2019 EFL Trophy final

2019 EFL Trophy Final

Event	2018–19 EFL Trophy
Portsmouth Sunderland
Date	31 March 2019 (2019-03-31)
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London

The 2019 EFL Trophy Final is a football match played at Wembley Stadium on 31 March 2019. It decided the winner 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 will be contested by League One sides Portsmouth and Sunderland, of which the Winner will recieve £100,000 and the Runners-Up will recieve £50,000

Route to the Final

Portsmouth

Group A

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Portsmouth (Q)	3	3	0	0	0	8	2	+6	9	Round 2
2	ACA	Tottenham Hotspur U21s (Q)	3	1	0	1	1	7	4	+3	4
3	L1	Gillingham (E)	3	1	0	0	2	2	9	−7	3
4	L2	Crawley Town (E)	3	0	1	0	2	2	4	−2	2

First match(es) will be played: 4 September 2018. Source: EFL.com
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Portsmouth v Gillingham

4 September 2018 (2018-09-04)	Portsmouth	4–0	Gillingham	Fratton Park
19:45				Attendance: 2,011

Crawley Town v Portsmouth

9 October 2018 (2018-10-09)	Crawley Town	0–1	Portsmouth	Broadfield Stadium
19:45

Portsmouth v Tottenham Hotspur U21s

13 November 2018 (2018-11-13)	Portsmouth	3–2	Tottenham Hotspur U21s	Fratton Park
19:45

Second Round

Portsmouth (L1) v Arsenal U21s (ACA)

4 December 2018	Portsmouth (L1)	2–1	Arsenal U21s (ACA)	Portsmouth
19:45				Stadium: Fratton Park

Third Round

Southend United (L1) v Portsmouth (L1)

8 January 2019	Southend United (L1)	0–2	Portsmouth (L1)	Southend-on-Sea
			Dennis 2' Evans 45+1'	Stadium: Roots Hall

Quarter Finals

Portsmouth (L1) v Peterborough United (L1)

22 January 2019	Portsmouth (L1)	1–0	Peterborough United (L1)	Portsmouth
19:00	Wheeler 85'	Report		Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 3,313

Semi Final

Bury (L2) v Portsmouth (L1)

26 February 2019	Bury (L2)	0–3	Portsmouth (L1)	Bury
19:45			Evans 61' Hawkins 64' Curtis 77'	Stadium: Gigg Lane

Sunderland

Group A

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Sunderland (Q)	3	2	1	0	0	4	1	+3	8	Round 2
2	ACA	Stoke City U21s (Q)	3	1	1	1	0	3	2	+1	6
3	L2	Carlisle United (E)	3	1	0	1	1	5	6	−1	4
4	L2	Morecambe (E)	3	0	0	0	3	3	6	−3	0

First match(es) will be played: 4 September 2018. Source: EFL.com
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Sunderland v Stoke City U21s

4 September 2018 (2018-09-04)	Sunderland	0–0 (4–2 p)	Stoke City U21s	Stadium of Light
19:45 BST		Report		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)	Sunderland	3–1	Carlisle United	Stadium of Light
19:45 BST	Kimpioka 3' Robson 34' Honeyman 63'	Report	Nadesan 22'	Attendance: 8,112 (330 Away) Referee: Ben Toner

Morecambe v Sunderland

13 November 2018 (2018-11-13)	Morecambe	0–1	Sunderland	Globe Arena
19:45 BST		Report	Maja 90+1'	Attendance: 2,377 (1,569 Away) Referee: Paul Marsden

Second Round

Sunderland (L1) v Notts County (L2)

4 December 2018	Sunderland (L1)	2–0	Notts County (L2)	Sunderland
19:45	Jones 22' (o.g.) Sinclair 73' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 8,580 Referee: Graham Salisbury

Third Round

Sunderland (L1) v Newcastle United U21s (ACA)

8 January 2019	Sunderland (L1)	4–0	Newcastle United U21s (ACA)	Sunderland
19:45	Watts 49' (o.g.) Wyke 52' Maguire 78' Kimpioka 86'	Report		Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 16,654 Referee: Tony Harrington

Quarter Final

Sunderland (L1) v Manchester City U21s (ACA)

22 January 2019	Sunderland (L1)	2–0	Manchester City U21s (ACA)	Sunderland
19:45	Watmore 22' Gooch 65'	Report		Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 14,679 Referee: Michael Salisbury

Semi Final

Bristol Rovers (L1) v Sunderland (L1)

5 March 2019	Bristol Rovers (L1)	0–2	Sunderland (L1)	Bristol
19:45			Grigg 44' Morgan 47'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 6,699

Details

31 March 2019 (2019-03-31)

15:00 BST

Portsmouth (L1)	v	Sunderland (L1)

Wembley Stadium, London

Portsmouth

Sunderland