Tomorrow evening sees Portsmouth travel to the Alexandra Stadium with the visitors looking to complete a league double after a win at Fratton Park in November. NB: This game kicks off at the earlier time of 6:00 pm.
This Season:
They sit in 5th place in the league following wins against Burton Albion, MK Dons, Gillingham, Sunderland, Northampton Town, Lincoln City, us, Peterborough United, Ipswich Town twice, Hull City, Fleetwood Town, AFC Wimbledon, Charlton Athletic, Swindon Town, Oxford United, Shrewsbury Town, Rochdale and Wigan Athletic, they have drawn with Shrewsbury, Rochdale, Plymouth Argyle twice, Oxford, Fleetwood and Gillingham while they have lost against Wigan, Doncaster Rovers twice, Charlton, Blackpool twice, Hull, Lincoln, Bristol Rovers, Northampton, Sunderland and Peterborough.
In the cups, they were knocked out by Bristol City in the 3rd Round of the FA Cup after knocking out Ipswich Town after extra-time and King’s Lynn Town and they lost against Brighton & Hove Albion in Round 2 of the Carabao Cup (after knocking out Stevenage on penalties). They finished 2nd of their EFL Trophy group following wins against Colchester United and Southend United before losing against West Ham United’s Under-21s, they would knock out Cheltenham Town before losing to Peterborough in Round 3.
Transfers:
Since the last meeting, they have signed defender Charlie Daniels on a permanent deal while midfielder George Byers and goalkeeper Lewis Ward would join on loan deals.
Forwards Reeco Hackett-Fairchild and Eoin Teggart, midfielder Bryn Morris and goalkeepers Alex Bass and Duncan Turnbull have all spent time away on loan.
Head-to-Head:
Alex Wins: 7
Pompey Wins: 7
Draws: 5
Biggest Alex Win: 4-2 at Fratton Park in December 2001
Biggest Pompey Win: 3-0 at Fratton Park in September 1978
Last Meeting
Portsmouth 4-1 Crewe Alexandra, 21st November 2020
Ronan Curtis gave the hosts the lead in the 15th minute before scoring his second 5 minutes before the break. Tom Naylor scored the third 5 minutes after the break before John Marquis getting the fourth 6 minutes later with Oli Finney scoring the Alex consolation in stoppage-time from the penalty spot.
Alex: Jaaskelainen; Ng, Beckles (Lancashire 46), Offord, Pickering; Lowery (Murphy 59), Wintle, Finney; Powell (Dale 59), Zanzala (Griffiths 90), Kirk
Pompey: MacGillivray; Mnoga (Johnson 46), Whatmough, Raggett, Pring (Brown 46); Harness (Morris 82), Naylor, Cannon, Curtis; Harrison (Hiwula 87), Marquis
Played for Both:
The following players have been contracted to both teams:
Goalkeepers: n/a
Defenders: Arthur Marshall, Ashley Westwood
Midfielders: Gareth Evans, Danny Hollands, Bill Kennedy, Gary Roberts, Kenny Swain
Forwards: Fred Chandler, Harry Clarke, Tom Curley, Fred Haycock, Eric Jones, John Jones, David Pullar, Luke Rodgers, Luke Varney, Fred Worrall
Officials:
The officials for this game have been announced here with Darren Drysdale the referee, Abbas Khan and Kevin Morris are his assistants with Andrew Hendley the fourth official. The following games have been refereed by Drysdale in the last 5 years:
- Crewe Alexandra 0-1 Port Vale (22nd Sept 18)
