Exeter City 0-1 Portsmouth: result and report

League Two · Saturday 27 August 2016

Result

Exeter City 0-1 Portsmouth

League Two · Saturday 27 August 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Exeter City 0-1 Portsmouth: match report

Exeter City lost to Portsmouth 0-1 in the League Two on Saturday 27 August 2016. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Gary Roberts of Portsmouth in the 85th minute, from the penalty spot.

Discipline: Exeter City received 4 yellow cards; Portsmouth received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Exeter City were 23rd on 3 points from 4 and Portsmouth 14th on 5 points from 4. Exeter City went on to finish that season 5th with 75 points, and Portsmouth 1st with 87.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Yellow card · Ryan HarleyExeter City
  • 61'Yellow card · L. JamesExeter City
  • 85'Penalty goal · Gary RobertsPortsmouth · 0-1
  • 85'Yellow card · Pierce SweeneyExeter City
  • 90'Yellow card · C. Riley-LoweExeter City

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Exeter City 2, draws 2, Portsmouth 2.

Team news

Exeter City line-up

Robert Olejnik, Connor Riley-Lowe, Ethan Ampadu, Pierce Sweeney, Troy Brown, Lloyd James, Jordan Tillson, Ryan Harley, Jake Taylor, Ollie Watkins, Liam McAlinden

Portsmouth line-up

David Forde, Tom Davies, Christian Burgess, Drew Talbot, Enda Stevens, Daniel Rose, Carl Baker, Michael Doyle, Gary Roberts, Milan Lalkovic, Curtis Main