Walsall 0-1 Portsmouth: result and report

League One · Saturday 31 March 2018

Result

Walsall 0-1 Portsmouth

League One · Saturday 31 March 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Walsall · Portsmouth · League One predictions

Walsall 0-1 Portsmouth: match report

Walsall were beaten by Portsmouth 0-1 in the League One on Saturday 31 March 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Gareth Evans of Portsmouth in the 79th minute.

Discipline: Walsall received 4 yellow cards; Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Walsall were 18th on 44 points from 38 and Portsmouth 9th on 55 points from 38. Walsall went on to finish that season 19th with 52 points, and Portsmouth 8th with 66.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Walsall wins, 1 draw and 0 for Portsmouth.

Going into the match Walsall's last five read L-L-L-W-L and Portsmouth's W-W-L-L-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 36'Yellow card · Nicky DevlinWalsall
  • 43'Yellow card · D. DonohuePortsmouth
  • 58'Yellow card · Amadou BakayokoWalsall
  • 76'Yellow card · Jon GuthrieWalsall
  • 79'Goal · Gareth EvansPortsmouth · 0-1
  • 86'Yellow card · Anton WalkesPortsmouth
  • 87'Yellow card · Kieron MorrisWalsall

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Walsall 2, draws 1, Portsmouth 0.

Team news

Walsall line-up (4-4-2)

Liam Roberts, Jon Guthrie, Nicky Devlin, Jack Fitzwater, Luke Leahy, Adam Chambers, Florent Cuvelier, Erhun Oztumer, Kieron Morris, Julien Ngoy, Amadou Bakayoko

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

Luke McGee, Anton Walkes, Matt Clarke, Jack Whatmough, Dion Donohue, Nathan Thompson, Kal Naismith, Gareth Evans, Ben Close, Brett Pitman, Jamal Lowe