English
Portsmouth defeated Cardiff City 2-1 in a thrilling match at Fratton Park in Portsmouth. Despite Cardiff City dominating possession with 60%, Portsmouth proved more clinical in front of goal. The home side’s goals came early, with C. Bishop opening the scoring in the 9th minute and C. Shaughnessy extending the lead in the 17th minute, both assisted by J. Murphy. C. O’Dowda pulled one back for Cardiff in the 22nd minute, but Portsmouth managed to hold on to their lead until the final whistle. The match was intense, with a total of 17 fouls and 4 yellow cards given to both teams. Despite Cardiff’s possession advantage, Portsmouth’s attacking efficiency gave them the victory. Statistics show 19 shots for Portsmouth (8 on target) and 12 for Cardiff (6 on target).
Substitutions portsmouth: at minute 46 T. Devlin came in and Z. Swanson went out., at minute 60 H. Matthews came in and C. Shaughnessy went out., at minute 67 M. Pack came in and I. Hayden went out., at minute 67 A. Aouchiche came in and M. Ritchie went out., at minute 84 C. Bramall came in and C. Lang went out.
Substitutions cardiff: at minute 60 R. Colwill came in and J. Ralls went out., at minute 60 W. Alves came in and J. Bagan went out., at minute 73 Y. Salech came in and S. Mannsverk went out., at minute 82 A. El Ghazi came in and C. Ashford went out., at minute 82 P. Ng came in and A. Rinomhota went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Portsmouth
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