English League One

FT Saturday, March 31, 2018
Portsmouth WLLWW 1
–
Walsall LWLLL 0
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Bescot Stadium · 5,159 att.

Match Report

Portsmouth snatch win at Walsall to close in on play-off places

Portsmouth snatch win at Walsall to close in on play-off places

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
15
2
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
2
1
Saves
5
48
Possession
52
16
SHOTS
6
6
ON GOAL
1
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
0
0
Crosses
0
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
1
Blocked Shots
0
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
0
Clearances
0

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

WAL · 4-4-2

  1. 13Liam RobertsG
  2. 5Jon GuthrieCD-L
  3. 23Jack FitzwaterCD-R
  4. 3Luke LeahyLB
  5. 6Nicky DevlinRB
  6. 8Florent CuvelierCM-L
  7. 7Adam ChambersCM-R
  8. 11Kieron MorrisLM
  9. 10Erhun OztumerRM
  10. 20Amadou BakayokoCF-L
  11. 18Julien NgoyCF-R

POR · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Luke McGeeG
  2. 16Jack WhatmoughCD-L
  3. 5Matthew ClarkeCD-R
  4. 20Nathan ThompsonDM
  5. 17Dion DonohueLB
  6. 2Anton WalkesRB
  7. 33Ben CloseCM-L
  8. 26Gareth EvansCM-R
  9. 22Kal NaismithLM
  10. 18Jamal LoweRM
  11. 8Brett PitmanF

Timeline

  1. 36' Nicky Devlin (Walsall) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 43' Dion Donohue (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 58' Amadou Bakayoko (Walsall) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 67' Substitution, Walsall. Maz Kouhyar replaces Julien Ngoy.
  5. 72' Substitution, Walsall. George Dobson replaces Florent Cuvelier because of an injury.
  6. 76' Jon Guthrie (Walsall) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 77' Substitution, Portsmouth. Connor Ronan replaces Ben Close.
  8. 79' Goal! Walsall 0, Portsmouth 1. Gareth Evans (Portsmouth) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jamal Lowe.
  9. 83' Substitution, Walsall. Justin Shaibu replaces Erhun Oztumer.
  10. 86' Anton Walkes (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 87' Kieron Morris (Walsall) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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