English League Two

FT Saturday, December 10, 2016
Portsmouth WWDWL 1
–
Grimsby Town LDWDL 0
1st2ndT
POR011
GRI000
Blundell Park · 6,560 att.

Match Report

Naismith stunner earns victory for Portsmouth

Naismith stunner earns victory for Portsmouth

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Head to Head

POR leads series 3-1

Lineups

GRI · 4-4-2

  1. 1James McKeownG
  2. 16James BerrettCD-L
  3. 6Joshua GowlingCD-R
  4. 3Danny AndrewLB
  5. 12Zak MillsRB
  6. 19Luke SummerfieldCM-L
  7. 22Danny CollinsCM-R
  8. 26Brandon ComleyLM
  9. 7Ashley ChambersRM
  10. 9Omar BogleCF-L
  11. 14Kayden JacksonCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 17Josh VenneySUB
  2. 21Scott VernonSUB
  3. 8Craig DisleySUB
  4. 18Tom BolarinwaSUB
  5. 30Dean HendersonSUB
  6. 20Andrew BoyceSUB
  7. 5Shaun PearsonSUB

POR · 3-5-2

  1. 1David FordeG
  2. 6Christian BurgessCD
  3. 3Enda StevensCD-L
  4. 5Matthew ClarkeCD-R
  5. 26Gareth EvansCM-L
  6. 4Danny RoseCM-R
  7. 8Michael DoyleAM
  8. 11Gary RobertsLM
  9. 7Carl BakerRM
  10. 23Kyle BennettCF-L
  11. 9Michael SmithCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 22Kal NaismithSUB
  2. 13Liam O'BrienSUB
  3. 10Milan LalkovicSUB
  4. 24Amine LinganziSUB
  5. 19Conor ChaplinSUB
  6. 2Tom DaviesSUB
  7. 20Noel HuntSUB

Timeline

  1. 51' Josh Gowling (Grimsby Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 58' Substitution, Grimsby Town. Tom Bolarinwa replaces Ashley Chambers.
  3. 72' Substitution, Grimsby Town. Scott Vernon replaces Brandon Comley.
  4. 76' Substitution, Portsmouth. Kal Naismith replaces Gary Roberts.
  5. 76' Substitution, Portsmouth. Conor Chaplin replaces Kyle Bennett.
  6. 82' Enda Stevens (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 84' Zak Mills (Grimsby Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 85' James Berrett (Grimsby Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 86' Goal! Grimsby Town 0, Portsmouth 1. Kal Naismith (Portsmouth) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
  10. 88' Substitution, Portsmouth. Noel Hunt replaces Michael Smith.
  11. 90'+3' Gareth Evans (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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