Northampton Town 3-1 Portsmouth: result and report
League One · Tuesday 12 September 2017
Result
Northampton Town 3-1 Portsmouth
League One · Tuesday 12 September 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 2-0
Northampton Town 3-1 Portsmouth: match report
Northampton Town beat Portsmouth 3-1 in the League One on Tuesday 12 September 2017. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Chris Long opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Northampton Town's goals came from Chris Long (18'), Matt Crooks (35') and Chris Long (70'). Portsmouth scored through Matty Kennedy (49').
Discipline: Northampton Town received 1 yellow card; Portsmouth received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Northampton Town were 22nd on 3 points from 5 and Portsmouth 14th on 8 points from 6. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 22nd with 47 points, and Portsmouth 8th with 66.
Northampton Town lined up in a 4-3-3 and Portsmouth in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Northampton Town win, 2 draws and 3 for Portsmouth.
Going into the match Northampton Town's last five read W-L-L-L-L and Portsmouth's W-L-D-D-L.
Key events
- 11'Yellow card · Nathan Thompson
- 18'Goal · Chris Long
- 35'Goal · Matt Crooks
- 42'Yellow card · Matt Clarke
- 49'Goal · Matty Kennedy
- 62'Yellow card · Jamal Lowe
- 70'Goal · Chris Long
- 90'Yellow card · Matt Crooks
Head-to-head
Team news
Northampton Town line-up (4-3-3)
Matt Ingram, Brendan Moloney, David Buchanan, Ash Taylor, Aaron Pierre, George Smith, Shaun McWilliams, Matt Crooks, Matt Grimes, A. Revell, Christopher Long
Portsmouth line-up (4-2-3-1)
Luke McGee, Damien McCrory, Matt Clarke, Christian Burgess, Nathan Thompson, Stuart O'Keefe, Matty Kennedy, Adam May, Brett Pitman, Jamal Lowe, Conor Mark Chaplin