Portsmouth 3-2 Rotherham United: result and report
League One · Tuesday 26 November 2019
Result
Portsmouth 3-2 Rotherham United
League One · Tuesday 26 November 2019, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-1
Portsmouth 3-2 Rotherham United: match report
Portsmouth defeated Rotherham United 3-2 in the League One on Tuesday 26 November 2019. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Ronan Curtis opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Portsmouth's goals came from Ronan Curtis (1'), John Marquis (37') and Ben Close (66'). Rotherham United scored through Freddie Ladapo (15') and Freddie Ladapo (62', penalty).
Discipline: Portsmouth received 1 yellow card; Rotherham United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Portsmouth were 11th on 24 points from 16 and Rotherham United 4th on 30 points from 17. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 5th with 62 points, and Rotherham United 4th with 62.
Portsmouth lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Rotherham United in a 4-1-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ronan Curtis of Portsmouth (8.4), ahead of Ellis Harrison (8.1).
Going into the match Portsmouth's last five read W-W-D-D-W and Rotherham United's W-W-W-L-W.
Key events
- 1'Goal · Ronan Curtis
- 15'Goal · Freddie Ladapo
- 37'Goal · John Marquis
- 48'Yellow card · Ellis Harrison
- 51'Yellow card · Chiedozie Ogbene
- 62'Penalty goal · Freddie Ladapo
- 66'Goal · Ben Close
- 89'Yellow card · Carlton Morris
Team news
Portsmouth line-up (4-2-3-1)
Craig MacGillivray, Brandon Haunstrup, Christian Burgess, Oli Hawkins, Lee Brown, Anton Walkes, Ben Close, Ryan Williams, John Marquis, Ronan Curtis, Ellis Harrison
Rotherham United line-up (4-1-3-2)
Daniel Iversen, Matthew Olosunde, Michael Ihiekwe, Clark Robertson, Billy Jones, Dan Barlaser, Carlton Morris, Ben Wiles, Trevor Clarke, K. Vassell, Freddie Ladapo