Portsmouth 1-1 Walsall: result and report

League One · Saturday 19 August 2017

Result

Portsmouth 1-1 Walsall

League One · Saturday 19 August 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Portsmouth 1-1 Walsall: match report

Portsmouth drew with Walsall 1-1 in the League One on Saturday 19 August 2017. The half-time score was 0-0.

Luke Leahy opened the scoring in the 47th minute. Portsmouth's goal came from Juan Carlos León (74', penalty). Walsall scored through Luke Leahy (47').

Discipline: Portsmouth received 1 yellow card; Walsall received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 12th on 3 points from 2 and Walsall 11th on 3 points from 2. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 8th with 66 points, and Walsall 19th with 52.

Portsmouth lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Walsall in a 5-3-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Portsmouth wins, 0 draws and 2 for Walsall.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Yellow card · Adam ChambersWalsall
  • 47'Goal · Luke LeahyWalsall · 0-1
  • 55'Yellow card · Jon GuthrieWalsall
  • 63'Yellow card · Nicky DevlinWalsall
  • 67'Yellow card · Amadou BakayokoWalsall
  • 74'Penalty goal · Juan Carlos LeónPortsmouth · 1-1
  • 87'Yellow card · Juan Carlos LeónPortsmouth

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Portsmouth 0, draws 0, Walsall 2.

Team news

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

Luke McGee, Christian Burgess, Jack Whatmough, Kal Naismith, Drew Talbot, Brandon Haunstrup, Daniel Rose, Gareth Evans, Adam May, Brett Pitman, Milan Lalkovic

Walsall line-up (5-3-2)

Mark Gillespie, Jon Guthrie, Nicky Devlin, James Wilson, Shaun Donnellan, Joe Edwards, Luke Leahy, Adam Chambers, Erhun Oztumer, Kieron Morris, Amadou Bakayoko