Milton Keynes Dons 3-1 Portsmouth: result and report

League One · Sunday 29 December 2019

Result

Milton Keynes Dons 3-1 Portsmouth

League One · Sunday 29 December 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Milton Keynes Dons 3-1 Portsmouth: match report

Milton Keynes Dons defeated Portsmouth 3-1 in the League One on Sunday 29 December 2019. The half-time score was 2-0.

Rhys Healey opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Milton Keynes Dons's goals came from Rhys Healey (35'), C. McGrandles (42') and Alex Gilbey (84'). Portsmouth scored through Ronan Curtis (90+3').

Discipline: Milton Keynes Dons received 4 yellow cards; Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Milton Keynes Dons were 21st on 18 points from 22 and Portsmouth 8th on 34 points from 21. Milton Keynes Dons went on to finish that season 18th with 37 points, and Portsmouth 5th with 62.

Milton Keynes Dons lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Portsmouth in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lee Nicholls of Milton Keynes Dons (8.6), ahead of Dean Lewington (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Milton Keynes Dons wins, 2 draws and 2 for Portsmouth.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Yellow card · C. McGrandlesMilton Keynes Dons
  • 35'Goal · Rhys HealeyMilton Keynes Dons · 1-0
  • 42'Goal · C. McGrandlesMilton Keynes Dons · 2-0
  • 61'Yellow card · Marcus HarnessPortsmouth
  • 68'Yellow card · Callum BrittainMilton Keynes Dons
  • 77'Yellow card · David KasumuMilton Keynes Dons
  • 83'Yellow card · Joe WalshMilton Keynes Dons
  • 84'Goal · Alex GilbeyMilton Keynes Dons · 3-0
  • 84'Yellow card · Christian BurgessPortsmouth
  • 90+3'Goal · Ronan CurtisPortsmouth · 3-1

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Milton Keynes Dons 0, draws 2, Portsmouth 2.

Team news

Milton Keynes Dons line-up (4-3-1-2)

Lee Nicholls, Callum Brittain, G. Williams, Joe Walsh, Dean Lewington, Conor McGrandles, Jordan Houghton, David Kasumu, Alex Gilbey, Rhys Healey, Joe Mason

Portsmouth line-up (4-2-3-1)

Craig MacGillivray, James Bolton, Christian Burgess, Sean Raggett, Anton Walkes, Tom Naylor, Ben Close, Andy Cannon, Marcus Harness, Ronan Curtis, Ellis Harrison