# 2020 EFL Trophy final

The 2020 EFL Trophy Final (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2020 Papa John's Trophy Final) was a football match played at Wembley Stadium on 13 March 2021. It decided the winners of the 2019–20 EFL Trophy, the 36th 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 Portsmouth from League One, the defending champions and thus making their second successive final appearance, and Salford City from League Two, who made their finals debut.
Portsmouth and Salford City had never played against each other before this EFL Trophy Final meeting.
The final, which was originally scheduled for 5 April 2020, was postponed because of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom and eventually rescheduled for 13 March 2021. The delay meant that Salford held the trophy only until the following day, when the 2021 final took place.

## Route to the final
### Portsmouth

| Pos | Div | Team | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L1 | Portsmouth | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 8 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L1 | Oxford United | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | ACA | Norwich City U21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | L2 | Crawley Town | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 | |

### Salford City

| Pos | Div | Team | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L2 | Salford City | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 6 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L1 | Tranmere Rovers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | ACA | Aston Villa U21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 | |
| 4 | — | Bury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Automatically eliminated from competition |
* ↑ This group originally included the expelled Bury.

## Match

| Portsmouth | Salford City |
| GK | 1 | Craig MacGillivray |
| RB | 13 | James Bolton | 73' | |
| CB | 6 | Jack Whatmough |
| CB | 20 | Sean Raggett |
| LB | 21 | Charlie Daniels | | 45' |
| RM | 7 | Ryan Williams |
| CM | 4 | Tom Naylor | 95' | |
| CM | 16 | George Byers | | 73' |
| LM | 23 | Harvey White | | 45' |
| CF | 26 | Jordy Hiwula-Mayifuila | | 45' |
| CF | 9 | John Marquis | | 105' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 22 | Lewis Ward |
| DF | 8 | Ben Close | | 73' |
| DF | 15 | Rasmus Nicolaisen |
| DF | 3 | Lee Brown | 114' | 45' |
| MF | 11 | Ronan Curtis | | 45' |
| MF | 19 | Marcus Harness | | 45' |
| MF | 24 | Michael Jacobs | | 105' |
| Manager: ||
| Kenny Jackett ||
| GK | 1 | Václav Hladký |
| RB | 6 | Tom Clarke | | 115' |
| CB | 5 | Ashley Eastham |
| CB | 16 | Jordan Turnbull |
| LB | 3 | Ibou Touray | 119' | |
| DM | 4 | Jason Lowe | 90+1' | |
| DM | 18 | Oscar Threlkeld |
| RM | 17 | Richie Towell | 14' | 99' |
| LM | 10 | Ashley Hunter | | 74' |
| MF | 37 | Brandon Thomas-Asante |
| CF | 19 | James Wilson | | 87' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 31 | William Hayden Evans |
| DF | 35 | Sam Fielding |
| MF | 15 | Luke Burgess | | 87' |
| MF | 33 | Liam Loughlan | | 115' |
| MF | 36 | Dan Hawkins |
| FW | 20 | Emmanuel Dieseruvwe | | 99' |
| FW | 35 | Bruno Andrade | | 74' |
| Manager: ||
| Richie Wellens ||