Match Report
| Portsmouth | Portsmouth |  |  | Nottingham Forest | Nottingham Forest | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | manager | Computer Player | Computer Player | |||||||||||||||||
| Neil Matteo | N. Matteo |  | 62 | G |  | 1 | | G | 57 |  | Gary Mason | G. Mason | |||||||||
| Harvey Lofthouse | H. Lofthouse | | 70 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 81 | | Martin Guppy | M. Guppy | |||||||||
| Pier G. Parlato | P. Parlato |  | 69 | D | | 3 | | D | 62 | | Darren Banks | D. Banks | |||||||||
| Kubilay Türkyilmaz | K. Türkyilmaz |  | 68 | D | | 4 | | D | 57 | | Ugo Galli | U. Galli | |||||||||
| Vittorio Dani | V. Dani | | 66 | D | | 5 | | D | 54 | | Patrick Mckay | P. Mckay | |||||||||
| Rio Stone | R. Stone | | 68 | M | | 6 | | M | 64 | | Jacob Mortensen | J. Mortensen | |||||||||
| Martin Perry | M. Perry | | 65 | M | | 7 | | M | 61 | | Darren Power | D. Power | |||||||||
| Roberto Mora | R. Mora |  | 65 | M | | 8 | | M | 53 | | Paul Coppinger | P. Coppinger | |||||||||
| Dale Mccann | D. Mccann | | 64 | M | | 9 | | M | 52 | | Phil Andrews | P. Andrews | |||||||||
| Chris Winterburn | C. Winterburn | | 67 | A | | 10 | | A | 67 | | Tony Walsh | T. Walsh | |||||||||
| Chris Cutler | C. Cutler | | 66 | A | | 11 | | A | 63 | | Eddie Roberts | E. Roberts | |||||||||
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Match Report
Match Report
There are a few clouds overhead here at Fratton Park where Portsmouth play host to Nottingham Forest. A crowd of 9,636 fill this 10,000 capacity stadium.
Both Portsmouth and Nottingham Forest are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
Both Portsmouth and Nottingham Forest are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
0.00
0-0Portsmouth kick off!
14.34
0-0Vittorio Dani controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Martin Perry. Martin Perry knocks the ball to his team mate, Chris Cutler. Chris Cutler lofts in a cross ball towards Chris Winterburn. Chris Winterburn flicks the ball with his head. Gary Mason easily picks it out of the air!
15.32
0-0Roberto Mora controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Chris Winterburn. Chris Winterburn finds some space and shoots from distance but it goes wide for a goal kick.
27.34
0-0Pier G. Parlato clumsily knocks into Eddie Roberts. The referee calls over Pier G. Parlato and shows him a yellow card! Eddie Roberts gets up, but that knock is affecting his game.
28.10
Ugo Galli chips the ball to his team mate, Paul Coppinger. Paul Coppinger passes the ball forward to Eddie Roberts. Eddie Roberts plays a perfect one-two with Tony Walsh and rushes in on goal... Eddie Roberts shows great control and tries a shot on goal but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
33.47
Darren Power flicks the ball to his team mate, Eddie Roberts. Eddie Roberts goes all the way! Eddie Roberts makes some space for himself and shoots at goal but it is tipped over by Neil Matteo.
34.27
1-0Martin Perry deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Chris Winterburn. Chris Winterburn shoots from long range. It's a goal!! What a beauty!
39.38
1-0Harvey Lofthouse makes a probing pass to Roberto Mora. Roberto Mora knocks the ball forward to Chris Cutler. Chris Cutler knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Martin Guppy.
45.00
The first half ends with the referee blowing his whistle!
45.00
The whistle blows and Nottingham Forest kick off!
49.37
Roberto Mora takes it forward alone. Roberto Mora knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Gary Mason who gathers it comfortably.
54.30
Kubilay Türkyilmaz passes the ball forward to Dale Mccann. Dale Mccann makes a simple pass to Chris Winterburn. Chris Winterburn knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Ugo Galli.
63.28
Martin Perry kicks a strong pass forward to Chris Cutler. Chris Cutler sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal. It curls slightly but Gary Mason manages to gather it comfortably.
67.49
1-0Portsmouth are easily keeping Nottingham Forest at bay, but can't capitalise on it.
71.19
Kubilay Türkyilmaz makes a simple pass to Rio Stone. Rio Stone brings the ball forward. Rio Stone shoots from 20 yards. The ball swerves in the air but the keeper is a match for it. Saved!
78.46
Darren Power makes a probing pass to Tony Walsh. Tony Walsh shoots from outside the area. It curls slightly but Neil Matteo manages to gather it comfortably.
81.19
Jacob Mortensen makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Eddie Roberts. Eddie Roberts knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
90.00
The whistle indicates full-time!
Match Statistics
Match Statistics
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