Rotherham United 1-0 Portsmouth: result and report

League One · Saturday 20 January 2018

Result

Rotherham United 1-0 Portsmouth

League One · Saturday 20 January 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Rotherham United 1-0 Portsmouth: match report

Rotherham United beat Portsmouth 1-0 in the League One on Saturday 20 January 2018. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Joe Mattock of Rotherham United in the 90th minute.

Discipline: Rotherham United received 1 yellow card; Portsmouth received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Rotherham United were 8th on 41 points from 27 and Portsmouth 7th on 42 points from 27. Rotherham United went on to finish that season 4th with 84 points, and Portsmouth 8th with 66.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Rotherham United win, 0 draws and 0 for Portsmouth.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Yellow card · J. EmmanuelRotherham United
  • 90+1'Goal · Joe MattockRotherham United · 1-0

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Rotherham United 1, draws 0, Portsmouth 0.

Team news

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

Marek Rodák, Joe Mattock, Semi Ajayi, Richard Wood, A. Forde, Josh Emmanuel, Will Vaulks, Richie Towell, Ryan Williams, David Ball, Jerry Yates

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

Luke McGee, Matt Clarke, Christian Burgess, Dion Donohue, Nathan Thompson, Kal Naismith, Sylvain Deslandes, Matty Kennedy, Ben Close, Brett Pitman, Jamal Lowe