Bristol Rovers 2-2 Portsmouth: result and report
League One · Saturday 26 October 2019
Result
Bristol Rovers 2-2 Portsmouth
League One · Saturday 26 October 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Bristol Rovers 2-2 Portsmouth: match report
Bristol Rovers drew with Portsmouth 2-2 in the League One on Saturday 26 October 2019. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Gareth Evans opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from Alex Rodman (78') and an own goal by Craig MacGillivray (90+3'). Portsmouth scored through Gareth Evans (9', penalty) and Ronan Curtis (70').
Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Portsmouth received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 11th on 21 points from 14 and Portsmouth 16th on 16 points from 12. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 14th with 45 points, and Portsmouth 5th with 62.
Bristol Rovers lined up in a 3-5-2 and Portsmouth in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Gareth Evans of Portsmouth (7.8), ahead of Christian Burgess (7.5).
Going into the match Bristol Rovers's last five read L-L-W-W-W and Portsmouth's W-L-D-W-W.
Key events
- 1'Yellow card · Sean Raggett
- 9'Penalty goal · Gareth Evans
- 29'Yellow card · E. Upson
- 39'Yellow card · Ross McCrorie
- 69'Yellow card · Ronan Curtis
- 70'Goal · Ronan Curtis
- 78'Goal · Alex Rodman
- 80'Yellow card · Christian Burgess
- 83'Yellow card · Kevin Nolan
- 90+3'Own goal · Craig MacGillivray
Team news
Bristol Rovers line-up (3-5-2)
Anssi Jaakkola, Tom Davies, Tony Craig, Alfie Kilgour, Alex Rodman, Ollie Clarke, Edward Upson, Abumere Tafadzwa Ogogo, Luke Leahy, Victor Adeboyejo, Tyler Smith
Portsmouth line-up (4-2-3-1)
Craig MacGillivray, Ross McCrorie, Christian Burgess, Sean Raggett, Lee Brown, Ben Close, Tom Naylor, Ryan Williams, Gareth Evans, Ronan Curtis, John Marquis