Sunderland 2-1 Portsmouth: result and report

League One · Saturday 17 August 2019

Result

Sunderland 2-1 Portsmouth

League One · Saturday 17 August 2019, 11:30 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Sunderland 2-1 Portsmouth: match report

Sunderland beat Portsmouth 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 17 August 2019. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Marcus Harness opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Sunderland's goals came from Jordan Willis (27') and Chris Maguire (39'). Portsmouth scored through Marcus Harness (22').

Discipline: Sunderland received 2 yellow cards; Portsmouth received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Sunderland were 15th on 2 points from 2 and Portsmouth 9th on 3 points from 2. Sunderland went on to finish that season 8th with 59 points, and Portsmouth 5th with 62.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Portsmouth in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Jordan Willis of Sunderland (7.8), level with Marcus Harness (7.8).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Goal · Marcus HarnessPortsmouth · 0-1
  • 27'Goal · Jordan WillisSunderland · 1-1
  • 39'Goal · Chris MaguireSunderland · 2-1
  • 76'Yellow card · Christian BurgessPortsmouth
  • 79'Yellow card · Aiden McGeadySunderland
  • 86'Yellow card · Chris MaguireSunderland

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Sunderland 2, draws 4, Portsmouth 4.

Team news

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

Jon McLaughlin, Connor McLaughlin, Jordan Willis, Alim Öztürk, Luke O'Nien, Max Power, Chris Maguire, Lynden Gooch, Aiden McGeady, Grant Leadbitter, Marc McNulty

Portsmouth line-up (4-3-3)

Craig MacGillivray, Anton Walkes, Lee Brown, Paul Michael Downing, Christian Burgess, Tom Naylor, Andy Cannon, Ben Close, John Marquis, Ronan Curtis, Marcus Harness