English League Two

FT Tuesday, March 7, 2017
Portsmouth WDWDL 2
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Crawley Town WLWLD 0
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Broadfield Stadium · 5,350 att.

Match Report

Portsmouth move into automatic promotion places with win at Crawley

Portsmouth move into automatic promotion places with win at Crawley

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Head to Head

POR leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

CRA · 4-4-2

  1. 12Glenn MorrisG
  2. 22Joe McNerneyCD-L
  3. 6Mark ConnollyCD-R
  4. 2Lewis YoungLB
  5. 25Josh LelanRB
  6. 4Josh PayneCM-L
  7. 8Jimmy SmithCM-R
  8. 28Dean CoxLM
  9. 7Enzio BoldewijnRM
  10. 19James CollinsCF-L
  11. 39Rhys MurphyCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 13Yusuf MersinSUB
  2. 18Billy CliffordSUB
  3. 24Aliu DjalóSUB
  4. 17Bobson BawlingSUB
  5. 14Andre BlackmanSUB
  6. 44Conor HendersonSUB

POR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1David FordeG
  2. 6Christian BurgessCD-L
  3. 5Matthew ClarkeCD-R
  4. 3Enda StevensLB
  5. 26Gareth EvansRB
  6. 7Carl BakerAM
  7. 4Danny RoseLM
  8. 8Michael DoyleRM
  9. 17Eoin DoyleF
  10. 23Kyle BennettAM-L
  11. 22Kal NaismithAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 19Conor ChaplinSUB
  2. 29Stanley AborahSUB
  3. 20Noel HuntSUB
  4. 2Tom DaviesSUB
  5. 13Liam O'BrienSUB
  6. 18Jamal LoweSUB
  7. 11Gary RobertsSUB

Timeline

  1. 38' Lewis Young (Crawley Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 53' Penalty saved! Eoin Doyle (Portsmouth) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
  3. 54' Goal! Crawley Town 0, Portsmouth 1. Christian Burgess (Portsmouth) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kal Naismith with a cross following a corner.
  4. 64' Substitution, Portsmouth. Noel Hunt replaces Enda Stevens because of an injury.
  5. 71' Goal! Crawley Town 0, Portsmouth 2. Kyle Bennett (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Noel Hunt.
  6. 72' Substitution, Crawley Town. Conor Henderson replaces Josh Payne.
  7. 72' Substitution, Crawley Town. Billy Clifford replaces Dean Cox.
  8. 72' Noel Hunt (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 76' Substitution, Crawley Town. Bobson Bawling replaces Enzio Boldewijn.
  10. 90' Substitution, Portsmouth. Tom Davies replaces Kyle Bennett.
  11. 90'+4' Eoin Doyle (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card.

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