Peterborough United 2-0 Portsmouth: result and report
League One · Saturday 7 March 2020
Result
Peterborough United 2-0 Portsmouth
League One · Saturday 7 March 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Peterborough United 2-0 Portsmouth: match report
Peterborough United won against Portsmouth 2-0 in the League One on Saturday 7 March 2020. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Dan Butler opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Peterborough United's goals came from Dan Butler (32') and Ivan Toney (86'). Portsmouth did not score.
Discipline: Peterborough United received 1 yellow card; Portsmouth received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Peterborough United were 8th on 56 points from 34 and Portsmouth 3rd on 59 points from 33. Peterborough United went on to finish that season 7th with 59 points, and Portsmouth 5th with 62.
Peterborough United lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Portsmouth in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ivan Toney of Peterborough United (9.2), ahead of Alex Bass (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Peterborough United win, 1 draw and 1 for Portsmouth.
Going into the match Peterborough United's last five read D-L-W-W-W and Portsmouth's W-W-L-W-L.
Key events
- 15'Yellow card · Jack Whatmough
- 32'Goal · Dan Butler
- 41'Yellow card · Reece Brown
- 79'Yellow card · Andy Cannon
- 82'Yellow card · Tom Naylor
- 86'Goal · Ivan Toney
- 90+3'Yellow card · Sean Raggett
- 90+4'Yellow card · John Marquis
Head-to-head
Team news
Peterborough United line-up (3-4-1-2)
Christy Pym, Nathan Thompson, Mark Beevers, Frazer Blake-Tracy, Joe Ward, Reece Brown, Jack Taylor, Dan Butler, Sammie Szmodics, Ivan Toney, Siriki Dembélé
Portsmouth line-up (4-2-3-1)
Alex Bass, James Bolton, Jack Whatmough, Sean Raggett, Steve Seddon, Tom Naylor, Ben Close, Ryan Williams, Cameron McGeehan, Ronan Curtis, John Marquis