Scunthorpe United 1-2 Portsmouth: result and report

League One · Saturday 24 November 2018

Result

Scunthorpe United 1-2 Portsmouth

League One · Saturday 24 November 2018, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Scunthorpe United 1-2 Portsmouth: match report

Scunthorpe United lost to Portsmouth 1-2 in the League One on Saturday 24 November 2018. The half-time score was 0-2.

Tom Naylor opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Scunthorpe United's goal came from Lee Novak (60'). Portsmouth scored through Tom Naylor (34') and Gareth Evans (40').

Discipline: Scunthorpe United received 4 yellow cards; Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Scunthorpe United were 17th on 21 points from 18 and Portsmouth 1st on 38 points from 17. Scunthorpe United went on to finish that season 23rd with 46 points, and Portsmouth 5th with 89.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 34'Goal · Tom NaylorPortsmouth · 0-1
  • 40'Goal · Gareth EvansPortsmouth · 0-2
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Oliver HawkinsPortsmouth
  • 60'Goal · Lee NovakScunthorpe United · 1-2
  • 74'Yellow card · Charlie GoodeScunthorpe United
  • 84'Yellow card · Matty LundScunthorpe United
  • 86'Yellow card · Lee NovakScunthorpe United
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Rory McArdleScunthorpe United
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Ronan CurtisPortsmouth

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Scunthorpe United line-up

Jak Alnwick, Rory McArdle, Cameron Borthwick-Jackson, James Horsfield, Charlie Goode, Cameron Burgess, F. Ojo, Matthew Lund, Lee Novak, George Thomas, Andy Dales

Portsmouth line-up

Craig MacGillivray, Nathan Thompson, Lee Brown, Ben Thompson, Jack Whatmough, Matt Clarke, Jamal Lowe, Tom Naylor, Oli Hawkins, Gareth Evans, Ronan Curtis