Portsmouth 0-1 Accrington Stanley: result and report

League One · Sunday 9 May 2021

Result

Portsmouth 0-1 Accrington Stanley

League One · Sunday 9 May 2021, 11:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Portsmouth 0-1 Accrington Stanley: match report

Portsmouth were beaten by Accrington Stanley 0-1 in the League One on Sunday 9 May 2021. It was 0-1 at half-time.

The only goal came from Adam Phillips of Accrington Stanley in the 23rd minute.

Discipline: Portsmouth received 4 yellow cards; Accrington Stanley received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 6th on 72 points from 45 and Accrington Stanley 13th on 64 points from 45. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 8th with 72 points, and Accrington Stanley 11th with 67.

Portsmouth lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Accrington Stanley in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Toby Savin of Accrington Stanley (8.9), ahead of Ronan Curtis (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Portsmouth wins, 1 draw and 1 for Accrington Stanley.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Yellow card · Marcus HarnessPortsmouth
  • 23'Goal · Adam PhillipsAccrington Stanley · 0-1
  • 28'Yellow card · Paul DowningPortsmouth
  • 62'Yellow card · Harvey RodgersAccrington Stanley
  • 64'Yellow card · George ByersPortsmouth
  • 66'Yellow card · H. WhitePortsmouth

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Portsmouth 0, draws 1, Accrington Stanley 1.

Team news

Portsmouth line-up (4-2-3-1)

Craig MacGillivray, Callum Johnson, Paul Michael Downing, Jack Whatmough, Lee Brown, Tom Naylor, Ben Close, Marcus Harness, Ryan Williams, Ronan Curtis, John Marquis

Accrington Stanley line-up (4-3-1-2)

Toby Savin, Harvey Rodgers, Ben Barclay, Michael Nottingham, Cameron Burgess, David Morgan, Adam Phillips, Sean McConville, Jon Russell, Colby Bishop, Dion Charles