Portsmouth 1-2 Cambridge United: result and report

League One · Saturday 18 September 2021

Result

Portsmouth 1-2 Cambridge United

League One · Saturday 18 September 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Portsmouth 1-2 Cambridge United: match report

Portsmouth lost to Cambridge United 1-2 in the League One on Saturday 18 September 2021. The half-time score was 0-1.

Joe Ironside opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Portsmouth's goal came from Ronan Curtis (76'). Cambridge United scored through Joe Ironside (38') and Liam O'Neil (69').

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

Going into the game Portsmouth were 10th on 11 points from 7 and Cambridge United 16th on 8 points from 6. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 10th with 73 points, and Cambridge United 14th with 58.

Portsmouth lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cambridge United in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Liam O'Neil of Cambridge United (7.8), ahead of Ronan Curtis (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Portsmouth wins, 1 draw and 0 for Cambridge United.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 38'Goal · Joe IronsideCambridge United · 0-1
  • 48'Yellow card · Shaun WilliamsPortsmouth
  • 69'Goal · Liam O'NeilCambridge United · 0-2
  • 76'Goal · Ronan CurtisPortsmouth · 1-2
  • 78'Yellow card · Shilow TraceyCambridge United
  • 86'Yellow card · Paul DigbyCambridge United
  • 87'Yellow card · Lee BrownPortsmouth
  • 87'Yellow card · George WilliamsCambridge United
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Ronan CurtisPortsmouth

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Unavailable

  • J. ReidPortsmouth · injury (Knee Injury)

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

Gavin Bazunu, Mahlon Romeo, Paul Michael Downing, Sean Raggett, Lee Brown, Ryan Tunnicliffe, Shaun Williams, Marcus Harness, Miguel Azeez, Ronan Curtis, Ellis Harrison

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

Dimitar Mitov, G. Williams, Lloyd Jones, Conor Masterson, Jack Iredale, Shilow Tracey, Adam May, Paul Digby, Liam O'Neil, James Brophy, Joe Ironside