Portsmouth 1-0 Forest Green Rovers: result and report

League One · Saturday 1 April 2023

Result

Portsmouth 1-0 Forest Green Rovers

League One · Saturday 1 April 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Portsmouth 1-0 Forest Green Rovers: match report

Portsmouth beat Forest Green Rovers 1-0 in the League One on Saturday 1 April 2023. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Owen Dale of Portsmouth in the 51st minute.

Discipline: Portsmouth received 3 yellow cards; Forest Green Rovers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 9th on 58 points from 38 and Forest Green Rovers 24th on 26 points from 38. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 8th with 70 points, and Forest Green Rovers 24th with 27.

Portsmouth lined up in a 4-3-3 and Forest Green Rovers in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Joe Rafferty of Portsmouth (8.1), ahead of Matt Macey (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Portsmouth win, 0 draws and 0 for Forest Green Rovers.

Going into the match Portsmouth's last five read D-W-W-L-L and Forest Green Rovers's W-L-L-L-D.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 38'Yellow card · Tom LoweryPortsmouth
  • 44'Yellow card · Owen DalePortsmouth
  • 44'Yellow card · Jordon GarrickForest Green Rovers
  • 51'Goal · Owen DalePortsmouth · 1-0
  • 74'Yellow card · Udoka Godwin-MalifeForest Green Rovers
  • 85'Yellow card · Ryley TowlerPortsmouth

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Portsmouth 1, draws 0, Forest Green Rovers 0.

Team news

Portsmouth line-up (4-3-3)

Matt Macey, Joe Rafferty, Sean Raggett, Clark Robertson, Connor Ogilvie, Tom Lowery, Joe Morrell, Ryan Tunnicliffe, Owen Dale, Colby Bishop, Michael Jacobs

Forest Green Rovers line-up (4-4-2)

Ross Doohan, Udoka Godwin-Malife, Oliver Casey, Brandon Cooper, Jamie Robson, Kyle McAllister, Dylan McGeouch, Harvey Bunker, Jordon Garrick, Myles Peart-Harris, Charlie Savage