Walsall 2-0 Portsmouth: result and report

League One · Friday 4 January 2013

Result

Walsall 2-0 Portsmouth

League One · Friday 4 January 2013, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-0

Walsall · Portsmouth · League One predictions

Walsall 2-0 Portsmouth: match report

Walsall defeated Portsmouth 2-0 in the League One on Friday 4 January 2013. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Febian Brandy opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Walsall's goals came from Febian Brandy (29') and Will Grigg (41'). Portsmouth did not score.

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Walsall were 16th on 32 points from 26 and Portsmouth 21st on 21 points from 25. Walsall went on to finish that season 9th with 68 points, and Portsmouth 22nd with 42.

Walsall lined up in a 4-4-2 and Portsmouth in a 4-4-2.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Goal · Febian BrandyWalsall · 1-0
  • 41'Goal · Will GriggWalsall · 2-0

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Walsall 1, draws 0, Portsmouth 0.

Team news

Walsall line-up (4-4-2)

Febian Brandy, Andy Butler, Ben Purkiss, Adam Chambers, Sander Krabbendam, Karl Darlow, Mal Benning, Paul Michael Downing, Sam Mantom, Will Grigg, Craig Westcarr

Portsmouth line-up (4-4-2)

Mustapha Dumbuya, Simon Eastwood, Liam Walker, Lee Williamson, David Connolly, Johannes Ertl, Ľubomír Michalík, Adam Webster, Darel Russell, Nathaniel Méndez-Laing, Paul Benson