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
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.
Key events
- 26'Yellow card · C. McGrandles
- 35'Goal · Rhys Healey
- 42'Goal · C. McGrandles
- 61'Yellow card · Marcus Harness
- 68'Yellow card · Callum Brittain
- 77'Yellow card · David Kasumu
- 83'Yellow card · Joe Walsh
- 84'Goal · Alex Gilbey
- 84'Yellow card · Christian Burgess
- 90+3'Goal · Ronan Curtis
Head-to-head
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