Portsmouth 2-1 AFC Wimbledon: result and report

League One · Tuesday 26 December 2017

Result

Portsmouth 2-1 AFC Wimbledon

League One · Tuesday 26 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Portsmouth 2-1 AFC Wimbledon: match report

Portsmouth won against AFC Wimbledon 2-1 in the League One on Tuesday 26 December 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.

Ben Close opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Portsmouth's goals came from Ben Close (45') and Juan Carlos León (72', penalty). AFC Wimbledon scored through L. Taylor (50', penalty).

Discipline: Portsmouth received no yellow cards; AFC Wimbledon received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 8th on 35 points from 23 and AFC Wimbledon 21st on 23 points from 22. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 8th with 66 points, and AFC Wimbledon 18th with 53.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Portsmouth wins, 1 draw and 3 for AFC Wimbledon.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Yellow card · Tom SoaresAFC Wimbledon
  • 26'Yellow card · Andy BarchamAFC Wimbledon
  • 45'Goal · Ben ClosePortsmouth · 1-0
  • 50'Penalty goal · L. TaylorAFC Wimbledon · 1-1
  • 71'Yellow card · B. FullerAFC Wimbledon
  • 72'Penalty goal · Juan Carlos LeónPortsmouth · 2-1
  • 89'Yellow card · L. TrotterAFC Wimbledon

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Portsmouth 3, draws 1, AFC Wimbledon 3.

Team news

Portsmouth line-up

Luke McGee, Matt Clarke, Christian Burgess, Nathan Thompson, Brandon Haunstrup, Daniel Rose, Gareth Evans, Ben Close, Brett Pitman, Jamal Lowe, Conor Mark Chaplin

AFC Wimbledon line-up

George Long, Barry Fuller, Darius Charles, Jonathan Meades, Deji Oshilaja, Nadjim Abdou, Liam Trotter, Andy Barcham, Tom Soares, Cody McDonald, Lyle Taylor