Portsmouth 3-1 Milton Keynes Dons: result and report

League One · Tuesday 25 February 2020

Result

Portsmouth 3-1 Milton Keynes Dons

League One · Tuesday 25 February 2020, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Portsmouth 3-1 Milton Keynes Dons: match report

Portsmouth won against Milton Keynes Dons 3-1 in the League One on Tuesday 25 February 2020. The half-time score was 1-1.

Andy Cannon opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Portsmouth's goals came from Andy Cannon (4'), John Marquis (49') and Marcus Harness (90+1'). Milton Keynes Dons scored through Alex Gilbey (45+2').

Discipline: Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards; Milton Keynes Dons received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 7th on 53 points from 31 and Milton Keynes Dons 18th on 36 points from 32. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 5th with 62 points, and Milton Keynes Dons 18th with 37.

Portsmouth lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Milton Keynes Dons in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Andy Cannon of Portsmouth (8.0), ahead of Alex Bass (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Portsmouth wins, 2 draws and 1 for Milton Keynes Dons.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Andy CannonPortsmouth · 1-0
  • 45+2'Missed penalty · Alex GilbeyMilton Keynes Dons
  • 45+2'Goal · Alex GilbeyMilton Keynes Dons · 1-1
  • 49'Goal · John MarquisPortsmouth · 2-1
  • 52'Yellow card · Christian BurgessPortsmouth
  • 58'Yellow card · Andy CannonPortsmouth
  • 68'Yellow card · Dean LewingtonMilton Keynes Dons
  • 86'Red card · Carlton MorrisMilton Keynes Dons
  • 89'Yellow card · Regan PooleMilton Keynes Dons
  • 90+1'Goal · Marcus HarnessPortsmouth · 3-1

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Portsmouth 2, draws 2, Milton Keynes Dons 1.

Team news

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

Alex Bass, Ross McCrorie, Christian Burgess, Sean Raggett, Lee Brown, Tom Naylor, Ben Close, Ryan Williams, Andy Cannon, Ronan Curtis, John Marquis

Milton Keynes Dons line-up (4-3-1-2)

Lee Nicholls, Regan Poole, G. Williams, Jordan Moore-Taylor, Dean Lewington, Louis Thompson, Jordan Houghton, Alex Gilbey, Conor McGrandles, Rhys Healey, Carlton Morris