Swindon Town 5-0 Portsmouth: result and report

League One · Tuesday 1 January 2013

Result

Swindon Town 5-0 Portsmouth

League One · Tuesday 1 January 2013, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Swindon Town 5-0 Portsmouth: match report

Swindon Town beat Portsmouth 5-0 in the League One on Tuesday 1 January 2013. The half-time score was 0-0.

James Collins opened the scoring in the 61st minute. Swindon Town's goals came from James Collins (61'), James Collins (66'), René Higuita (69'), James Collins (73') and James Collins (83'). Portsmouth did not score.

Discipline: Swindon Town received 3 yellow cards; Portsmouth received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Swindon Town were 6th on 39 points from 23 and Portsmouth 21st on 21 points from 24. Swindon Town went on to finish that season 5th with 78 points, and Portsmouth 22nd with 42.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Yellow card · Andy WilliamsSwindon Town
  • 49'Yellow card · Nathan ThompsonSwindon Town
  • 55'Yellow card · René HiguitaSwindon Town
  • 61'Goal · James CollinsSwindon Town · 1-0
  • 66'Goal · James CollinsSwindon Town · 2-0
  • 69'Goal · René HiguitaSwindon Town · 3-0
  • 73'Goal · James CollinsSwindon Town · 4-0
  • 83'Goal · James CollinsSwindon Town · 5-0

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Swindon Town 1, draws 0, Portsmouth 0.

Team news

Swindon Town expected line-up

Wes Foderingham, Joe Devera, James McEveley, Aden Flint, Simon Ferry, Gary Roberts, Tommy Miller, Matt Ritchie, Alan McCormack, James Collins, Darren Ward

Portsmouth expected line-up

Mikkel Andersen, Ľubomír Michalík, Gábor Gyepes, Jon Harley, Mustapha Dumbuya, Carl Dickinson, Lee Williamson, Brian Howard, Ákos Buzsáky, Izale McLeod