Portsmouth 1-0 Ipswich Town: result and report

League One · Saturday 21 December 2019

Result

Portsmouth 1-0 Ipswich Town

League One · Saturday 21 December 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Portsmouth 1-0 Ipswich Town: match report

Portsmouth defeated Ipswich Town 1-0 in the League One on Saturday 21 December 2019. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Ronan Curtis of Portsmouth in the 50th minute.

Discipline: Portsmouth received 3 yellow cards; Ipswich Town received 6 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 10th on 28 points from 19 and Ipswich Town 2nd on 36 points from 19. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 5th with 62 points, and Ipswich Town 10th with 52.

Portsmouth lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Ipswich Town in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ben Close of Portsmouth (8.1), ahead of Will Norris (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Portsmouth win, 1 draw and 2 for Ipswich Town.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Yellow card · Ellis HarrisonPortsmouth
  • 7'Yellow card · Toto NsialaIpswich Town
  • 28'Yellow card · Gwion EdwardsIpswich Town
  • 32'Yellow card · Christian BurgessPortsmouth
  • 50'Goal · Ronan CurtisPortsmouth · 1-0
  • 56'Yellow card · Luke ChambersIpswich Town
  • 62'Yellow card · Jon NolanIpswich Town
  • 83'Yellow card · Ryan WilliamsPortsmouth
  • 88'Second yellow · Luke ChambersIpswich Town
  • 88'Yellow card · Luke WoolfendenIpswich Town
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Kayden JacksonIpswich Town

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Portsmouth 1, draws 1, Ipswich Town 2.

Team news

Portsmouth line-up (4-2-3-1)

Craig MacGillivray, Ross McCrorie, Christian Burgess, Sean Raggett, Anton Walkes, Tom Naylor, Ben Close, Ryan Williams, Andy Cannon, Ronan Curtis, Ellis Harrison

Ipswich Town line-up (3-1-4-2)

Will Norris, Toto Nsiala, Luke Woolfenden, Luke Chambers, Cole Skuse, Gwion Edwards, Abdelhak Belaid, Flynn Downes, Luke Garbutt, Will Keane, James Norwood