Portsmouth 1-2 Wigan Athletic: result and report

League One · Saturday 26 September 2020

Result

Portsmouth 1-2 Wigan Athletic

League One · Saturday 26 September 2020, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Portsmouth 1-2 Wigan Athletic: match report

Portsmouth lost to Wigan Athletic 1-2 in the League One on Saturday 26 September 2020. The half-time score was 0-1.

Lee Evans opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Portsmouth's goal came from Ellis Harrison (89'). Wigan Athletic scored through Lee Evans (39') and Tom James (59').

Discipline: Portsmouth received no yellow cards; Wigan Athletic received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 17th on 2 points from 2 and Wigan Athletic 22nd on 0 points from 2. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 8th with 72 points, and Wigan Athletic 20th with 48.

Portsmouth lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Wigan Athletic in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Tom James of Wigan Athletic (7.8), level with Lee Evans (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Portsmouth wins, 2 draws and 3 for Wigan Athletic.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Yellow card · Joe GarnerWigan Athletic
  • 39'Goal · Lee EvansWigan Athletic · 0-1
  • 48'Yellow card · Nathan CameronWigan Athletic
  • 59'Goal · Tom JamesWigan Athletic · 0-2
  • 89'Goal · Ellis HarrisonPortsmouth · 1-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Portsmouth 5, draws 2, Wigan Athletic 3.

Team news

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

Craig MacGillivray, Callum Johnson, Jack Whatmough, Sean Raggett, Cameron Pring, Tom Naylor, Bryn Morris, Marcus Harness, Michael Jacobs, Ronan Curtis, John Marquis

Wigan Athletic line-up (4-2-3-1)

Jamie Jones, Tom James, Nathan Cameron, Danny Fox, Tom Pearce, Alex Perry, Chris Merrie, Kal Naismith, Lee Evans, Viv Solomon-Otabor, Joe Garner