Portsmouth 4-0 Northampton Town: result and report

League One · Tuesday 27 October 2020

Result

Portsmouth 4-0 Northampton Town

League One · Tuesday 27 October 2020, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Portsmouth 4-0 Northampton Town: match report

Portsmouth won against Northampton Town 4-0 in the League One on Tuesday 27 October 2020. It was 1-0 at half-time.

John Marquis opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Portsmouth's goals came from John Marquis (39'), John Marquis (47'), Ronan Curtis (50') and Marcus Harness (83'). Northampton Town did not score.

Discipline: Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards; Northampton Town received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 6th on 14 points from 8 and Northampton Town 19th on 7 points from 8. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 8th with 72 points, and Northampton Town 22nd with 45.

Portsmouth lined up in a 4-4-2 and Northampton Town in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to John Marquis of Portsmouth (8.9), ahead of Ronan Curtis (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Portsmouth wins, 2 draws and 2 for Northampton Town.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 39'Goal · John MarquisPortsmouth · 1-0
  • 43'Yellow card · C. BolgerNorthampton Town
  • 47'Goal · John MarquisPortsmouth · 2-0
  • 50'Goal · Ronan CurtisPortsmouth · 3-0
  • 57'Yellow card · Ryan WilliamsPortsmouth
  • 60'Yellow card · Marcus HarnessPortsmouth
  • 83'Goal · Marcus HarnessPortsmouth · 4-0

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Portsmouth 4, draws 2, Northampton Town 2.

Team news

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Portsmouth line-up (4-4-2)

Craig MacGillivray, Callum Johnson, Jack Whatmough, Sean Raggett, Lee Brown, Ryan Williams, Tom Naylor, Andy Cannon, Ronan Curtis, John Marquis, Marcus Harness

Northampton Town line-up (3-4-3)

J. Mitchell, Cian Bolger, Alan Sheehan, Fraser Horsfall, Sam Hoskins, Jack Sowerby, Christopher Missilou, Michael Harriman, Ryan Watson, Harry Smith, Ricky Korboa