Bristol Rovers 2-1 Portsmouth: result and report
League One · Monday 1 January 2018
Result
Bristol Rovers 2-1 Portsmouth
League One · Monday 1 January 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Bristol Rovers 2-1 Portsmouth: match report
Bristol Rovers defeated Portsmouth 2-1 in the League One on Monday 1 January 2018. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Oliver Hawkins opened the scoring in the 64th minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from Stuart Sinclair (84') and Liam Sercombe (90'). Portsmouth scored through Oliver Hawkins (64').
Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 1 yellow card; Portsmouth received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 16th on 29 points from 25 and Portsmouth 6th on 41 points from 25. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 13th with 59 points, and Portsmouth 8th with 66.
Bristol Rovers lined up in a 4-3-3 and Portsmouth in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Bristol Rovers win, 2 draws and 2 for Portsmouth.
Going into the match Bristol Rovers's last five read D-D-L-L-W and Portsmouth's W-W-L-W-W.
Key events
- 64'Goal · Oliver Hawkins
- 81'Yellow card · J. Partington
- 84'Goal · Stuart Sinclair
- 90'Goal · Liam Sercombe
Head-to-head
Team news
Bristol Rovers line-up (4-3-3)
Adam Smith, Lee Brown, Tom Lockyer, Tom Broadbent, Joe Partington, Ollie Clarke, Chris Lines, Stuart Sinclair, Billy Bodin, Tom Nichols, Rory Gaffney
Portsmouth line-up (4-2-3-1)
Luke McGee, Matt Clarke, Christian Burgess, Oli Hawkins, Dion Donohue, Nathan Thompson, Matty Kennedy, Adam May, Ben Close, Brett Pitman, Jamal Lowe