English League Two

FT Saturday, April 1, 2017
Portsmouth WWWLW 2
–
Hartlepool United WLWLL 0
1st2ndT
POR112
HAR000
The Prestige Group Stadium · 4,500 att.

Match Report

Portsmouth ease to victory as they close in on promotion

Portsmouth ease to victory as they close in on promotion

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Head to Head

POR leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

HAR · 4-3-3

  1. 42Joe FryerG
  2. 26Scott HarrisonCD-L
  3. 8Brad WalkerCD-R
  4. 17Nicky DeverdicsLB
  5. 33Liam DonnellyRB
  6. 4Nicky FeatherstoneCM
  7. 15Lewis AlessandraLM
  8. 14Michael WoodsRM
  9. 9Padraig AmondF
  10. 7Nathan ThomasLF
  11. 11Rhys OatesRF

Substitutes

  1. 38Devante RodneySUB
  2. 28Louis RooneySUB
  3. 18Lewis HawkinsSUB
  4. 2Carl MagnaySUB
  5. 31Ben DudzinskiSUB
  6. 6Matthew BatesSUB
  7. 35Kenton RichardsonSUB

POR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1David FordeG
  2. 5Matthew ClarkeCD-L
  3. 6Christian BurgessCD-R
  4. 3Enda StevensLB
  5. 26Gareth EvansRB
  6. 18Jamal LoweAM
  7. 8Michael DoyleLM
  8. 4Danny RoseRM
  9. 20Noel HuntF
  10. 22Kal NaismithAM-L
  11. 23Kyle BennettAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 25Drew TalbotSUB
  2. 16Jack WhatmoughSUB
  3. 15Nicke KabambaSUB
  4. 19Conor ChaplinSUB
  5. 13Liam O'BrienSUB
  6. 11Gary RobertsSUB
  7. 24Amine LinganziSUB

Timeline

  1. 4' Lewis Alessandra (Hartlepool United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 17' Goal! Hartlepool United 0, Portsmouth 1. Kal Naismith (Portsmouth) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Enda Stevens with a cross.
  3. 45'+5' Substitution, Portsmouth. Gary Roberts replaces Noel Hunt because of an injury.
  4. 60' Goal! Hartlepool United 0, Portsmouth 2. Gary Roberts (Portsmouth) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Kal Naismith.
  5. 75' Substitution, Hartlepool United. Devante Rodney replaces Rhys Oates.
  6. 80' Substitution, Portsmouth. Conor Chaplin replaces Jamal Lowe.
  7. 88' Danny Rose (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 90' Substitution, Portsmouth. Nicke Kabamba replaces Kal Naismith.
  9. 90'+2' Substitution, Hartlepool United. Carl Magnay replaces Liam Donnelly.

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