Sunderland 2-1 Portsmouth: result and report

Sunderland 2-1 Portsmouth

League One · Saturday 17 August 2019, 11:30 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Sunderland beat Portsmouth 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 17 August 2019. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Marcus Harness opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Sunderland's goals came from Jordan Willis (27') and Chris Maguire (39'). Portsmouth scored through Marcus Harness (22').

Discipline: Sunderland received 2 yellow cards; Portsmouth received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Sunderland were 15th on 2 points from 2 and Portsmouth 9th on 3 points from 2. Sunderland went on to finish that season 8th with 59 points, and Portsmouth 5th with 62.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Portsmouth in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Jordan Willis of Sunderland (7.8), level with Marcus Harness (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sunderland win, 2 draws and 5 for Portsmouth.