Northampton Town 4-1 Portsmouth: result and report
League One · Saturday 6 March 2021
Result
Northampton Town 4-1 Portsmouth
League One · Saturday 6 March 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 4-0
Northampton Town 4-1 Portsmouth: match report
Northampton Town defeated Portsmouth 4-1 in the League One on Saturday 6 March 2021. It was 4-0 at half-time.
Ryan Watson opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Northampton Town's goals came from Ryan Watson (20'), Ryan Watson (23'), Fraser Horsfall (32') and Ryan Edmondson (43'). Portsmouth scored through Ellis Harrison (73', penalty).
Discipline: Northampton Town received 2 yellow cards; Portsmouth received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Northampton Town were 22nd on 29 points from 32 and Portsmouth 5th on 52 points from 31. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 22nd with 45 points, and Portsmouth 8th with 72.
Northampton Town lined up in a 4-3-3 and Portsmouth in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ryan Watson of Northampton Town (8.7), ahead of Mickel Miller (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Northampton Town wins, 2 draws and 5 for Portsmouth.
Key events
- 20'Goal · Ryan Watson
- 23'Goal · Ryan Watson
- 32'Goal · Fraser Horsfall
- 34'Yellow card · John Marquis
- 43'Goal · Ryan Edmondson
- 73'Penalty goal · Ellis Harrison
- 85'Yellow card · Ryan Watson
- 88'Yellow card · Jonathan Mitchell
Head-to-head
Team news
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Northampton Town line-up (4-3-3)
J. Mitchell, Peter Kioso, Lloyd Jones, Fraser Horsfall, Joseph Mills, Jack Sowerby, Shaun McWilliams, Ryan Watson, Sam Hoskins, Ryan Edmondson, Mickel Miller
Portsmouth line-up (4-2-3-1)
Craig MacGillivray, Jack Whatmough, Sean Raggett, Rasmus Nicolaisen, Lee Brown, Tom Naylor, Andy Cannon, Marcus Harness, George Byers, Ronan Curtis, John Marquis