Portsmouth 1-0 Bristol Rovers: result and report

League One · Saturday 24 April 2021

Result

Portsmouth 1-0 Bristol Rovers

League One · Saturday 24 April 2021, 12:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Portsmouth 1-0 Bristol Rovers: match report

Portsmouth beat Bristol Rovers 1-0 in the League One on Saturday 24 April 2021. It was 1-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Ronan Curtis of Portsmouth in the 27th minute.

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 8th on 65 points from 42 and Bristol Rovers 24th on 38 points from 43. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 8th with 72 points, and Bristol Rovers 24th with 38.

Portsmouth lined up in a 3-5-2 and Bristol Rovers in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Craig MacGillivray of Portsmouth (7.7), level with Sean Raggett (7.7).

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Goal · Ronan CurtisPortsmouth · 1-0

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Portsmouth 0, draws 1, Bristol Rovers 1.

Team news

Portsmouth line-up (3-5-2)

Craig MacGillivray, Callum Johnson, Sean Raggett, Rasmus Nicolaisen, Marcus Harness, Ben Close, Tom Naylor, George Byers, Ryan Williams, Ronan Curtis, John Marquis

Bristol Rovers line-up (3-4-1-2)

Anssi Jaakkola, G. Williams, Alfie Kilgour, Jack Baldwin, Alex Rodman, Pablo Martinez, Luke McCormick, Luke Leahy, Zain Westbrooke, Brandon Hanlan, James Daly