Portsmouth 1 Luke McGee 20 Nathan Thompson 6 Christian Burgess 5 Matt Clarke 17 Dion Donohue 33 Ben Close 7 Stuart O'Keefe 18 Jamal Lowe 8 Brett Pitman 11 Matty Kennedy 9 Oliver Hawkins Substitutes 19 Conor Chaplin 22 Kal Naismith 25 Drew Talbot 26 Gareth Evans 30 Adam May 35 Alex Bass 38 Brandon Haunstrup Ollie Hawkins and Dion Donohue in for Conor Chaplin, and the injured Damien McCrory, respectively.
Scunthorpe 1 Gilks 2 Clarke 23 McArdle 5 Wallace 33 Butroid 19 Holmes 12 Bishop 6 Ojo 11 Morris 17 Novak 9 Madden Substitutes 8 Mantom 10 van Veen 14 Hopper 16 Adelakun 21 Burgess 22 Sutton 31 Watson
Brett Pitman shot from outside the box saved by their keeper. Lee Novak hits the crossbar for Scunny.
Sounds like Scunthorpe are a well organised team, closing us down, and pressing forward when they can.
Three consecutive corners for Pompey come to nothing. Express FM commentators saying that following the third corner, Ollie Hawkins shirt almost pulled off of his back as he attempted a header. Strangely missed by both the referee and linesman.
BBC Sport statistics at half time:- Home Team: Scunthorpe Away Team: Portsmouth Possession Home 41% Away 59% Shots Home 7 Away 6 Shots on Target Home 2 Away 2 Corners Home 2 Away 4 Fouls Home 5 Away 4
Attempt blocked. Brett Pitman (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box in the 49th minute is blocked.
Injured Scunthorpe striker Lee Novak goes off injured to be replaced by Tom Hopper in the 53rd minute.
Attempt saved. Stuart O'Keefe (Portsmouth) right footed shot in the 64th minute from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.