Bristol Rovers 3-1 Portsmouth: result and report

League One · Tuesday 16 February 2021

Result

Bristol Rovers 3-1 Portsmouth

League One · Tuesday 16 February 2021, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Bristol Rovers 3-1 Portsmouth: match report

Bristol Rovers defeated Portsmouth 3-1 in the League One on Tuesday 16 February 2021. The half-time score was 2-1.

John Marquis opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from Jonah Ayunga (34'), Jonah Ayunga (44') and Luke Leahy (70', penalty). Portsmouth scored through John Marquis (26').

Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 20th on 24 points from 26 and Portsmouth 4th on 48 points from 26. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 24th with 38 points, and Portsmouth 8th with 72.

Bristol Rovers lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Portsmouth in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Luke Leahy of Bristol Rovers (8.6), ahead of Jonah Ayunga (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Bristol Rovers wins, 4 draws and 3 for Portsmouth.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Yellow card · Luke McCormickBristol Rovers
  • 26'Goal · John MarquisPortsmouth · 0-1
  • 27'Yellow card · George WilliamsBristol Rovers
  • 34'Goal · Jonah AyungaBristol Rovers · 1-1
  • 44'Goal · Jonah AyungaBristol Rovers · 2-1
  • 66'Yellow card · Callum JohnsonPortsmouth
  • 69'Yellow card · Sean RaggettPortsmouth
  • 70'Penalty goal · Luke LeahyBristol Rovers · 3-1
  • 90+6'Missed penalty · John MarquisPortsmouth

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Bristol Rovers 2, draws 4, Portsmouth 3.

Team news

Bristol Rovers line-up (3-4-1-2)

Joe Day, Jack Baldwin, Alfie Kilgour, Cian Harries, G. Williams, Joshua Grant, Luke McCormick, Luke Leahy, Sam Nicholson, Brandon Hanlan, Jonah Ayunga

Portsmouth line-up (4-3-3)

Craig MacGillivray, Callum Johnson, James Bolton, Sean Raggett, Charlie Daniels, George Byers, Tom Naylor, Andy Cannon, Ryan Williams, John Marquis, Ronan Curtis