Forest Green Rovers 1-3 Portsmouth: result and report

Carabao Cup · Tuesday 8 August 2023

Result

Forest Green Rovers 1-3 Portsmouth

Carabao Cup · Tuesday 8 August 2023, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Forest Green Rovers 1-3 Portsmouth: match report

Forest Green Rovers lost to Portsmouth 1-3 in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday 8 August 2023. The half-time score was 1-1.

Tyrese Omotoye opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Forest Green Rovers's goal came from Tyrese Omotoye (24'). Portsmouth scored through Kusini Yengi (30'), Zak Swanson (52') and Kusini Yengi (75', penalty).

Discipline: Forest Green Rovers received 3 yellow cards; Portsmouth received 3 yellow cards.

This fixture belongs to an earlier Carabao Cup season and is kept for reference.

Forest Green Rovers lined up in a 4-4-2 and Portsmouth in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Abu Kamara of Portsmouth (8.4), ahead of Zak Swanson (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Forest Green Rovers wins, 0 draws and 2 for Portsmouth.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Yellow card · Kusini YengiPortsmouth
  • 17'Yellow card · Sean RobertsonForest Green Rovers
  • 23'Yellow card · Harvey BunkerForest Green Rovers
  • 24'Goal · Tyrese OmotoyeForest Green Rovers · 1-0
  • 30'Goal · Kusini YengiPortsmouth · 1-1
  • 32'Yellow card · Anthony ScullyPortsmouth
  • 52'Goal · Zak SwansonPortsmouth · 1-2
  • 58'Yellow card · Terry DevlinPortsmouth
  • 74'Yellow card · Jamie RobsonForest Green Rovers
  • 75'Penalty goal · Kusini YengiPortsmouth · 1-3

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Forest Green Rovers 0, draws 0, Portsmouth 2.

Team news

Forest Green Rovers line-up (4-4-2)

Jamie Searle, Sean Robertson, Darnell Johnson, Jordan Moore-Taylor, Dominic Bernard, Dylan Kadji, Harvey Bunker, Charlie McCann, Teddy Jenks, Tyrese Omotoye, Matty Stevens

Portsmouth line-up (4-3-3)

Ryan Schofield, Zak Swanson, Sean Raggett, Conor Shaughnessy, Jack Sparkes, Terry Devlin, Ben Stevenson, Christian Saydee, Abu Kamara, Kusini Yengi, Anthony Scully