Match Stats at Half Time: Home Team: Rochdale ......Away Team: Portsmouth Possession: Home 53% Away 47% Shots: Home 4 Away 11 Shots on Target: Home 1 Away 2 Corners: Home 1 Away 2 Fouls: Home 7 Away 5
Attempt missed. Ben Close right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Nathan Thompson. 76 minutes.
Attempt saved. Ronan Curtis right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lee Brown. 78 minutes.
2,555 attendance today, including 599 Pompey fans. ......and we totally outsang them throughout the match !!
Goal! Rochdale 0, Portsmouth 1. Andre Green (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Lee Brown following a set piece situation. 90th minute.
Final whistle. It's 0-1 to Pompey. Through to the third round. Quite a tough end-to-end game, with Rochdale playing their part, especially in the second half.
Final Match Stats: Home Team: Rochdale........Away Team: Portsmouth Possession: Home 61% Away 39% Shots: Home 14 Away 18 Shots on Target: Home 3 Away 5 Corners: Home 4 Away 5 Fouls: Home 17 Away 9
Just noticed that it was Ben Close's tackle on Stephen Dooley in the 55th minute that led to Dooley being substituted. No free kick was awarded for the challenge ! That makes up for the fact that Dooley didn't even receive a yellow card (little alone a red card) for his crude 4th minute foul on Ben Close early in the game. See, karma does exist - what goes around, comes around