FFO League One, Portsmouth vs. Reading (Mon Apr 08) Portsmouth | Reading 4-4-2 E | 4-4-2 P - | - | M_Travers GK | GK C_B_Clarke C_Ogilvie DF | DF A_Yiadom R_Poole DF | DF T_Holmes R_Towler DF | DF T_McIntyre M_Pack DF | DF C_Mola J_Morrell MF | MF L_Wing A_Robertson MF | MF P_Mukairu T_Devlin MF | MF C_Savage P_Lane MF | MF M_Craig C_Bishop FW | FW J_Wareham C_Saydee FW | FW K_Ehibhatmhan | W_Norris SUB | SUB J_Pereira Z_Swanson SUB | SUB S_Hutchinson J_Sparkes SUB | SUB T_Rushesha B_Stevenson SUB | SUB O_Ejaria A_Kamara SUB | SUB S_Smith Min. 1 :(por) T_Devlin with the dribble ... He made that look easy ... C_Savage seizes control of the ball ... He hoists it forward Min. 2 :(por) T_Devlin is taking a throw in ... He sees a team mate in space ... He throws it long to C_Saydee ... T_Holmes rushes in with a clumsy challenge!! ... That's a foul!! Min. 3 :(rea) The defender slips up! ... M_Craig is through! ... M_Craig cracks a laser towards goal! ... M_Travers gets his fingertips to it ... He pushes it on to the post ... The defender clears the loose ball Min. 4 :(por) T_Devlin looks for options ... He knocks the ball across to C_Saydee ... C_Saydee with the goal bound shot! ... C_B_Clarke won't get to that! ... It clips the post! ... GOAL!! ... Excellent strike!! ... But it's been disallowed! ... The referee spotted something ... That looked an awful decision, the fans boo him Min. 5 :(rea) K_Ehibhatmhan saunters past his marker ... K_Ehibhatmhan aims the cheeky shot at goal! ... The shot slips through M_Travers's hands ... GOAL!! ... What a terrible mistake ... That's put Reading into the lead! ... Portsmouth 0-1 Reading ... Min. 6 :(rea) T_McIntyre has it now ... He takes on M_Pack ... He gets past him! ... He puts in M_Craig! ... M_Craig drives it towards goal! ... M_Travers saves it ... He got his body behind the ball there Min. 13 :(rea) J_Wareham leaps into the air ... He wins the header ... He heads it across to T_Holmes ... T_Holmes with an overhead kick! ... He gets a connection ... It takes a deflection! ... But goes wide! ... CORNER! ... The corner is swung in by L_Wing! ... M_Travers comes towards the ball ... But he's nowhere near it! ... J_Wareham with the shot! ... WELL WHAT CAN YOU SAY?! ... GOAL!! ... Fantastic finish! ... Portsmouth 0-2 Reading ... Min. 14 :(por) C_Saydee flicks it over A_Yiadom's head ... He showed some great skill there! ... T_Holmes reads the game well and cuts out the pass! Min. 17 :(por) P_Lane gets to the byline ... He centres the ball to C_Saydee ... But he steps on the ball and falls over! ... A_Yiadom looks embarrassed to take the ball off him! Min. 17 :(por) A_Robertson with a slide rule pass to R_Towler ... C_Mola pulls on his opponent's shirt!! ... The Referee has stopped play ... Well spotted by The Referee! ... He received a good talking to from The Referee Min. 19 :(por) P_Lane heads the ball back to C_Bishop ... C_Bishop with the overhead! ... But C_B_Clarke punches it away ... That's gone out for a throw in Min. 22 :(rea) M_Craig is closed down ... He plays a quick pass ... L_Wing latches onto the ball ... M_Pack brings him down in the area ... There can only be one outcome surely! ... But The Referee waves play on!! Min. 31 :(por) R_Poole with a throw in ... He throws the ball across to C_Bishop ... C_Bishop plays it down the wing ... Cross comes in back to him, diving header! ... He had to be brave there ... The shot slips through C_B_Clarke's hands ... GOAL!! ... What a terrible mistake ... Portsmouth 1-2 Reading ... Min. 35 :(rea) L_Wing is closed down ... He plays a quick pass ... P_Mukairu latches onto the ball ... P_Mukairu shoots towards goal! ... M_Travers gathers it comfortably Min. 40 :(por) R_Poole sprints down the flank ... He threads the ball in to A_Robertson ... A_Robertson fires a shot at goal! ... It hits the post ... And goes clear Min. 42 :(rea) J_Wareham spots a team mate in space ... He plays a fantastic through ball to K_Ehibhatmhan! ... K_Ehibhatmhan tries to chip the ball over the keeper! ... What agility from M_Travers Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 3 minutes of injury time. Min. 43 :(rea) M_Craig brings the ball into the opposing area ... K_Ehibhatmhan makes himself available ... K_Ehibhatmhan with the crafty shot! ... M_Travers gets his fingertips to it ... He just manages to tip it over ... CORNER! ... C_Savage with an outswinging corner into the box ... T_McIntyre gets something on it! ... It hits the sponsor hoarding Min. 47 :(por) T_Devlin plays it long to R_Poole ... R_Poole hits a curling shot! ... But he puts it wide ... How did he manage to miss that? ************* HALF TIME **************** Half Time Score: Portsmouth 1-2 Reading Min. 46 :(por) J_Morrell flights the ball to A_Robertson ... A_Robertson tries to beat C_B_Clarke! ... C_B_Clarke was lucky there Min. 46 :(rea) M_Craig feeds the ball to K_Ehibhatmhan ... K_Ehibhatmhan tries to catch the keeper out! ... Looks like it should be easy for M_Travers ... but he's made a hash of it ... It drifts inches wide!! ... M_Travers looks embarrassed! ... He was relieved to see it go wide! Min. 47 :(por) T_Devlin cuts the ball back to C_Saydee ... C_Saydee goes for goal! ... C_B_Clarke won't get to that! ... It clips the post! ... And goes wide! Min. 52 :(por) P_Lane takes advantage of a mistake by L_Wing ... away from two, three, four. ... Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. ... How good is he?! ... Now he crosses to T_Devlin! ... T_Devlin sights up the goal ... He shoots! ... C_B_Clarke collects it comfortably ... The shot never troubled him Min. 55 :(por) Substitution by Portsmouth ... COMING ON: B_Stevenson ... COMING OFF: P_Lane Min. 55 :(por) Substitution by Portsmouth ... COMING ON: Z_Swanson ... COMING OFF: M_Pack Min. 55 :(rea) Substitution by Reading ... COMING ON: S_Smith ... COMING OFF: K_Ehibhatmhan Min. 55 :(rea) Substitution by Reading ... COMING ON: O_Ejaria ... COMING OFF: M_Craig Min. 58 :(rea) P_Mukairu finds his way through ... He bent his run well ... P_Mukairu attempts a lob! ... He hits the side netting ... Some parts of the ground thought that went in! Min. 61 :(rea) A_Yiadom holds the ball up ... He sees S_Smith in space! ... S_Smith hits the ball first time! ... M_Travers saves it ... He got his body behind the ball there Min. 64 :(por) A_Robertson brings the ball into the opposing area ... A_Robertson with a thundering shot! ... But C_B_Clarke makes a superb stop down low Min. 66 :(por) Z_Swanson kills the ball dead ... He sees a team mate leave his marker! ... He plays the ball across to him! ... R_Poole gets on the end of the pass ... A_Yiadom wins the ball with a superb sliding challenge ... It goes out of play ... CORNER! ... B_Stevenson with an outswinging corner into the box ... A_Yiadom deals with the danger and clears Min. 67 :(rea) O_Ejaria has found himself in space ... He looks up for his team mates ... He swings the ball in ... J_Wareham gets on the end of the pass ... He is in space! ... J_Wareham hits the ball on the bounce! ... GOAL!! ... Superb strike! ... His team mates join him in a celebration ... They dance around his shirt in delight!! ... Portsmouth 1-3 Reading ... Min. 70 :(rea) T_Holmes gets to the byline and finds C_Mola with a beautiful cross ... C_Mola attempts a lob! ... The net bulges! ... GOAL!! ... He kisses the badge! ... He shows his love for the club!! ... The fans cheer him and chant his name!! ... Portsmouth 1-4 Reading ... Min. 73 :(rea) O_Ejaria brushes his marker behind and breaks free ... Z_Swanson brings him down in the area ... There can only be one outcome surely! ... But The Referee waves play on!! Min. 74 :(por) Curled in dangerously from B_Stevenson to C_Saydee ... But A_Yiadom clears the danger Min. 79 :(por) A_Robertson takes advantage of a defensive mistake ... Can he make them pay? ... C_Savage tackles from behind ... The Portsmouth fans want him to be sent off! ... RED CARD!! ... The Referee had no choice there!! ... - is rubbing his hands with glee now! Min. 80 :(por) T_Devlin runs forward ... He nicks it past the slide tackle skilfully ... He only has going for goal in mind! ... T_Devlin fires off a left-footed snap shot! ... But it puts it well wide Min. 81 :(por) A_Robertson runs with the ball to the corner flag ... He plays the ball across to T_Devlin ... T_Holmes does well to intercept the ball Min. 84 :(por) B_Stevenson gets the ball on the wing ... He slides the ball past J_Wareham! ... He has some space now! ... B_Stevenson with the side footed shot! ... But it clips the post and goes wide Min. 85 :(rea) O_Ejaria looks up for support ... He spots his team mate making a run now ... He plays it across to his team mate and runs forward now! ... S_Smith receives the pass and heads towards the goal ... S_Smith with only one thing on his mind! ... He hits the ball towards goal! ... OOOOHHHHH!! ... It grazes the post and goes wide Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals there will be 6 minutes of injury time. Min. 88 :(por) A_Robertson with a neat pass into J_Morrell ... But C_Mola slides in two footed! ... The Referee has a look but waves "Play On!" Min. 89 :(rea) J_Wareham takes on the defender ... He runs past the defender ... An audacious effort from J_Wareham! ... It hits the bar ... And goes over! ... That shot was so poor it would make Ronny Rosenthal cringe! Min. 90 :(por) B_Stevenson chips the ball over the defence and finds J_Morrell ... T_Holmes with an awful challenge ... He received a good talking to from The Referee Min. 92 :(por) Z_Swanson holds the ball up and waits for support ... He knocks the ball across to C_Bishop ... C_Bishop hits a curling shot! ... C_B_Clarke guesses right Min. 96 :(por) J_Morrell lobs the ball over the defence ... C_Bishop latches on to it ... A powerful shot by C_Bishop! ... C_B_Clarke tips it round the post ... Good save ... Corner not given!! ************* FULL TIME **************** Match Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue : Fratton Park ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Portsmouth Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : C_Bishop Scorers : C_Bishop (31) Sent Off : N/A Booked : N/A Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reading Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : J_Wareham (Man of the Match) Scorers : K_Ehibhatmhan (5), J_Wareham (13,67), C_Mola (70) Sent Off : C_Savage (79) Booked : N/A Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match Statistics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Portsmouth | Reading Attempts on Goal : 13 | 16 Off target : 5 | 6 On target : 8 | 10 Possession : 42 | 58 Corners : 1 | 2 Red Cards : 0 | 1 Yellow Cards : 0 | 0 Subs Used : 2 | 2 Fouls : 5 | 9 Key Tackles : 2 | 8 Key Passes : 17 | 11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Score : Portsmouth 1 - 4 Reading ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player Statistics - Portsmouth Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- M_Travers GK 21 1 1 1 28 | 99 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -22 0 0 0 C_Ogilvie DF 1 17 14 7 24 | 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 R_Poole DF 1 17 14 7 20 | 99 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 32 13 R_Towler DF 1 16 13 6 24 | 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M_Pack DF 1 16 17 6 24 | 58 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 J_Morrell MF 1 14 17 5 26 | 99 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 A_Robertson MF 1 6 17 15 26 | 99 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 21 19 T_Devlin MF 1 6 16 12 12 | 99 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 24 18 P_Lane MF 1 5 15 13 30 | 58 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 C_Bishop FW 1 9 13 16 16 | 99 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 -10 -10 24 C_Saydee FW 1 7 11 16 20 | 99 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 W_Norris GK 20 1 1 1 22 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Z_Swanson DF 1 15 13 7 24 | 41 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 12 -10 J_Sparkes DF 1 14 13 6 18 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B_Stevenson MF 1 13 14 4 12 | 41 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 20 16 A_Kamara FW 1 7 11 14 12 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Player Statistics - Reading Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- C_B_Clarke GK 21 1 1 1 20 | 99 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 A_Yiadom DF 1 17 14 8 30 | 99 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 10 0 T_Holmes DF 1 17 13 7 32 | 99 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 30 24 13 T_McIntyre DF 1 17 14 7 26 | 99 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 20 23 C_Mola DF 1 17 14 7 26 | 99 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 15 0 34 L_Wing MF 1 14 17 5 22 | 99 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 26 10 P_Mukairu MF 1 6 17 14 24 | 99 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 C_Savage MF 1 13 16 5 24 | 82 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -20 -20 M_Craig MF 1 13 16 4 30 | 58 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 24 36 J_Wareham FW 1 6 11 16 28 | 99 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 26 36 K_Ehibhatmhan FW 1 7 11 16 22 | 58 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 32 J_Pereira GK 20 1 1 1 16 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 S_Hutchinson DF 1 16 13 7 36 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 T_Rushesha DF 1 15 12 6 28 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O_Ejaria MF 1 5 15 13 10 | 41 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 0 S_Smith FW 1 8 13 15 26 | 41 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1712574545 Produced from ESMS+ V3.40