Crawley Town 0-3 Portsmouth: result and report
League One · Sunday 9 September 2012
Result
Crawley Town 0-3 Portsmouth
League One · Sunday 9 September 2012, 14:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
Crawley Town 0-3 Portsmouth: match report
Crawley Town were beaten by Portsmouth 0-3 in the League One on Sunday 9 September 2012. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Ashley Harris opened the scoring in the 74th minute. Crawley Town did not score. Portsmouth scored through Ashley Harris (74'), Luke Rodgers (83') and Izale McLeod (85').
Discipline: Crawley Town received 4 yellow cards and 2 red cards; Portsmouth received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Crawley Town were 6th on 9 points from 4 and Portsmouth 22nd on 2 points from 4. Crawley Town went on to finish that season 11th with 67 points, and Portsmouth 22nd with 42.
Crawley Town lined up in a 4-4-2 and Portsmouth in a 4-4-2.
Going into the match Crawley Town's last five read W-W-L-W and Portsmouth's L-L-D-D.
Key events
- 12'Yellow card · Hope Akpan
- 34'Yellow card · Josh Simpson
- 41'Second yellow · Josh Simpson
- 43'Yellow card · Jack Compton
- 47'Yellow card · Matt Sadler
- 65'Yellow card · Brian Howard
- 71'Second yellow · Hope Akpan
- 74'Goal · Ashley Harris
- 75'Yellow card · Ashley Harris
- 82'Yellow card · S. Cooper
- 83'Goal · Luke Rodgers
- 85'Goal · Izale McLeod
Team news
Crawley Town line-up (4-4-2)
Paul Jones, Kyle McFadzean, Hope Akpan, Josh Simpson, David Hunt, Nicky Adams, Shaun Cooper, Mike Jones, Gary Alexander, Nicky Ajose, Matt Sadler
Portsmouth line-up (4-4-2)
Mikkel Andersen, Jon Harley, Kevin Long, Josh Thompson, Gábor Gyepes, Lee Williamson, Brian Howard, Jack Compton, Darel Russell, Luke Rodgers, Izale McLeod