Portsmouth 3-0 Bristol Rovers: result and report
League One · Tuesday 26 September 2017
Result
Portsmouth 3-0 Bristol Rovers
League One · Tuesday 26 September 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Portsmouth 3-0 Bristol Rovers: match report
Portsmouth defeated Bristol Rovers 3-0 in the League One on Tuesday 26 September 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.
Oliver Hawkins opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Portsmouth's goals came from Oliver Hawkins (42'), Juan Carlos León (77') and Juan Carlos León (85'). Bristol Rovers did not score.
Discipline: Portsmouth received 1 yellow card; Bristol Rovers received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Portsmouth were 15th on 11 points from 9 and Bristol Rovers 14th on 12 points from 9. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 8th with 66 points, and Bristol Rovers 13th with 59.
Portsmouth lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Bristol Rovers in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Portsmouth win, 2 draws and 1 for Bristol Rovers.
Going into the match Portsmouth's last five read L-W-L-W-L and Bristol Rovers's W-L-L-W-L.
Key events
- 29'Yellow card · Stuart O'Keefe
- 39'Yellow card · Ellis Harrison
- 42'Goal · Oliver Hawkins
- 57'Yellow card · Tom Lockyer
- 77'Goal · Juan Carlos León
- 85'Goal · Juan Carlos León
Head-to-head
Team news
Portsmouth line-up (4-2-3-1)
Luke McGee, Matt Clarke, Christian Burgess, Oli Hawkins, Dion Donohue, Nathan Thompson, Stuart O'Keefe, Matty Kennedy, Ben Close, Brett Pitman, Jamal Lowe
Bristol Rovers line-up (4-3-3)
Sam Slocombe, Tom Lockyer, Ryan Sweeney, Marc Bola, Joe Partington, Liam Sercombe, Ollie Clarke, Chris Lines, Ellis Harrison, Billy Bodin, Tom Nichols