Bristol Rovers 3-1 Portsmouth: result and report
League One · Tuesday 16 February 2021
Result
Bristol Rovers 3-1 Portsmouth
League One · Tuesday 16 February 2021, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Bristol Rovers 3-1 Portsmouth: match report
Bristol Rovers defeated Portsmouth 3-1 in the League One on Tuesday 16 February 2021. The half-time score was 2-1.
John Marquis opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Bristol Rovers's goals came from Jonah Ayunga (34'), Jonah Ayunga (44') and Luke Leahy (70', penalty). Portsmouth scored through John Marquis (26').
Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 20th on 24 points from 26 and Portsmouth 4th on 48 points from 26. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 24th with 38 points, and Portsmouth 8th with 72.
Bristol Rovers lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Portsmouth in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Luke Leahy of Bristol Rovers (8.6), ahead of Jonah Ayunga (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Bristol Rovers wins, 1 draw and 0 for Portsmouth.
Key events
- 6'Yellow card · Luke McCormick
- 26'Goal · John Marquis
- 27'Yellow card · George Williams
- 34'Goal · Jonah Ayunga
- 44'Goal · Jonah Ayunga
- 66'Yellow card · Callum Johnson
- 69'Yellow card · Sean Raggett
- 70'Penalty goal · Luke Leahy
- 90+6'Missed penalty · John Marquis
Head-to-head
Team news
Bristol Rovers line-up (3-4-1-2)
Joe Day, Jack Baldwin, Alfie Kilgour, Cian Harries, G. Williams, Joshua Grant, Luke McCormick, Luke Leahy, Sam Nicholson, Brandon Hanlan, Jonah Ayunga
Portsmouth line-up (4-3-3)
Craig MacGillivray, Callum Johnson, James Bolton, Sean Raggett, Charlie Daniels, George Byers, Tom Naylor, Andy Cannon, Ryan Williams, John Marquis, Ronan Curtis