Tranmere Rovers 2-2 Portsmouth: result and report

League One · Saturday 8 December 2012

Result

Tranmere Rovers 2-2 Portsmouth

League One · Saturday 8 December 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Tranmere Rovers · Portsmouth · League One predictions

Tranmere Rovers 2-2 Portsmouth: match report

Tranmere Rovers drew with Portsmouth 2-2 in the League One on Saturday 8 December 2012. The half-time score was 1-0.

Ash Taylor opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Tranmere Rovers's goals came from Ash Taylor (31') and Michael O'Halloran (74'). Portsmouth scored through Gábor Gyepes (50') and Jake Jervis (75').

Discipline: Tranmere Rovers received no yellow cards; Portsmouth received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Tranmere Rovers were 1st on 39 points from 20 and Portsmouth 20th on 19 points from 20. Tranmere Rovers went on to finish that season 10th with 67 points, and Portsmouth 22nd with 42.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Yellow card · Izale McLeodPortsmouth
  • 31'Goal · Ash TaylorTranmere Rovers · 1-0
  • 50'Goal · Gábor GyepesPortsmouth · 1-1
  • 74'Goal · Michael O'HalloranTranmere Rovers · 2-1
  • 75'Goal · Jake JervisPortsmouth · 2-2
  • 80'Yellow card · Darel RussellPortsmouth
  • 90+1'Yellow card · L. WilliamsonPortsmouth

Team news

Tranmere Rovers expected line-up

Owain Fôn Williams, Liam Palmer, Zoumana Bakayogo, Danny Holmes, Ash Taylor, James Wallace, Jake Cassidy, Abdulai Bell-Baggie, Adam McGurk, Ben Gibson

Portsmouth expected line-up

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