Burton Albion 1-2 Portsmouth: result and report

League One · Friday 19 April 2019

Result

Burton Albion 1-2 Portsmouth

League One · Friday 19 April 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Burton Albion 1-2 Portsmouth: match report

Burton Albion lost to Portsmouth 1-2 in the League One on Friday 19 April 2019. The half-time score was 0-1.

Ben Close opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Burton Albion's goal came from Liam Boyce (47'). Portsmouth scored through Ben Close (31') and Matt Clarke (90+2').

Discipline: Burton Albion received 1 yellow card; Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Burton Albion were 9th on 60 points from 42 and Portsmouth 4th on 80 points from 41. Burton Albion went on to finish that season 9th with 63 points, and Portsmouth 5th with 89.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Burton Albion win, 3 draws and 1 for Portsmouth.

Going into the match Burton Albion's last five read W-D-W-W-W and Portsmouth's W-W-W-W-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Goal · Ben ClosePortsmouth · 0-1
  • 44'Yellow card · Ben ClosePortsmouth
  • 47'Goal · Liam BoyceBurton Albion · 1-1
  • 88'Yellow card · Kyle McFadzeanBurton Albion
  • 90+2'Goal · Matt ClarkePortsmouth · 1-2
  • 90+4'Yellow card · O. BoglePortsmouth

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Burton Albion 1, draws 3, Portsmouth 1.

Team news

Burton Albion line-up

Stephen Bywater, John Brayford, Colin Daniel, S. Quinn, Kieran Wallace, Kyle McFadzean, Lucas Akins, Jamie Allen, Liam Boyce, S. Fraser, Marcus Harness

Portsmouth line-up

Craig MacGillivray, Nathan Thompson, Lee Brown, Ben Close, Christian Burgess, Matt Clarke, Jamal Lowe, Tom Naylor, Oli Hawkins, Brett Pitman, Gareth Evans