During the 2019–20 season, Portsmouth achieved a run of winning nine consecutive matches in all competitions, setting a new club win record since Portsmouth joined the Football League in 1920. The record run of nine matches began with an FA Cup Third Round win on Saturday 4 January 2020 away at Fleetwood Town, with the record-setting ninth game played away at Tranmere Rovers on Saturday 8 February 2020 in an EFL League One match. On 18 February 2020, Portsmouth qualified for the 2020 EFL Trophy Final after narrowly defeating Exeter City 3-2 in the semi-final at Fratton Park. Portsmouth will return to Wembley Stadium to defend the EFL Trophy as champions on Sunday 5 April 2020 - coincidentally, the 122nd anniversary of the founding of Portsmouth FC in 1898. Their opponents will be Salford City, and will be the first ever meeting between the two clubs On Friday 13 March 2020, all professional football in England was suspended (until at least 30 April) due to the global COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. On Tuesday 9 June 2020, the football clubs of EFL League One (and EFL League Two) voted to end the season early on a points-per-game calculation, which resulted with Coventry City as League One champions and Rotherham United as League One runners-up. Portsmouth were awarded a fifth place finish to earn one of the four promotion play-off places for the EFL Championship, and were matched with Oxford United in a two-legged semi-final behind closed doors. The first leg of the semi-final was held at Fratton Park on Friday 3 July 2020, the score ended 1-1. The second leg was played at Oxford United's Kassam Stadium on Monday 6 July 2020, the game ended 1-1 (an overall 2-2 aggregate) after extra time. A penalty shoot-out settled the tie, with Oxford United scoring five and Portsmouth scoring four, which effectively ended Portsmouth's league season and promotion hopes. The EFL Trophy Final against Salford City at Wembley Stadium is still to be played, with no fixture date yet officially announced.