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Football match

2019 EFL Trophy Final

Match programme cover

Event

2018–19 EFL Trophy

Portsmouth	Sunderland

2	2

After extra time
Portsmouth won 5–4 on penalties

Date

31 March 2019 (2019-03-31)

Venue

Wembley Stadium, London

Man of the Match

Matthew Clarke

Referee

Dean Whitestone

Attendance

85,621

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The 2019 EFL Trophy Final was a football match played at Wembley Stadium on 31 March 2019. It decided the winners of the 2018–19 EFL Trophy, the 35th edition of the competition, a knock-out tournament for the 48 teams in League One and League Two and 16 category one academy sides.

The Final was contested by League One sides Portsmouth and Sunderland, of which the winner received £100,000 and the Runners-Up received £50,000. This was the first Trophy final pitting two English football champions against each other in 31 years. It was also the first EFL Trophy Final to be contested by two former Premier League clubs.

The Portsmouth team used Wembley's West changing room, while Sunderland used the East. A coin toss decided that Sunderland had first choice on kit selection. This meant Portsmouth played in blue away socks to avoid clashing with Sunderland's first choice red socks.

Portsmouth won the final after coming from one goal behind with English forward Oliver Hawkins scoring the winning penalty kick in the shootout to hand Portsmouth their first cup trophy since the 2008 FA Cup. Portsmouth centre back, Matthew Clarke, was named man of the match. The game was attended by 85,021 people, making it the highest attended match in the UK and the second highest in Europe that weekend. It set a new attendance record for the Football League Trophy, surpassing the 1988 final.

Route to the final

Portsmouth

Pos	Lge	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Portsmouth	3	3	0	0	0	8	2	+6	9	Round 2
2	ACA	Tottenham Hotspur U21	3	1	0	1	1	7	4	+3	4	Round 2
3	L1	Gillingham	3	1	0	0	2	2	9	−7	3
4	L2	Crawley Town	3	0	1	0	2	2	4	−2	2

Source: EFL.com Portsmouth v Gillingham

4 September 2018 (2018-09-04) Group stages	Portsmouth	4–0	Gillingham	Portsmouth
19:45 BST	Clarke 41' Close 43' Pitman 55' (pen.) Wheeler 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 2,011 Referee: Alan Young

Crawley Town v Portsmouth

9 October 2018 (2018-10-09) Group stages	Crawley Town	0–1	Portsmouth	Crawley
19:45 BST		Report	Donohue 37'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 1,268

Portsmouth v Tottenham Hotspur U21

13 November 2018 (2018-11-13) Group stages	Portsmouth	3–2	Tottenham Hotspur U21	Portsmouth
19:45 GMT	Green 50' Evans 69'	Report	Patterson 20' White 90'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 3,138

Portsmouth v Arsenal U21

4 December 2018 (2018-12-04) Second round	Portsmouth	2–1	Arsenal U21	Portsmouth
19:45 GMT	Pitman 10' Green 83'	Report	Saka 66'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 3,109

Southend United v Portsmouth

8 January 2019 (2019-01-08) Third round	Southend United	0–2	Portsmouth	Southend-on-Sea
19:45 GMT		Report	Dennis 6' Evans 45+2'	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 1,649 Referee: Craig Hicks

Portsmouth v Peterborough United

22 January 2019 (2019-01-22) Quarter-final	Portsmouth	1–0	Peterborough United	Portsmouth
19:00 GMT	Close 74' Wheeler 85'	Report		Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 3,313

Bury v Portsmouth

26 February 2019 (2019-02-26) Semi-final	Bury	0–3	Portsmouth	Bury
19:45 GMT		Report	Evans 61' 62' Hawkins 64' Curtis 77'	Stadium: Gigg Lane Attendance: 3,900 Referee: Ross Joyce

Sunderland

Pos	Lge	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Sunderland	3	2	1	0	0	4	1	+3	8	Round 2
2	ACA	Stoke City U21	3	1	1	1	0	3	2	+1	6	Round 2
3	L2	Carlisle United	3	1	0	1	1	5	6	−1	4
4	L2	Morecambe	3	0	0	0	3	3	6	−3	0

Source: EFL.com Sunderland v Stoke City U21s

4 September 2018 (2018-09-04) Group Game 1	Sunderland	0–0 (4–2 p)	Stoke City U21s	Sunderland
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 7,644 Referee: Martin Coy
	Penalties
	Sinclair McGeouch O'Nien Hume		Campbell Souttar Sørensen Szerető

Sunderland v Carlisle United

9 October 2018 (2018-10-09) Group Game 2	Sunderland	3–1	Carlisle United	Sunderland
19:45 BST	Kimpioka 3' Robson 34' Honeyman 63' O'Nien 72'	Report	Nadesan 22'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 8,112 Referee: Ben Toner

Morecambe v Sunderland

13 November 2018 (2018-11-13) Group Game 3	Morecambe	0–1	Sunderland	Morecambe
19:45 GMT	Kenyon 35' Cuvelier 45+2' Thompson 54'	Report	Maja 90+1'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 2,377 Referee: Paul Marsden

Sunderland v Notts County

4 December 2018 (2018-12-04) Round 2	Sunderland	2–0	Notts County	Sunderland
19:45 GMT	Mumba 28' Jones 22' (o.g.) Sinclair 73' (pen.)	Report	Hewitt 29' Duffy 76' Vaughan 86'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 8,580 Referee: Graham Salisbury

Sunderland v Newcastle United U21s

8 January 2019 (2019-01-08) Round 3	Sunderland	4–0	Newcastle United U21s	Sunderland
19:45 GMT	Mumba 42' Watts 49' (o.g.) Wyke 52' Maguire 78' Kimpioka 86'	Report	Sangare 53'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 16,654 Referee: Tony Harrington

Sunderland v Manchester City U21s

22 January 2019 (2019-01-22) Quarter-finals	Sunderland	2–0	Manchester City U21s	Sunderland
19:45 GMT	Cattermole 17' Watmore 22' Gooch 65'	Report	Ogbeta 31' Pozo 90' Braaf 90+2'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 14,679 Referee: Michael Salisbury

Bristol Rovers v Sunderland

5 March 2019 (2019-03-05) Semi-finals	Bristol Rovers	0–2	Sunderland	Bristol
19:45 GMT	Nichols 38' Craig 86'	Report	Grigg 44' Morgan 47'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 6,699 Referee: Michael Salisbury

Match

31 March 2019 (2019-03-31)14:30 BST

Portsmouth	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Sunderland
Thompson 82' Lowe 114'	Report	McGeady 38', 119'
Penalties
Evans Pitman Brown Lowe Hawkins	5–4	McGeady Cattermole Gooch Power O'Nien

Wembley Stadium, LondonAttendance: 85,021Referee: Dean Whitestone

Portsmouth

Sunderland


GK	15	Craig MacGillivray
RB	20	Nathan Thompson
CB	6	Christian Burgess
CB	5	Matthew Clarke
LB	3	Lee Brown
DM	7	Tom Naylor
DM	33	Ben Close		113'
RM	10	Jamal Lowe	116'
CM	8	Brett Pitman
LM	11	Ronan Curtis	32'	56'
CF	22	Omar Bogle		69'
Substitutes:
GK	35	Alex Bass
DF	38	Brandon Haunstrup
DF	2	Anton Walkes		113'
MF	26	Gareth Evans	102'	56'
MF	30	Adam May
FW	32	James Vaughan
FW	9	Oliver Hawkins		69'
Manager:
Kenny Jackett


GK	1	Jon McLaughlin
RB	13	Luke O'Nien
CB	12	Tom Flanagan
CB	15	Jack Baldwin	80'
LB	16	Reece James		88'
DM	6	Lee Cattermole
RM	23	Grant Leadbitter		95'
CM	17	Lewis Morgan		73'
CM	10	George Honeyman
LM	19	Aiden McGeady	90'
CF	22	Will Grigg		77'
Substitutes:
GK	25	Robbin Ruiter
DF	30	Jimmy Dunne
DF	33	Denver Hume		88'
MF	8	Dylan McGeouch
MF	11	Lynden Gooch		73'
MF	27	Max Power		77'
FW	9	Charlie Wyke		95'
Manager:
Jack Ross

References

"Checkatrade Trophy knockout rules explained - prize money, key dates and who can play". Bristol Post. 4 December 2018.
"Checkatrade Trophy Final: Facts & Figures". Portsmouth F.C. 28 March 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
Fisher, Ben (1 April 2019). "Portsmouth's Oliver Hawkins sinks Sunderland to seal Checkatrade Trophy". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
"Match report: Checkatrade Trophy Final". English Football League. 1 April 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
Williams, Adam (31 March 2019). "Checkatrade Trophy final: Portsmouth 2-2 Sunderland (aet, 5-4 on pens)". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 March 2019.

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