Portsmouth 4-1 Crewe Alexandra: result and report

League One · Saturday 21 November 2020

Result

Portsmouth 4-1 Crewe Alexandra

League One · Saturday 21 November 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Portsmouth 4-1 Crewe Alexandra: match report

Portsmouth defeated Crewe Alexandra 4-1 in the League One on Saturday 21 November 2020. The half-time score was 2-0.

Ronan Curtis opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Portsmouth's goals came from Ronan Curtis (15'), Ronan Curtis (40'), Tom Naylor (50') and John Marquis (56'). Crewe Alexandra scored through Oli Finney (90+4', penalty).

Discipline: Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards; Crewe Alexandra received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 6th on 21 points from 12 and Crewe Alexandra 12th on 16 points from 12. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 8th with 72 points, and Crewe Alexandra 12th with 66.

Portsmouth lined up in a 4-4-2 and Crewe Alexandra in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Ronan Curtis of Portsmouth (8.8), ahead of John Marquis (8.6).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Yellow card · Andy CannonPortsmouth
  • 15'Goal · Ronan CurtisPortsmouth · 1-0
  • 40'Goal · Ronan CurtisPortsmouth · 2-0
  • 50'Goal · Tom NaylorPortsmouth · 3-0
  • 56'Goal · John MarquisPortsmouth · 4-0
  • 57'Yellow card · P. NgCrewe Alexandra
  • 85'Yellow card · Ellis HarrisonPortsmouth
  • 90+4'Penalty goal · Oli FinneyCrewe Alexandra · 4-1

Team news

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Portsmouth line-up (4-4-2)

Craig MacGillivray, Haji Mnoga, Jack Whatmough, Sean Raggett, Cameron Pring, Marcus Harness, Tom Naylor, Andy Cannon, Ronan Curtis, Ellis Harrison, John Marquis

Crewe Alexandra line-up (4-3-3)

Will Jääskeläinen, Perry Ng, Omar Beckles, Luke Offord, Harry Pickering, Tom Lowery, Ryan Wintle, Oliver Finney, Daniel Powell, Offrande Zanzala, Charlie Kirk