Portsmouth 2-1 Cambridge United: result and report

League Two · Saturday 22 April 2017

Result

Portsmouth 2-1 Cambridge United

League Two · Saturday 22 April 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Portsmouth 2-1 Cambridge United: match report

Portsmouth beat Cambridge United 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 22 April 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.

C. Baker opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Portsmouth's goals came from C. Baker (20') and Kal Naismith (51'). Cambridge United scored through Luke Berry (80').

Discipline: Portsmouth received 3 yellow cards; Cambridge United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 3rd on 78 points from 43 and Cambridge United 9th on 63 points from 43. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Cambridge United 11th with 66.

Portsmouth lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cambridge United in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Portsmouth wins, 1 draw and 0 for Cambridge United.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Yellow card · C. BakerPortsmouth
  • 20'Goal · C. BakerPortsmouth · 1-0
  • 51'Goal · Kal NaismithPortsmouth · 2-0
  • 53'Yellow card · Liam O'NeilCambridge United
  • 80'Goal · Luke BerryCambridge United · 2-1
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Jack WhatmoughPortsmouth
  • 90+5'Yellow card · David FordePortsmouth

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Portsmouth 4, draws 1, Cambridge United 0.

Team news

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

David Forde, Matt Clarke, Jack Whatmough, Kal Naismith, Enda Stevens, Carl Baker, Michael Doyle, Kyle Bennett, Gareth Evans, Stanley Aborah, Nicke Kabamba

Cambridge United line-up (4-5-1)

Will Norris, Greg Taylor, Leon Legge, Jake Carroll, Brad Halliday, Piero Mingoia, Luke Berry, Liam O'Neil, Medy Elito, Conor Newton, Uche Ikpeazu