth received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 16th on 3 points from 3 and Portsmouth 2nd on 9 points from 3. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 15th with 54 points, and Portsmouth 5th with 89.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Bristol Rovers wins, 2 draws and 2 for Portsmouth.
Going into the match Bristol Rovers's last five read W-L-L and Portsmouth's W-W-W.
Key events
- 32'Goal · Gareth Evans
- 64'Yellow card · Ben Thompson
- 76'Penalty goal · C. Lines
- 78'Red card · C. Lines
- 85'Yellow card · J. Clarke
- 87'Goal · Ronan Curtis
Head-to-head
Team news
Bristol Rovers line-up
Adam Smith, Daniel Leadbitter, James Clarke, Ollie Clarke, Tom Lockyer, Tony Craig, Liam Sercombe, Edward Upson, Stefan Payne, Tom Nichols, Kyle Bennett
Portsmouth line-up
Craig MacGillivray, Anton Walkes, Lee Brown, Ben Thompson, Jack Whatmough, Matt Clarke, Tom Naylor, Gareth Evans, Oli Hawkins, Jamal Lowe, Ronan Curtis