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Tense Draw at The Hawthorns: West Brom and Portsmouth Share the Spoils
West Bromwich, England – A hard-fought match at The Hawthorns saw West Brom and Portsmouth draw in a game that ended in a tie. West Brom dominated possession with 62%, but failed to convert it into a victory. The match, corresponding to the third matchday of the Championship regular season, was officiated by referee Elliot Bell.
The scoring was opened in the 26th minute with a goal by M. Johnston for West Brom, assisted by I. Price. However, Portsmouth responded in the second half, with C. Bishop scoring in the 56th minute, assisted by J. Murphy, leveling the score.
The match was marked by a high number of fouls, 9 committed by West Brom and 16 by Portsmouth. The aggressiveness on the field resulted in a total of seven yellow cards, two for West Brom (G. Campbell in the 7th minute and A. Mowatt in the 70th minute) and five for Portsmouth (J. Swift in the 43rd minute, R. Poole in the 63rd minute, C. Bishop in the 66th minute, L. Le Roux in the 78th minute and T. Waddingham in the 80th minute).
Despite having more possession and taking more shots (13 compared to 8), West Brom only managed to put 3 shots on target, while Portsmouth managed 4 of their 8 attempts. The match ended with a score of one to one, leaving a bittersweet feeling for both teams.
Substitutions portsmouth: at minute 57 F. Bianchini came in and T. Waddingham went out., at minute 57 J. Swift came in and L. Le Roux went out., at minute 76 C. Bishop came in and T. Devlin went out., at minute 76 Z. Swanson came in and J. Williams went out., at minute 85 A. Segecic came in and M. Kosznovszky went out.
Substitutions west brom: at minute 60 M. Johnston came in and K. Grant went out., at minute 81 I. Price came in and J. Maja went out., at minute 87 T. Fellows came in and J. Wallace went out., at minute 87 J. Molumby came in and T. Collyer went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
West Brom
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