Northampton Town 0-1 Portsmouth: result and report

League Two · Saturday 19 December 2015

Result

Northampton Town 0-1 Portsmouth

League Two · Saturday 19 December 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Northampton Town 0-1 Portsmouth: match report

Northampton Town lost to Portsmouth 0-1 in the League Two on Saturday 19 December 2015. The half-time score was 1-1.

Ryan Cresswell opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Northampton Town's goal came from Ryan Cresswell (17'). Portsmouth scored through Gareth Evans (33') and Conor Chaplin (85').

Discipline: Northampton Town received 3 yellow cards; Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Northampton Town were 11th on 31 points from 21 and Portsmouth 1st on 41 points from 21. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 6th with 79 points, and Portsmouth 7th with 77.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Northampton Town win, 0 draws and 1 for Portsmouth.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Ryan CresswellNorthampton Town · 1-0
  • 23'Yellow card · John-Joe O'TooleNorthampton Town
  • 33'Goal · Gareth EvansPortsmouth · 1-1
  • 37'Yellow card · Lawson D'AthNorthampton Town
  • 45+3'Yellow card · Ryan CresswellNorthampton Town
  • 45+3'Yellow card · Marc McNultyPortsmouth
  • 85'Goal · Conor ChaplinPortsmouth · 1-2
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Adam McGurkPortsmouth

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Northampton Town 1, draws 0, Portsmouth 1.

Team news

Northampton Town line-up

Adam Smith, Zander Diamond, Ryan Cresswell, David Buchanan, Brendan Moloney, John-Joe O'Toole, Alfie Potter, Joel Byrom, Nicky Adams, Lawson D'Ath, Marc Richards

Portsmouth line-up

Brian Murphy, Adam Webster, Ben Davies, Enda Stevens, Matt Clarke, Kyle Bennett, Michael Doyle, Danny Hollands, Gareth Evans, Marc McNulty, Caolan Lavery