Portsmouth 2-3 Peterborough United: result and report

League One · Tuesday 30 April 2019

Result

Portsmouth 2-3 Peterborough United

League One · Tuesday 30 April 2019, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Portsmouth 2-3 Peterborough United: match report

Portsmouth lost to Peterborough United 2-3 in the League One on Tuesday 30 April 2019. The half-time score was 1-2.

Lee Tomlin opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Portsmouth's goals came from Ben Close (38') and Christian Burgess (59'). Peterborough United scored through Lee Tomlin (13'), Ivan Toney (27') and Ivan Toney (75').

Discipline: Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards; Peterborough United received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 3rd on 87 points from 44 and Peterborough United 7th on 66 points from 44. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 5th with 89 points, and Peterborough United 7th with 72.

Portsmouth lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Peterborough United in a 4-4-2.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Lee TomlinPeterborough United · 0-1
  • 27'Goal · Ivan ToneyPeterborough United · 0-2
  • 32'Yellow card · Lee TomlinPeterborough United
  • 36'Yellow card · Joe WardPeterborough United
  • 38'Goal · Ben ClosePortsmouth · 1-2
  • 58'Yellow card · Lee BrownPortsmouth
  • 58'Yellow card · M. MaddisonPeterborough United
  • 59'Goal · Christian BurgessPortsmouth · 2-2
  • 65'Yellow card · Alex WoodyardPeterborough United
  • 75'Goal · Ivan ToneyPeterborough United · 2-3
  • 88'Yellow card · Jamal LowePortsmouth

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Portsmouth 2, draws 0, Peterborough United 2.

Team news

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

Craig MacGillivray, Nathan Thompson, Christian Burgess, Matt Clarke, Lee Brown, Tom Naylor, Ben Close, Jamal Lowe, Brett Pitman, Ronan Curtis, James Vaughan

Peterborough United line-up (4-4-2)

Aaron Chapman, Jason Naismith, Ryan Tafazolli, Ben White, Danny Lafferty, Joe Ward, Alex Woodyard, Josh Knight, Marcus Maddison, Ivan Toney, Lee Tomlin