Portsmouth 2-0 Peterborough United: result and report

League One · Saturday 5 December 2020

Result

Portsmouth 2-0 Peterborough United

League One · Saturday 5 December 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Portsmouth 2-0 Peterborough United: match report

Portsmouth defeated Peterborough United 2-0 in the League One on Saturday 5 December 2020. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Jack Whatmough opened the scoring in the 61st minute. Portsmouth's goals came from Jack Whatmough (61') and Tom Naylor (75'). Peterborough United did not score.

Discipline: Portsmouth received 3 yellow cards; Peterborough United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 6th on 25 points from 15 and Peterborough United 3rd on 28 points from 15. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 8th with 72 points, and Peterborough United 2nd with 87.

Portsmouth lined up in a 4-4-2 and Peterborough United in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jack Whatmough of Portsmouth (7.8), level with Tom Naylor (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Portsmouth win, 1 draw and 2 for Peterborough United.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 50'Yellow card · Nathan ThompsonPeterborough United
  • 57'Yellow card · Andy CannonPortsmouth
  • 61'Goal · Jack WhatmoughPortsmouth · 1-0
  • 61'Yellow card · Frazer Blake-TracyPeterborough United
  • 68'Yellow card · Tom NaylorPortsmouth
  • 75'Goal · Tom NaylorPortsmouth · 2-0
  • 85'Yellow card · Jack TaylorPeterborough United
  • 88'Yellow card · Lee BrownPortsmouth

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Portsmouth 1, draws 1, Peterborough United 2.

Team news

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Portsmouth line-up (4-4-2)

Craig MacGillivray, Callum Johnson, Jack Whatmough, Sean Raggett, Lee Brown, Marcus Harness, Tom Naylor, Andy Cannon, Ronan Curtis, John Marquis, Ryan Williams

Peterborough United line-up (4-2-3-1)

Christy Pym, Nathan Thompson, Mark Beevers, Frankie Kent, Frazer Blake-Tracy, Jack Taylor, Louis Reed, Ethan Hamilton, Sammie Szmodics, Siriki Dembélé, Jonson Clarke-Harris