Portsmouth 1-0 Luton Town: result and report

League Two · Monday 2 January 2017

Result

Portsmouth 1-0 Luton Town

League Two · Monday 2 January 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Portsmouth 1-0 Luton Town: match report

Portsmouth defeated Luton Town 1-0 in the League Two on Monday 2 January 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.

The only goal came from Christian Burgess of Portsmouth in the 31st minute.

Discipline: Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards; Luton Town received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 4th on 39 points from 23 and Luton Town 5th on 38 points from 23. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Luton Town 4th with 78.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Portsmouth wins, 2 draws and 0 for Luton Town.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Yellow card · Cameron McGeehanLuton Town
  • 31'Goal · Christian BurgessPortsmouth · 1-0
  • 38'Yellow card · Jonathan SmithLuton Town
  • 66'Yellow card · Isaac VassellLuton Town
  • 87'Yellow card · David FordePortsmouth
  • 90+2'Missed penalty · Gary RobertsPortsmouth
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Noel HuntPortsmouth
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Pelly-Ruddock MpanzuLuton Town

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Portsmouth 3, draws 2, Luton Town 0.

Team news

Portsmouth line-up

David Forde, Matt Clarke, Christian Burgess, Kal Naismith, Enda Stevens, Daniel Rose, Carl Baker, Michael Doyle, Kyle Bennett, Gareth Evans, Michael Smith

Luton Town line-up

Christian Walton, Stephen O'Donnell, Johnny Mullins, Scott Cuthbert, James Justin, Jonathan Smith, Cameron McGeehan, Jordan Cook, Alex Gilliead, Glen Rea, D. Hylton