Bristol Rovers v Portsmouth

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Tuesday 26th December

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On Tuesday 26th December

Position	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1	Portsmouth	23	14	7	2	39	19	20	49	Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Loss
2	Peterborough United	23	13	6	4	45	23	22	45	Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Draw
3	Bolton Wanderers	22	14	3	5	42	24	18	45	Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Win
4	Derby County	22	13	4	5	39	18	21	43	Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Win
5	Oxford United	23	13	4	6	38	25	13	43	Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Win
6	Stevenage	24	12	7	5	36	23	13	43	Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Win
7	Barnsley	22	12	5	5	43	25	18	41	Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Win
8	Blackpool	24	10	6	8	40	29	11	36	Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Loss
9	Lincoln City	24	8	8	8	28	25	3	32	Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss
10	Bristol Rovers	22	8	7	7	30	29	1	31	Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Win
11	Northampton Town	23	9	3	11	28	32	-4	30	Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Loss
12	Charlton Athletic	22	7	8	7	34	30	4	29	Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss
13	Leyton Orient	23	7	7	9	23	31	-8	28	Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Win
14	Cambridge United	23	7	6	10	21	30	-9	27	Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Loss
15	Shrewsbury Town	24	8	3	13	14	34	-20	27	Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss
16	Port Vale	22	7	5	10	21	33	-12	26	Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Loss
17	Wycombe Wanderers	22	6	6	10	25	31	-6	24	Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss
18	Burton Albion	23	6	6	11	19	33	-14	24	Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Win
19	Wigan Athletic	23	9	4	10	32	29	3	23	Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss
20	Exeter City	22	6	4	12	14	33	-19	22	Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Win
21	Reading	23	6	5	12	29	37	-8	19	Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Draw
22	Cheltenham Town	22	5	4	13	15	30	-15	19	Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Win
23	Fleetwood Town	22	4	6	12	20	37	-17	18	Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw
24	Carlisle United	23	3	8	12	18	33	-15	17	Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw

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Position 1 - 2 : Promotion
Position 3 - 6 : Promotion Play-off
Position 21 - 24 : Relegation

Reading deducted 4 points due to Regulation breaches

Last Updated 26th December 2023 at 17:03

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home team, Bristol Rovers

Manager: Matt Taylor

Formation: 5 - 4 - 1

Number 33,
M. Cox , Yellow Card at 90 minutes plus 1
Number 25,
T. Crama , substituted for J. Hunt at 87 minutes
Number 17,
C. Taylor
Number 5,
J. Wilson
Number 19,
H. Vale
Number 11,
L. Thomas
Number 10,
A. Collins
Number 8,
G. Ward
Number 6,
S. Finley , Captain, Yellow Card at 80 minutes
Number 21,
A. Evans , Yellow Card at 69 minutes
Number 9,
J. Marquis , substituted for C. Martin at 72 minutes

Substitutes

home team, Bristol Rovers

Number 22,
L. Bogarde
Number 20,
J. Brown
Number 30,
L. Hoole
Number 42,
J. Hunt
Number 31,
J. Ward
Number 18,
C. Martin , Yellow Card at 90 minutes plus 7
Number 15,
R. Woods

away team, Portsmouth

Manager: John Mousinho

Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1

Number 1,
W. Norris
Number 21,
J. Sparkes , Yellow Card at 48 minutes, substituted for P. Lane at 72 minutes
Number 18,
C. Shaughnessy
Number 20,
S. Raggett , Yellow Card at 69 minutes
Number 17,
J. Rafferty
Number 7,
M. Pack , Captain
Number 16,
J. Morrell , Yellow Card at 65 minutes
Number 11,
G. Whyte , substituted for K. Yengi at 73 minutes
Number 8,
A. Robertson , Yellow Card at 20 minutes, substituted for C. Saydee at 52 minutes
Number 25,
A. Kamara , Yellow Card at 90 minutes plus 7
Number 9,
C. Bishop

away team, Portsmouth

Number 19,
K. Yengi
Number 24,
T. Devlin
Number 32,
P. Lane , Yellow Card at 78 minutes
Number 15,
C. Saydee
Number 31,
R. Schofield
Number 10,
A. Scully
Number 4,
R. Towler

Bristol Rovers
Portsmouth

home team, Bristol Rovers

Manager: Matt Taylor

Formation: 5 - 4 - 1

Number 33,
M. Cox , Yellow Card at 90 minutes plus 1
Number 25,
T. Crama , substituted for J. Hunt at 87 minutes
Number 17,
C. Taylor
Number 5,
J. Wilson
Number 19,
H. Vale
Number 11,
L. Thomas
Number 10,
A. Collins
Number 8,
G. Ward
Number 6,
S. Finley , Captain, Yellow Card at 80 minutes
Number 21,
A. Evans , Yellow Card at 69 minutes
Number 9,
J. Marquis , substituted for C. Martin at 72 minutes

Substitutes

Number 22,
L. Bogarde
Number 20,
J. Brown
Number 30,
L. Hoole
Number 42,
J. Hunt
Number 31,
J. Ward
Number 18,
C. Martin , Yellow Card at 90 minutes plus 7
Number 15,
R. Woods

Referee:: Scott Tallis
Assistant Referee 1:: Ollie Williams
Assistant Referee 2:: Darren Wilding
Fourth Official:: Gary Parsons

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Match Facts

Bristol Rovers are winless in their last four league games against Portsmouth (D1 L3) since a 3-1 win in February 2021.
Portsmouth won their last away league game against Bristol Rovers last season – they haven’t won consecutive away games against the Gas since October 1923.
Bristol Rovers have lost their last three league games on Boxing Day since their last victory on this date in 2018 against Walsall.
Portsmouth have only lost one of their last five Boxing Day league games (W3 D1), going down 2-0 away at Gillingham in 2018.

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Postat 48 minutes
Luke Thomas (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Postat 47 minutes
Gavin Whyte (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Postat 47 minutes
Foul by Grant Ward (Bristol Rovers).
Second Halfat 46 minutes
Second Half begins Bristol Rovers 0, Portsmouth 0.
Half Timeat 45 minutes plus 1
First Half ends, Bristol Rovers 0, Portsmouth 0.
Postat 45 minutes plus 1
Attempt saved. Colby Bishop (Portsmouth) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Joe Rafferty.
Postat 39 minutes
Foul by Abu Kamara (Portsmouth).
Postat 39 minutes
Harvey Vale (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Postat 38 minutes
Attempt blocked. Grant Ward (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by John Marquis.
Postat 38 minutes
Attempt blocked. Antony Evans (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by John Marquis.
Postat 37 minutes
Foul by Joe Rafferty (Portsmouth).
Postat 37 minutes
Aaron Collins (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Postat 35 minutes
Foul by Colby Bishop (Portsmouth).
Postat 35 minutes
Luke Thomas (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Postat 34 minutes
Attempt missed. Aaron Collins (Bristol Rovers) header from a difficult angle on the right is just a bit too high. Assisted by Antony Evans with a cross following a corner.
Postat 33 minutes
Corner, Bristol Rovers. Conceded by Conor Shaughnessy.
Postat 32 minutes
Foul by Joe Rafferty (Portsmouth).
Postat 32 minutes
John Marquis (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Postat 24 minutes
Attempt missed. Grant Ward (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is too high following a set piece situation.
Postat 24 minutes
Foul by Conor Shaughnessy (Portsmouth).

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away team, Portsmouth

home team, Bristol Rovers

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Starting lineup

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away team, Portsmouth

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Overall Possession

Shots

Shots on target

Shots off target

Blocked shots

Total touches in the box

Goalkeeper saves

Aerial duels won

Fouls

Corners

Season so far

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