Match Day Thread Oxford Utd v Pompey

45 minutes up - 5 minutes added on.

 

A chance for Pompey when Michael Jacobs steals the ball and rolls it across for George Hirst, but the striker's shot is saved by the foot of Stevens. 45 minutes.

 

Yellow card for Denver Hume for a foul. 45 + 4 minutes.

 

Louis Thompson receives an elbow in the face, but the referee decides it's not worthy of a foul. 45 + 6 minutes.

 

Half time, and it's 1-1. We have defended well since the ridiculous sending off of Joe Morrell in the 16th minute.

 

Half Time Match Stats:

Home Team: Oxford Utd ........Away Team: Portsmouth

Possession:

Home 78%
Away 22%

Shots:

Home 14
Away 2

Shots on Target:

Home 4
Away 2

Corners:

Home 8
Away 1

Fouls:

Home 5
Away 8

 

Second half kick off is delayed due to an 'incident'. Message given out over the tannoy !

 

Today's Attendance: 10,773 (including 1,754 Pompey fans).

 

Another announcement over the tannoy that the second half will kick off at 4.25pm.

That is a delay of 20 minutes. No one seems to know the reason for this at the moment.

 

Second half finally kicks off !!

 

GOAL FOR POMPEY !!!!!!!

 

1-2 now with a goal from Ronan Curtis. 51 minutes.

Great work by George Hirst to get forward and hold of a challenge before finding Michael Jacobs.

He then plays a cleaver pass to find Ronan Curtis in space and the forward calmly rolls the ball home.

 

Oxford Sub: Holland for Brown. 55 minutes.

 

Kieron Freeman takes the ball to his face and needs some treatment. 57 minutes.

 

Pompey Sub: Clark Robertson replaces a groggy Kieron Freeman. 60 minutes.

 

Oxford sub: Winnall for Williams. 63 minutes.

 

Yellow card: Brannagan is booked for a foul on Michael Jacobs. 64 minutes.

 

Pompey Sub: Ryan Tunnicliffe on for Louis Thompson. 71 minutes.