Portsmouth 3-1 Northampton Town: result and report

League One · Saturday 30 December 2017

Result

Portsmouth 3-1 Northampton Town

League One · Saturday 30 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Portsmouth 3-1 Northampton Town: match report

Portsmouth defeated Northampton Town 3-1 in the League One on Saturday 30 December 2017. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Chris Long opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Portsmouth's goals came from Matty Kennedy (41'), Oliver Hawkins (45') and Oliver Hawkins (48'). Northampton Town scored through Chris Long (36').

Discipline: Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards; Northampton Town received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 7th on 38 points from 24 and Northampton Town 22nd on 23 points from 24. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 8th with 66 points, and Northampton Town 22nd with 47.

Portsmouth lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Northampton Town in a 4-3-1-2.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 36'Goal · Chris LongNorthampton Town · 0-1
  • 41'Goal · Matty KennedyPortsmouth · 1-1
  • 42'Yellow card · Juan Carlos LeónPortsmouth
  • 45'Goal · Oliver HawkinsPortsmouth · 2-1
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Lewis McGuganNorthampton Town
  • 48'Goal · Oliver HawkinsPortsmouth · 3-1
  • 57'Yellow card · John-Joe O'TooleNorthampton Town
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Matty KennedyPortsmouth

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Portsmouth 3, draws 2, Northampton Town 2.

Team news

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

Luke McGee, Matt Clarke, Christian Burgess, Oli Hawkins, Dion Donohue, Nathan Thompson, Daniel Rose, Matty Kennedy, Gareth Evans, Ben Close, Brett Pitman

Northampton Town line-up (4-3-1-2)

Matt Ingram, Brendan Moloney, David Buchanan, Ash Taylor, John-Joe O'Toole, Regan Poole, Sam Hoskins, Matt Crooks, Matt Grimes, Lewis McGugan, Christopher Long