Portsmouth 1-2 Walsall: result and report
League One · Saturday 15 September 2012
Result
Portsmouth 1-2 Walsall
League One · Saturday 15 September 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Portsmouth 1-2 Walsall: match report
Portsmouth lost to Walsall 1-2 in the League One on Saturday 15 September 2012. The half-time score was 0-0.
James Baxendale opened the scoring in the 56th minute. Portsmouth's goal came from Izale McLeod (69'). Walsall scored through James Baxendale (56') and Florent Cuvelier (63').
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Portsmouth were 17th on 5 points from 5 and Walsall 9th on 8 points from 5. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 22nd with 42 points, and Walsall 9th with 68.
Going into the match Portsmouth's last five read W-L-L-D-D and Walsall's W-D-W-D-L.
Key events
- 56'Goal · James Baxendale
- 63'Goal · Florent Cuvelier
- 69'Goal · Izale McLeod
Team news
Portsmouth line-up
Mikkel Andersen, Mustapha Dumbuya, Jon Harley, Kevin Long, Josh Thompson, Lee Williamson, Brian Howard, Darel Russell, Luke Rodgers, Ashley Harris, Izale McLeod
Walsall line-up
Dávid Gróf, Andy Butler, Ben Purkiss, Andy Taylor, Nicky Featherstone, Florent Cuvelier, Sander Krabbendam, James Baxendale, Ashley Hemmings, George Bowerman, Dean Holden