Match Day Thread Pompey Reserves 3 v 2 Spurs U 21's

Checkatrade Trophy Southern Group A

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Pompey make 11 changes from their recent FA Cup match against Maidenhead Utd.

 

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90 - GOAL

White bends the free-kick beyond Luke McGee


89

Danny Rose brings down Parrott on the edge of the Pompey box and concedes a free-kick in a dangerous area


86

Parrott replaces Oakley-Boothe


81 - GOAL

A lovely move from Pompey. Ben Close slips in David Wheeler and he pulls the ball back from the right-hand byline before stretched leg of Oli Hawkins stabs the ball home


80

Brandon Haunstrup's clip towards goal almost finds Oli Hawkins but Whiteman rushes off his line to collect the ball


78

Brandon Haunstrup's corner is only partially cleared by Whiteman. Gareth Evans tries to chip a ball towards goal but Spurs scramble clear


77

david Wheeler wins Pompey a corner on the right


75 - Spurs change

Rodel Richards replaces Dylan Duncan


75

A decent move from Pompey ends in Oli Hawkins sending an angled right-foot shot wide


71

Ben Close's left-foot half-volley flies into the Fratton end


68 - GOAL

Gareth Evans bends a right-foot free-kick around the wall and low into Whiteman's left-hand corner


68

Louis Dennis is brought down on the edge of the box and wins Pompey a free-kick in a dangerous position


65 - Pompey triple change

Matt Clarke replaces Haji Mnoga
Gareth Evans replaces Andre Green
Oli Hawkins replaces Bradley Lethbridge


65

Spurs thread a ball through to Sterling but Christian Burgess makes a superb challenge to dispossess the forward when he's about to pull the trigger


63

Louis Dennis creates himself space outside the box before his left-foot shot is closed down by Lyons-Foster


60

Pompey are much improved his half and are looking the more likelier to take the lead


53

David Wheeler breaks into the box but is challenged. The ball falls to Ben Close, whose 20-yard shot is blocked before looping into the keeper's arms


51

Spurs respond well with Patterson's 25-yard drive turned around the post by Luke McGee


50 - GOAL

Louis Dennis' corner is headed by Christian Burgess before Andre Green forces the ball home at the far post from close range

49

Anton Walkes drives with the ball from the halfway lane. He gets all the way to the edge of the box before cracking a shot that's deflected for a corner


46

Pompey get us back under way, attacking the Fratton end

 

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Half-time

Pompey 0 Tottenham 1


Added time

David Wheeler sends in an angled cross from the right which is cut out by Lyons-Foster for a corner. However, Pompey fail to conjure up a chance from the set-piece


Added time

One minute indicated


45

Danny Rose clips a ball into the box and Christian Burgess rises to meet the cross, with his header forcing a decent stop from Whiteman


42

Luke McGee punches Patterson's free-kick clear and Pompey break. Louis Dennis drives at the Spurs rearguard and tries to play in Bradley Lethbridge, but the ball evades the youngster


41

Haji Mnoga brings down Sterling on the left wing, although it looked like the Spurs forward went down a tad too easy


39

A decent break down the right by Pompey and David Wheeler's corner is put out for a corner. Andre Green takes the set-piece and David Wheeler meets the ball at the near post but heads wide


37

Ben Close wins the ball back for Pompey from Marsh 25 yards from goal. He drives forward before cracking a left-footed that goes over the bar. The midfielder should have hit the target


35

Sterling leaves Christian Burgess for dead but the centre-back shows plenty of endeavour to track back and concedes a corner


33

Brandon Haunstrup's cross from the left is headed back across goal by David Wheeler. The ball eventually falls to Louis Dennis but his shot on the spin is blocked


25

Bradley Lethbridge wriggles his way into the Spurs box but he has no support with him. The strikes goes for goal but his shot is easily blocked


20 - GOAL

A through ball splits the Pompey defence and picks out Patterson. Luke McGee rushes off his line to thwart the effort, but the ball haplessly bounces over the Blues keeper and Patterson guides the ball into the empty net

19

Brandon Haunstrup finds himself in acres of space on the left but his cross fails to pick out a Pompey player


18

Andre Green gets a second bite at the cherry but his right-foot shot is down the throat of Whiteman


17

Pompey break at pace with Louis Dennis playing the ball out to Andre Green on the left. However, his clip into the box fails to pick out a blue shirt


14

Ben Close whips in a dangerous from the left. Bradley Lethbridge almost meets the aerial ball with his head but it just evades him, while Christian Burgess also can't get anything on the cross in behind


12

Not much has happened in the past eight minutes. David Wheeler's just met Brandon Haunstrup's cross with his head but his effort was tame and gathered by Spurs keeper Whiteman


4

Pompey have the first chance of the game. Bradley Lethbridge picks out Andre Green on the wing and the Villa loanee's right-foot shot is blocked for a corner


2

Andre Green whips a cross in from the left but it evades everyone in the box and runs out for a goal kick


1

Tottenham get the game under way, with Pompey attacking the Milton end

 

Tonight's attendance was 3,138 - of which 125 were Spurs fans.

 

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