Doncaster Rovers 1-2 Portsmouth: result and report

League One · Saturday 5 October 2019

Result

Doncaster Rovers 1-2 Portsmouth

League One · Saturday 5 October 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Doncaster Rovers 1-2 Portsmouth: match report

Doncaster Rovers were beaten by Portsmouth 1-2 in the League One on Saturday 5 October 2019. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Gareth Evans opened the scoring in the 60th minute. Doncaster Rovers's goal came from Reece James (82'). Portsmouth scored through Gareth Evans (60') and Ellis Harrison (90+1').

Discipline: Doncaster Rovers received no yellow cards; Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Doncaster Rovers were 9th on 16 points from 9 and Portsmouth 19th on 9 points from 8. Doncaster Rovers went on to finish that season 9th with 54 points, and Portsmouth 5th with 62.

Doncaster Rovers lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Portsmouth in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Reece James of Doncaster Rovers (8.2), level with Ben Close (8.2).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Yellow card · Tom NaylorPortsmouth
  • 41'Yellow card · Marcus HarnessPortsmouth
  • 60'Goal · Gareth EvansPortsmouth · 0-1
  • 82'Goal · Reece JamesDoncaster Rovers · 1-1
  • 90+1'Goal · Ellis HarrisonPortsmouth · 1-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Doncaster Rovers 4, draws 4, Portsmouth 2.

Team news

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

Seny Dieng, Brad Halliday, Tom Anderson, Donervon Daniels, Reece James, Ben Whiteman, Ben Sheaf, Alfie May, James Coppinger, Jon Taylor, Kieran Sadlier

Portsmouth line-up (4-4-2)

Craig MacGillivray, James Bolton, Christian Burgess, Sean Raggett, Lee Brown, Marcus Harness, Tom Naylor, Ben Close, Gareth Evans, John Marquis, Brett Pitman