Match Day Thread QPR v Pompey - FA Cup 4th Round Replay

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Pompey will look to cause an Emirates FA Cup upset when they visit Loftus Road to take on QPR this evening.

A replay is required following a 1-1 draw on the south coast 10 days ago, with a Joel Lynch own-goal cancelled out by Nahki Wells.

The prize for the victors this evening is a home tie against Premier League opposition in Watford in the fifth round.

Pompey have not got that far since 2010 and they went on to reach the final – going down to Chelsea – that season.

Their opponents currently sit 14th in the Championship table and are eight points adrift of the play-off places.

But since beating Leeds in the third round, Steve McClaren’s side have failed to secure a league victory.

The Blues were beaten 2-0 on their last visit to Rangers back in February 2011, with the hosts going on to claim the title.

This is the first time QPR have cleared the first hurdle since 2013 and they have not made the fifth round for 22 years.

TEAM NEWS
Pompey are without Dion Donohue (shin), Luke McGee (wrist) and Jack Whatmough (knee), but Bryn Morris has recovered from an ankle problem.

Omar Bogle, Lloyd Isgrove and James Vaughan cannot play as they were not registered for the initial tie, while Andy Cannon and Viv Solomon-Otabor are both cup-tied.

Ronan Curtis is suspended after collecting two FA Cup bookings, but Tom Naylor’s two-match ban only covers league matches.

QPR are missing Geoff Cameron (ankle) and Angel Rangel (thigh), while Tomer Hemed (hernia) could be fit enough for a place on the bench. Massimo Luongo is back from international duty after Australia exited the Asian Cup.


HEAD TO HEAD
Overall
Pompey: 10 wins
QPR: 14 wins
13 draws

At Loftus Road
Pompey: 3 wins
QPR: 9 wins
6 draws

TICKETS
Pompey have sold their full allocation of tickets and no more will be available at the ground this evening.

BETTING
QPR are the 17/20 favourites with Sky Bet to progress after 90 minutes, while the visitors can be backed at 10/3.

 

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QPR

• 13 Lumley
• 2 Furlong
• 4 Hall
• 33 Lynch
• 3 Bidwell
• 20 Osayi-Samuel
• 21 Luongo
• 11 Scowen
• 7 Freeman
• 32 Wells
• 17 Smith

Substitutes

• 1 Ingram
• 10 Eze
• 14 Manning
• 16 Hemed
• 23 Wszolek
• 24 Kakay
• 37 Leistner

 

Match kicks off.......

 

Attempt blocked. Jamal Lowe left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. 12th minute.

 

Attempt missed. Massimo Luongo (Queens Park Rangers) left footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. 14th minute.

 

Darnell Furlong (Queens Park Rangers) hits the bar with a header from the right side of the six yard box following a corner. 35th minute.

 

45 minutes up, nil minutes added on.

 

Half time stats:-

Home Team: QPR .......Away Team: Portsmouth

Possession:

Home 60%
Away 40%

Shots:

Home 5
Away 1

Shots on Target:

Home 0
Away 0

Corners:

Home 2
Away 2

Fouls:

Home 7
Away 4

 

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Jamal Lowe making his 100th first team appearance for Pompey this evening

 

Second half is underway. No changes for either team.

 

Yellow card for Josh Scowen for a bad foul on Ben Close. 52nd minute.

 

Nahki Wells clean through for QPR, but a brilliant tackle by Matt Clarke stops him.

 

Pompey sub Bryn Morris replaces Adam May. 59th minute.

 

Gareth Evans on for Louis Dennis. 60th minute.

 

13,115 is tonight's attendance, including almost 3,000 Pompey fans

 

1-0 to QPR 70th minute goal from a corner, scored by Nahki Wells.

 

QPR substitution. Bright Osayi-Samuel replaced by Eberechi Eze. 71 minutes.

 

Pompey replace Ben Close with Brett Pitman. 74th. minutes.