2020–21 Portsmouth F.C. season

Portsmouth
2020–21 season
Chairman	Michael Eisner
Head Coach	Kenny Jackett; (until 14 March); Danny Cowley; (from 19 March)
Stadium	Fratton Park
EFL League One	8th
FA Cup	Third round
EFL Cup	Second round
EFL Trophy	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: John Marquis (9); All: John Marquis (11)
Highest home attendance	2,000 (2 matches) ; vs. Peterborough Utd ; (5 December 2020) ; vs. Fleetwood Town ; (15 December 2020)
Lowest home attendance	0
Average home league attendance	2,000
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 season was Portsmouth's fourth consecutive season in EFL League One, Along with League One, the club also participated in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, all games for the season were played behind closed doors without supporters present, except for two matches in December 2020 that were limited to a maximum capacity of 2,000 supporters.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Players

Squad details

As of 9 May 2021

No.	Name	Pos.	Place of Birth	Date of Birth (Age)	Club apps	Club goals	Int. caps	Int. goals	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Contract End
Goalkeepers
1	Craig MacGillivray	GK	Harrogate	12 January 1993 (age 27)	134	0	–	–	Shrewsbury Town	1 July 2018	Free	30 June 2021
35	Alex Bass	GK	Huntingdon	(1998-04-01) 1 April 1998 (age 26)	33	0	–	–	Academy	12 August 2014	Trainee	30 June 2023
41	Duncan Turnbull	GK	Illinois	May 8, 1998 (age 22)	1	0	-	-	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	12 March 2020	Free	30 June 2021
42	Taylor Seymour	GK	Lewes	17 September 2001 (age 19)	1	0	-	-	Lewes	15 September 2020	Free	30 June 2021
Defenders
2	Callum Johnson	RB	Yarm	23 October 1996 (age 24)	45	1	–	–	Accrington Stanley	7 September 2020	Undisclosed	30 June 2022
3	Lee Brown	LB	Farnborough	10 August 1990 (age 30)	107	3	–	–	Bristol Rovers	1 July 2018	Free	30 June 2022
5	Paul Downing	CB	Taunton	26 October 1991 (age 29)	23	0	-	-	Blackburn Rovers	1 July 2019	Free	30 June 2022
6	Jack Whatmough	CB	Gosport	(1996-08-19) 19 August 1996 (age 28)	135	3	–	–	Academy	19 August 2013	Trainee	30 June 2021
13	James Bolton	RB/CB	Stone	13 August 1994 (age 26)	52	3	-	-	Shrewsbury Town	1 July 2019	Free	30 June 2022
20	Sean Raggett	CB	Gillingham	25 January 1994 (age 26)	89	7	-	-	Norwich City	3 August 2020	Free	30 June 2022
21	Charlie Daniels	LB	Harlow	7 September 1986 (age 34)	18	1	-	-	Shrewsbury Town	23 January 2021	Free	30 June 2021
25	Joe Hancott	LB	Isle of Wight	(2001-03-08) 8 March 2001 (age 23)	3	0	–	–	Academy	15 August 2017	Trainee	30 June 2021
37	Haji Mnoga	RB	Portsmouth	16 April 2002 (age 18)	13	1	-	-	Academy	28 June 2018	Trainee	30 June 2021
38	Harry Kavanagh	RB/RW	Portsmouth	5 February 2002 (age 19)	2	0	-	-	Academy	30 June 2018	Trainee	30 June 2021
Midfielders
4	Tom Naylor	CM/CB	Sutton-in-Ashfield	28 June 1991 (age 29)	147	13	–	–	Burton Albion	1 July 2018	Free	30 June 2021
7	Ryan Williams	RW/LW	Perth	28 October 1993 (age 27)	87	6	1	0	Rotherham United	1 July 2019	Free	30 June 2021
8	Ben Close	CM	Portsmouth	(1996-08-08) 8 August 1996 (age 28)	187	18	–	–	Academy	9 May 2014	Trainee	30 June 2021
14	Andy Cannon	CM/AM	Ashton-under-Lyne	14 March 1996 (age 24)	77	3	-	-	Rochdale	2 January 2018	Undisc.	30 June 2021
17	Bryn Morris	CM	Hartlepool	25 April 1996 (age 24)	27	1	-	-	Shrewsbury Town	14 January 2018	Undisc.	30 June 2021
19	Marcus Harness	RW/LW/AM	Coventry	24 February 1996 (age 24)	88	18	-	-	Burton Albion	18 July 2019	Undisc.	30 June 2022
24	Michael Jacobs	LW/AM	Rothwell	4 November 1991 (age 28)	22	2	-	-	Wigan Athletic	14 September 2020	Free	30 June 2022
28	Alfie Bridgman	CM	Portsmouth	11 April 2004 (age 16)	1	0	-	-	Academy	30 June 2020	Trainee	30 June 2021
30	Harry Jewitt-White	CM	Portsmouth	26 March 2004 (age 16)	2	0	-	-	Academy	30 June 2020	Trainee	30 June 2021
32	Charlie Bell	CM	Portsmouth	24 December 2002 (age 18)	3	0	-	-	Academy	30 June 2018	Trainee	30 June 2021
33	Harrison Brook	CM	Portsmouth	13 January 2003 (age 18)	1	0	-	-	Academy	30 June 2019	Trainee	30 June 2021
34	Gerard Storey	CM	Belfast	2 May 2002 (age 18)	1	0	-	-	Academy	18 September 2018	Trainee	30 June 2021
39	Harvey Rew	CM/LB	Portsmouth	25 September 2002 (age 18)	3	0	-	-	Academy	1 July 2019	Trainee	30 June 2021
Forwards
9	John Marquis	ST	Lewisham	16 May 1992 (age 28)	98	32	-	-	Doncaster Rovers	31 July 2019	Undisc.	30 June 2022
10	Ellis Harrison	ST	Newport	29 January 1994 (age 26)	68	16	-	-	Ipswich Town	1 July 2019	Undisc.	30 June 2022
11	Ronan Curtis	LW/FW	London	29 March 1996 (age 24)	141	39	4	0	Derry City	1 July 2018	Undisc.	30 June 2023
18	Reeco Hackett-Fairchild	LW/FW	Redbridge	9 January 1998 (age 22)	1	0	-	-	Bromley	6 January 2020	Undisc.	30 June 2022
26	Jordy Hiwula	ST	Manchester	21 September 1994 (age 26)	15	3	-	-	Coventry City	22 October 2020	Free	30 June 2021
31	Lee Seok-Jae	FW	South Korea	8 July 2003 (age 17)	2	0	-	-	Academy	30 June 2019	Trainee	30 June 2021
36	Eoin Teggart	FW	Ballynahinch	6 February 2002 (age 18)	2	0	-	-	Academy	18 September 2018	Trainee	30 June 2021
40	Alfie Stanley	FW	Portsmouth	1 January 2001 (age 18)	2	0	-	-	Academy	30 June 2018	Trainee	30 June 2021

Appearances & goals

As of 9 February 2021

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SCO	Craig MacGillivray	30	0	26+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
2	DF	ENG	Callum Johnson	32	1	25+1	0	3+0	1	0+0	0	1+2	0
3	DF	ENG	Lee Brown	21	0	17+2	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
4	MF	ENG	Tom Naylor	32	7	26+0	5	3+0	2	2+0	0	1+0	0
5	DF	ENG	Paul Downing	6	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0	4+0	0
6	DF	ENG	Jack Whatmough	24	2	20+1	2	0+1	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
7	MF	AUS	Ryan Williams	30	3	18+5	3	3+0	0	1+1	0	1+1	0
8	MF	ENG	Ben Close	15	1	2+8	1	1+1	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
9	FW	ENG	John Marquis	33	13	23+3	11	2+1	0	2+0	1	2+0	1
10	FW	WAL	Ellis Harrison	24	5	7+11	3	1+2	1	0+1	0	1+1	1
11	MF	IRL	Ronan Curtis	29	10	18+5	6	2+0	1	2+0	1	2+0	2
13	DF	ENG	James Bolton	9	1	3+0	1	0+0	0	2+0	0	4+0	0
14	MF	ENG	Andy Cannon	31	1	22+3	1	2+0	0	0+2	0	1+1	0
15	DF	DEN	Rasmus Nicolaisen	13	1	3+4	0	3+0	1	0+0	0	3+0	0
16	MF	SCO	George Byers	3	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	MF	ENG	Bryn Morris	18	0	5+4	0	0+2	0	2+0	0	4+1	0
19	MF	ENG	Marcus Harness	32	8	25+1	5	3+0	1	2+0	0	1+0	2
20	DF	ENG	Sean Raggett	32	4	26+0	2	3+0	2	2+0	0	1+0	0
21	DF	ENG	Charlie Daniels	4	0	3+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	MF	ENG	Harvey White	5	0	0+5	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	MF	ENG	Michael Jacobs	16	2	9+6	2	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26	FW	ENG	Jordy Hiwula-Mayifuila	7	3	0+2	0	0+2	1	0+0	0	3+0	2
28	MF	ENG	Alfie Bridgman	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
30	MF	WAL	Harry Jewitt-White	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
31	FW	KOR	Lee Suk-jae	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+2	0
32	MF	ENG	Charlie Bell	3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+1	0
33	MF	ENG	Harrison Brook	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
34	MF	NIR	Gerard Storey	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
35	GK	ENG	Alex Bass	5	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
36	FW	NIR	Eoin Teggart	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
37	DF	ENG	Haji Mnoga	7	1	1+2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	3+0	1
38	DF	ENG	Harry Kavanagh	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
39	DF	WAL	Harvey Rew	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
40	FW	ENG	Alfie Stanley	2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
41	GK	USA	Duncan Turnbull	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
42	GK	ENG	Taylor Seymour	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
Players who have left the club:
23	DF	ENG	Cameron Pring	15	0	6+3	0	2+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
26	MF	ENG	Gareth Evans	3	1	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	1	1+0	0

Goals record

As of 9 February 2021

Rank	No.	Po.	Name	League One	FA Cup	League Cup	League Trophy	Total
1	9	CF	John Marquis	11	0	1	1	13
2	11	LW	Ronan Curtis	6	1	1	2	10
3	19	RW	Marcus Harness	5	1	0	2	8
4	4	DM	Tom Naylor	5	2	0	0	7
5	10	CF	Ellis Harrison	3	1	0	1	5
6	20	CB	Sean Raggett	2	2	0	0	4
7	7	AM	Ryan Williams	3	0	0	0	3
7	26	CF	Jordy Hiwula-Mayifuila	0	1	0	2	3
9	2	RB	Callum Johnson	0	1	0	0	1
	6	CB	Jack Whatmough	2	0	0	0	2
	24	RW	Michal Jacobs	2	0	0	0	2
12	8	CM	Ben Close	1	0	0	0	1
	15	CB	Rasmus Nicolaisen	0	1	0	0	1
	13	RB	James Bolton	1	0	0	0	1
	14	RM	Andy Cannon	1	0	0	0	1
	26	RW	Gareth Evans	0	0	1	0	1
	37	RB	Haji Mnoga	0	0	0	1	1
Own Goals				1	0	0	0	1
Total				38	10	3	9	60

Disciplinary record

As of 9 February 2021

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	League One			FA Cup			League Cup			League Trophy			Total
Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name
1	4		DM	Tom Naylor	7	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0
2	9		CF	John Marquis	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
	14		RM	Andy Cannon	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
	19		RW	Marcus Harness	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
5	3		LB	Lee Brown	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
5	6		CB	Jack Whatmough	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1
7	7		AM	Ryan Williams	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	10		CF	Ellis Harrison	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	11		LW	Ronan Curtis	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	20		CB	Sean Raggett	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
11	2		RB	Callum Johnson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	15		CB	Rasmus Nicolaisen	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	23		LB	Cameron Pring	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
	37		RB	Haji Mnoga	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0
16	5		CB	Paul Downing	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	13		RB	James Bolton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	17		CM	Bryn Morris	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	26		RW	Gareth Evans	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					43	0	1	4	0	0	2	0	0	5	0	0	52	0	1

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
3 August 2020	CB	Sean Raggett	Norwich City	Free transfer	^[3]
7 September 2020	RB	Callum Johnson	Accrington Stanley	Undisclosed	^[4]
14 September 2020	LW	Michael Jacobs	Wigan Athletic	Free transfer	^[5]
22 October 2020	CF	Jordy Hiwula	Coventry City	Free transfer	^[6]
23 January 2021	LB	Charlie Daniels	Shrewsbury Town	Free transfer	^[7]

Loans in

Date from	Pos.	Name	From	Date until	Ref.
1 September 2020	LB	Cameron Pring	Bristol City	3 January 2021	^[8]^[9]
23 September 2020	CB	Rasmus Nicolaisen	FC Midtjylland	End of season	^[10]
18 January 2021	DM	Harvey White	Tottenham Hotspur	End of season	^[11]
23 January 2021	CM	George Byers	Swansea City	End of season	^[12]
28 January 2021	GK	Lewis Ward	Exeter City	End of season	^[13]

Loans out

Date from	Pos.	Name	To	Date until	Ref.
16 September 2020	MF	Gerard Storey	Gosport Borough	October 2020	^[14]
16 September 2020	RW	Eoin Teggart	Gosport Borough	October 2020	^[14]
17 September 2020	FW	Alfie Stanley	Bognor Regis Town		^[15]
21 September 2020	CF	Reeco Hackett-Fairchild	Bromley	3 January 2021	^[16]
7 January 2021	CF	Reeco Hackett-Fairchild	Southend United	End of season	^[17]
7 January 2021	RW	Eoin Teggart	Cliftonville	End of season	^[18]
18 January 2021	DM	Bryn Morris	Northampton Town	End of season	^[19]
27 February 2021	GK	Alex Bass	Southend United	6 March 2021	^[20]
5 April 2021	GK	Duncan Turnbull	Las Vegas Lights	End of season	^[21]

Transfers out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2020	CB	Christian Burgess	Union Saint-Gilloise	Free transfer	^[22]
1 July 2020	CF	Bradley Lethbridge	Bognor Regis Town	Released	^[23]^[24]
1 July 2020	GK	Luke McGee	Forest Green Rovers	Rejected contract	^[23]^[25]
9 July 2020	CB	Matthew Casey	Gosport Borough	Released	^[26]^[27]
9 July 2020	CF	Oliver Hawkins	Ipswich Town	Released	^[26]^[28]
9 July 2020	CM	Adam May	Cambridge United	Released	^[26]^[29]
9 July 2020	CF	Brett Pitman	Swindon Town	Released	^[26]^[30]
22 July 2020	LB	Brandon Haunstrup	Kilmarnock	Free transfer	^[31]
3 August 2020	MF	Ethan Robb	AFC Portchester	Free transfer	^[32]
25 September 2020	AM	Gareth Evans	Bradford City	Mutual consent	^[33]^[34]

Pre-season

Competitions

EFL League One

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
4	Sunderland	46	20	17	9	70	42	+28	77	Qualification for League One play-offs
5	Lincoln City	46	22	11	13	69	50	+19	77
6	Oxford United	46	22	8	16	77	56	+21	74
7	Charlton Athletic	46	20	14	12	70	56	+14	74
8	Portsmouth	46	21	9	16	65	51	+14	72
9	Ipswich Town	46	19	12	15	46	46	0	69
10	Gillingham	46	19	10	17	63	60	+3	67
11	Accrington Stanley	46	18	13	15	63	68	−5	67
12	Crewe Alexandra	46	18	12	16	56	61	−5	66

Source: EFL Official Website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences^[35]

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	21	9	16	65	51	+14	72	9	5	9	29	24	+5	12	4	7	36	27	+9

Last updated: 9 May 2021.
Source: BBC

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D	D	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	D	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	W	D	W	L
Position	15	17	21	11	9	10	8	5	5	7	7	6	4	4	6	4	3	2	1	3	3	4	5	4	5	4	5	5	4	4	5	6	6	10	6	5	5	4	5	6	7	8	7	6	6	8

Updated to match(es) played on 9 May 2021. Source: 11v11 for league tables and fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss Postponed

The 2020/21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.^[36]

12 September 2020 1	Portsmouth	0–0	Shrewsbury Town	Portsmouth
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Fratton Park Referee: Charles Breakspear

20 September 2020 2	Rochdale	0–0	Portsmouth	Rochdale
15:00 BST	McShane 86'	Report	Brown 43' Naylor 51'	Stadium: Spotland Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Salisbury

26 September 2020 3	Portsmouth	1–2	Wigan Athletic	Portsmouth
15:00 BST	Harrison 89'	Report	Garner 26' Evans 39' Cameron 48' James 59'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Antony Coggins

3 October 2020 4	Burton Albion	2–4	Portsmouth	Burton-upon-Trent
15:00 BST	Akins 14' Naylor 20' (o.g.) Hemmings 77'	Report	Harness 2', 47', 74' Harrison 25' Whatmough 60'	Stadium: Pirelli Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Tom Nield

10 October 2020 5	Portsmouth	2–1	Milton Keynes Dons	Portsmouth
15:00 BST	Naylor 2' 88' Harrison 23' (pen.)	Report	Fraser 12' (pen.) Lewington 68' Jerome 77'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Lee Swabey

17 October 2020 6	Portsmouth	0–1	Doncaster Rovers	Portsmouth
15:00 BST	Harness 38'	Report	James 11' 79' Wright 45+2' Gomes 90+1'	Stadium: Fratton Park Referee: Brett Huxtable

20 October 2020 7	Gillingham	0–2	Portsmouth	Gillingham
18:30 BST	Maghoma 90+1'	Report	Marquis 15' 90+1' Jacobs 17' Johnson 29'	Stadium: Priestfield Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: David Rock

24 October 2020 8	Sunderland	1–3	Portsmouth	Sunderland
15:00 BST	Wyke 10' O'Nien 70' 84'	Report	Harness 7' Williams 19' Marquis 25', 85' (pen.) Johnson 80'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Lewis

27 October 2020 9	Portsmouth	4–0	Northampton Town	Portsmouth
19:45 GMT	Marquis 39', 47' Curtis 50' Williams 57' Harness 60' 83'	Report	Bolger 43'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Trevor Kettle

31 October 2020 10	Portsmouth	0–2	Charlton Athletic	Portsmouth
15:00 GMT	Nicolaisen 90'	Report	Williams 26' Amos 59' Maatsen 71' Aneke 82' 90+3'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Carl Boyeson

3 November 2020 11	Lincoln City	1–3	Portsmouth	Lincoln
19:00 GMT	Hopper 73' Grant 90+4'	Report	Marquis 5', 50' 88' Curtis 57' 61'	Stadium: LNER Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Carl Brook

16 November 2020 12	Plymouth Argyle	2–2	Portsmouth	Plymouth
19:45 GMT	Raggett 11' (o.g.) Opoku 71' 78' Reeves 86'	Report	Marquis 33' 63' (pen.) Naylor 65' 86' Cannon 73'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Charles Breakspear

21 November 2020 13	Portsmouth	4–1	Crewe Alexandra	Portsmouth
15:00 GMT	Cannon 15' Curtis 15', 40' Naylor 51' Marquis 56' Harrison 85'	Report	Ng 57' Finney 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: James Oldham

24 November 2020 14	Portsmouth	1–1	Oxford United	Portsmouth
19:00 GMT	Raggett 19' 90+1' Cannon 73'	Report	Clare 52' Rodríguez 69' (pen.) Taylor 90+2'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Tim Robinson

1 December 2020 15	Blackpool	1–0	Portsmouth	Blackpool
19:00 GMT	Ballard 64' Anderson 64' Madine 90+2' Kaikai 90+6'	Report	Marquis 79' Brown 81'	Stadium: Bloomfield Road Attendance: 0 Referee: Josh Smith

5 December 2020 16	Portsmouth	2–0	Peterborough United	Portsmouth
15:00 GMT	Cannon 57' Whatmough 61' Naylor 68' 75' Brown 88'	Report	Thompson 50' Blake-Tracy 61' Taylor 85'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Peter Wright

12 December 2020 17	Ipswich Town	0-2	Portsmouth	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Lankester 70' McGuinness 72' McGavin 74'	Report	Williams 29' 44' Curtis 70' Raggett 79' Whatmough 88'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Thomas Bramall

15 December 2020 18	Portsmouth	0–0	Fleetwood Town	Portsmouth
19:45 GMT	Curtis 12' Whatmough 31' Williams 34' Harness 41'	Report	Madden 31' Andrew 41' Burns 45+1' Duffy 90+4'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Alan Young

18 December 2020 19	Hull City	0–2	Portsmouth	Kingston upon Hull
17:30 GMT		Report	Greaves 6' (o.g.) Magennis 55' (o.g.)	Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Salisbury

16 January 2021 20	Fleetwood Town	0–1	Portsmouth	Fleetwood
15:00 GMT		Report	Marquis 16' Whatmough 36'	Stadium: Highbury Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: James Bell

19 January 2021 21	Portsmouth	4–0	AFC Wimbledon	Portsmouth
19:00 GMT	Marquis 28' Williams 36' Raggett 44' Close 89'	Report		Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Trevor Kettle

23 January 2021 22	Portsmouth	0–4	Hull City	Portsmouth
15:00 GMT	Naylor 87'	Report	Whatmough 23' (o.g.), 63' (o.g.) Honeyman 61' Lewis-Potter 68' Smallwood 83' Magennis 90+1'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Ben Toner

26 January 2021 23	Portsmouth	0–1	Lincoln City	Portsmouth
19:00 GMT	Harness 16' Raggett 22' Whatmough 29'	Report	Edun 32' Rogers 79' Jackson 88' McGrandles 90+1'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Sam Purkiss

2 February 2021 24	Charlton Athletic	1–3	Portsmouth	Charlton
19:00 GMT	Oshilaja 18' Pratley 33' Stockley 52' Maatsen 54' Watson 81'	Report	Harrison 2' Jacobs 39' Naylor 55', 87' Cannon 61'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 0 Referee: Bobby Madley

6 February 2021 25	Portsmouth	2–2	Plymouth Argyle	Portsmouth
15:00 GMT	Cannon 72' Naylor 84' Curtis 86' Bolton 87'	Report	Jephcott 71', 82'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Will Finnie

9 February 2021 26	Portsmouth	2–0	Swindon Town	Portsmouth
19:00 GMT	Curtis 8' Harrison 64' (pen.)	Report	Payne 45'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: John Busby

16 February 2021 27	Bristol Rovers	3–1	Portsmouth	Bristol
19:00 GMT	McCormick 6' Williams 27' Ayunga 34', 44' Leahy 70' (pen.)	Report	Marquis 26', 90+6' Johnson 66' Raggett 69'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Chris Sarginson

20 February 2021 28	Portsmouth	0–1	Blackpool	Portsmouth
15:00 GMT	Cannon 71' Curtis 90+3'	Report	Garbutt 19' Simms 33' Yates 82' Gabriel 89'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Sam Allison

23 February 2021 29	Oxford United	0–1	Portsmouth	Oxford
19:00 GMT	Brannagan 45+1'	Report	Curtis 14' Harness 45+1' White 48'	Stadium: The Kassam Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Graham Salisbury

27 February 2021 30	Portsmouth	1–1	Gillingham	Portsmouth
15:00 GMT	Raggett 32' Mnoga 82'	Report	Oliver 40' O'Keefe 76'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Tim Robinson

2 March 2021 31	Doncaster Rovers	2–1	Portsmouth	Doncaster
19:00 GMT	Taylor 10' James 12' Okenabirhie 70' Smith 90+4'	Report	Harness 15' Nicolaisen 59' Marquis 82' 90+4'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Referee: Ross Joyce

6 March 2021 (2021-03-06) 32	Northampton Town	4–1	Portsmouth	Northampton
15:00 GMT	Watson 20', 23' Horsfall 32' Hoskins 43' Miller 85' Mitchell 88'	Report	Marquis 34' Harrison 73' (pen.)	Stadium: Sixfields Stadium Attendance: Behind Closed Doors Referee: Andy Haines

9 March 2021 33	Portsmouth	0–2	Sunderland	Portsmouth
19:45 GMT		Report	Wyke 13' Jones 58' Sanderson 66'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: David Rock

16 March 2021 34	Peterborough United	1–0	Portsmouth	Peterborough
19:00 GMT	Nicolaisen 32' (o.g.) Beevers 77'	Report	Whatmough 41' White 83'	Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: James Oldham

20 March 2021 35	Portsmouth	2–1	Ipswich Town	Portsmouth
13:00 GMT	Whatmough 18' Naylor 41' Curtis 52' Cannon 56' Harness 72' Jacobs 82'	Report	Norwood 32' Edwards 66' Chambers 66' Bishop 71'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Alan Young

27 March 2021 (2021-03-27) 36	Shrewsbury Town	1–2	Portsmouth	Shrewsbury
15:00 GMT	Ogbeta 52'	Report	Harness 25' Marquis 36', 68'	Stadium: Montgomery Waters Meadow Attendance: 0 Referee: Ben Speedie

2 April 2021 37	Portsmouth	2–1	Rochdale	Portsmouth
15:00 BST	Williams 5', 76' Curtis 37'	Report	Keohane 24' Beesley 90+3'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Brett Huxtable

5 April 2021 38	Wigan Athletic	0–1	Portsmouth	Wigan
15:00 BST	Ojo 34' Robinson 41' Tilt 90+4'	Report	Cannon 46' Brown 90+6'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Tom Nield

10 April 2021 39	Portsmouth	1–2	Burton Albion	Portsmouth
15:00 BST	Daniels 88'	Report	Clare 40' Fondop 45' Powell 47'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: John Busby

13 April 2021 40	Crewe Alexandra	0–0	Portsmouth	Crewe
18:00 BST	Lowery 20' Offord 45+4'	Report	Raggett 28' Williams 49' Marquis 59' Johnson 77'	Stadium: Alexandra Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Darren Drysdale

17 April 2021 41	Milton Keynes Dons	1–0	Portsmouth	Denbigh
12:30 BST	Lewington 31' Fraser 41' (pen.) Jules 69'	Report	Daniels 19' Whatmough 81' Byers 90+4'	Stadium: Stadium:mk Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin Coy

20 April 2021 42	Swindon Town	3–1	Portsmouth	Swindon
18:00 BST	Pitman 18', 61' (pen.) Thompson 72' Smith 90+1'	Report	Daniels 60' Curtis 82' Nicolaisen 84' Cannon 90+3'	Stadium: The County Ground Attendance: 0 Referee: Ben Toner

24 April 2021 43	Portsmouth	1–0	Bristol Rovers	Portsmouth
13:00 BST	Curtis 27'	Report		Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Thomas Bramall

27 April 2021 44	Accrington Stanley	3–3	Portsmouth	Accrington
19:00 BST	Bishop 15' Burgess 43' Barclay 90+3' Conneely 90+4' Marquis 90+5' (o.g.)	Report	Marquis 49', 90+1' Williams 54' Curtis 84' Cannon 86'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Bobby Madley

1 May 2021 45	AFC Wimbledon	1–3	Portsmouth	Wimbledon
15:00 BST	Pigott 15', 23' Dobson 19' Alexander 37'	Report	Curtis 24', 37' Brown 45', 45+4'	Stadium: Plough Lane Attendance: 0 Referee: Charles Breakspear

9 May 2021 46	Portsmouth	0–1	Accrington Stanley	Portsmouth
12:00 BST	Harness 18' Downing 28' Byers 64' White 66'	Report	Phillips 23' Rodgers 62'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Sam Purkiss

FA Cup

The draw for the first round was made on Monday 26, October.^[37] The second round draw was revealed on Monday, 9 November by Danny Cowley.^[38] The third round draw was made on 30 November, with Premier League and EFL Championship clubs all entering the competition.^[39]

Win Draw Loss

7 November 2020 First round	Ipswich Town	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Portsmouth	Ipswich
15:00 GMT	Hawkins 27' Nolan 43' Norwood 66' 112' Donacien 109'	Report	Curtis 11' Naylor 13' Pring 87' Raggett 111'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 0 Referee: Andy Haines

28 November 2020 Second round	Portsmouth	6–1	King's Lynn Town	Portsmouth
15:00 GMT	Nicolaisen 2' Naylor 30' 63' Raggett 51' Harness 58' Harrison 72' (pen.) Hiwula 80'	Report	McCauley 47' Southwell 68'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Will Finnie

10 January 2021 Third round	Bristol City	2–1	Portsmouth	Bristol
13:30 GMT	Nagy 5' Diédhiou 19' Martin 83'	Report	Nicolaisen 32' Johnson 45+1' Naylor 82'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 0 Referee: Jarred Gillett

EFL Cup

Win Draw Loss

The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports, by Paul Merson.^[40] The draw for both the second and third round were confirmed on September 6, live on Sky Sports by Phil Babb.^[41]

29 August 2020 First round	Stevenage	3–3 (1–3 p)	Portsmouth	Stevenage
15:00 BST	List 9' Carter 10' Cuthbert 29'	Report	Curtis 21' Evans 45+2' Marquis 51'	Stadium: The Lamex Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Sam Purkiss
	Penalties
	Effiong Newton Osborne Coker		Marquis Curtis Brown

17 September 2020 Second round	Brighton & Hove Albion	4–0	Portsmouth	Falmer
19:45 BST	Mac Allister 38' Jahanbakhsh 54' Bernardo 58' Gyökeres 71'	Report		Stadium: American Express Community Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Matt Donohue

EFL Trophy

Win Draw Loss

The regional group stage draw was confirmed on 18 August.^[42] The second round draw was made by Matt Murray on 20 November, at St Andrew's.^[43] The third round was made on 10 December 2020 by Jon Parkin.^[44]

Pos	Div	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ACA	West Ham United U21	3	3	0	5	1	+4	9	Advance to Round 2
2	L1	Portsmouth	3	2	1	5	1	+4	6	Advance to Round 2
3	L2	Colchester United	3	1	2	6	4	+2	3
4	L2	Southend United	3	0	3	2	12	−10	0

Source: EFL.com

8 September 2020 Group stage	Portsmouth	2–0	Colchester United	Portsmouth
19:00 BST	Harness 37', 38' Williams 80' Pring 88'	Report	Sowunmi 40'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Craig Hicks

6 October 2020 Group stage	Southend United	0–3	Portsmouth	Southend-on-Sea
19:45 BST	Rush 35' Coker 59' Taylor 84'	Report	Marquis 21' (pen.) Curtis 40', 77' Bolton 78'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 0 Referee: Paul Howard

10 November 2020 Group stage	Portsmouth	0–1	West Ham United U21	Portsmouth
19:00 GMT	Mnoga 65' Downing 67'	Report	Corbett 4' Lewis 33'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Johnson

8 December 2020 Second round	Cheltenham Town	0–3	Portsmouth	Cheltenham
19:00 GMT	Tozer 43'	Report	Mnoga 15' 26' Hiwula 29', 50'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 0 Referee: Neil Hair

12 January 2021 Third round	Peterborough United	5–1	Portsmouth	Peterborough
19:00 GMT	Taylor 15' Beevers 20' Clarke-Harris 29' Kent 45+1' Dembele 52' Hamilton 87'	Report	Harrison 90+2'	Stadium: Weston Homes Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Lewis

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