Accrington Stanley 4-1 Portsmouth: result and report
League One · Saturday 14 December 2019
Result
Accrington Stanley 4-1 Portsmouth
League One · Saturday 14 December 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Accrington Stanley 4-1 Portsmouth: match report
Accrington Stanley defeated Portsmouth 4-1 in the League One on Saturday 14 December 2019. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Ronan Curtis opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Accrington Stanley's goals came from an own goal by Ellis Harrison (44'), Dion Charles (62'), Colby Bishop (69') and Colby Bishop (77'). Portsmouth scored through Ronan Curtis (35').
Discipline: Accrington Stanley received 1 yellow card; Portsmouth received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Accrington Stanley were 18th on 19 points from 19 and Portsmouth 10th on 28 points from 18. Accrington Stanley went on to finish that season 17th with 40 points, and Portsmouth 5th with 62.
Accrington Stanley lined up in a 4-4-2 and Portsmouth in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Colby Bishop of Accrington Stanley (8.7), ahead of Joe Pritchard (8.3).
Going into the match Accrington Stanley's last five read D-W-L-D-L and Portsmouth's D-W-W-W-D.
Key events
- 35'Goal · Ronan Curtis
- 44'Own goal · Ellis Harrison
- 62'Goal · Dion Charles
- 69'Goal · Colby Bishop
- 77'Goal · Colby Bishop
- 78'Yellow card · Ross McCrorie
- 89'Yellow card · Sam Finley
Team news
Accrington Stanley line-up (4-4-2)
Josef Bursik, Callum Johnson, Ross Sykes, Mark Hughes, Jerome Opoku, Jordan Clark, Seamus Conneely, Joe Pritchard, Sam Finley, Dion Charles, Colby Bishop
Portsmouth line-up (4-2-3-1)
Craig MacGillivray, James Bolton, Tom Naylor, Sean Raggett, Anton Walkes, Ross McCrorie, Ben Close, Marcus Harness, John Marquis, Ronan Curtis, Ellis Harrison