Fleetwood Town 2-5 Portsmouth: result and report

League One · Saturday 29 December 2018

Result

Fleetwood Town 2-5 Portsmouth

League One · Saturday 29 December 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Fleetwood Town 2-5 Portsmouth: match report

Fleetwood Town lost to Portsmouth 2-5 in the League One on Saturday 29 December 2018. The half-time score was 2-1.

Ben Thompson opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Fleetwood Town's goals came from Paddy Madden (39') and Ched Evans (43', penalty). Portsmouth scored through Ben Thompson (26'), Juan Carlos León (57', penalty), Anton Walkes (58'), Jamal Lowe (81') and Jamal Lowe (84').

Discipline: Fleetwood Town received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Portsmouth received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Fleetwood Town were 10th on 33 points from 24 and Portsmouth 1st on 51 points from 24. Fleetwood Town went on to finish that season 11th with 61 points, and Portsmouth 5th with 89.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Fleetwood Town wins, 0 draws and 3 for Portsmouth.

Going into the match Fleetwood Town's last five read W-L-W-L-W and Portsmouth's L-W-D-L-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Goal · Ben ThompsonPortsmouth · 0-1
  • 33'Yellow card · Dean MarneyFleetwood Town
  • 39'Goal · Paddy MaddenFleetwood Town · 1-1
  • 41'Yellow card · Paddy MaddenFleetwood Town
  • 43'Penalty goal · Ched EvansFleetwood Town · 2-1
  • 43'Yellow card · Matt ClarkePortsmouth
  • 51'Second yellow · Dean MarneyFleetwood Town
  • 57'Penalty goal · Juan Carlos LeónPortsmouth · 2-2
  • 58'Goal · Anton WalkesPortsmouth · 2-3
  • 81'Goal · Jamal LowePortsmouth · 2-4
  • 84'Goal · Jamal LowePortsmouth · 2-5

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Fleetwood Town 0, draws 0, Portsmouth 3.

Team news

Fleetwood Town line-up

Alex Cairns, Lewie Coyle, Ross Wallace, Dean Marney, Craig Morgan, Ashley Eastham, Ashley Hunter, Harrison Biggins, Paddy Madden, Ched Evans, Wes Burns

Portsmouth line-up

Craig MacGillivray, Anton Walkes, Lee Brown, Ben Thompson, Matt Clarke, Jack Whatmough, Jamal Lowe, Tom Naylor, Brett Pitman, Ben Close, Ronan Curtis