Accrington Stanley 1-0 Portsmouth

Paddy Lacey celebrated his first League goal for Accrington as they overcame Portsmouth.

It was Pompey who started off the livelier with former Stanley winger Gary Roberts, one of five former Reds in the Portsmouth 18, having a great chance to open the scoring in the third minute when he got the ball unmarked to the left of the area but fired across goal and wide.

Chances were limited, with an off-target Michael Doyle diving header after 33 minutes the closest Portsmouth came to scoring.

Stanley's best first-half chance came in the 40th minute when Sean McConville's corner was headed against his own crossbar by Pompey defender Christian Burgess.

The home side took the lead six minutes after the restart when Lacey collected the ball 20 yards out and found the top corner of the net with a superb strike on his league debut.

Billy Kee fired straight at David Forde as Stanley looked for a second, while McConville weaved his way into the area but his strike again was easy for the Pompey goalkeeper.

Portsmouth pressed but failed to threaten keeper Aaron Chapman as Stanley celebrated a second successive win.

Report supplied by Press Association.

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Line-ups

Accrington

• 20Chapman
• 6Vyner
• 5Beckles
• 2Pearson
• 30Donacien
• 17LaceySubstituted forHewittat 80'minutes
• 28Conneely
• 27O'SullivanSubstituted forBocoat 62'minutes
• 7Clark
• 11McConvilleBooked at 46mins
• 29Kee

Substitutes

• 1Parish
• 3Hughes
• 9Gornell
• 12Jones
• 14Boco
• 18Hewitt
• 33Eagles

Portsmouth

• 1Forde
• 26Evans
• 6Burgess
• 2DaviesBooked at 86mins
• 3Stevens
• 4RoseSubstituted forChaplinat 63'minutes
• 8Doyle
• 7BakerSubstituted forNaismithat 67'minutes
• 11RobertsSubstituted forLalkovicat 70'minutes
• 23Bennett
• 9Smith

Substitutes

• 5Clarke
• 10Lalkovic
• 13O'Brien
• 19Chaplin
• 20Hunt
• 22Naismith
• 24Linganzi

Referee:

Mark Haywood

Attendance:

2,461

Match Stats

Home TeamAccringtonAway TeamPortsmouth

Possession

Home42%

Away58%

Shots

Home9

Away5

Shots on Target

Home4

Away0

Corners

Home4

Away4

Fouls

Home9

Away10

Live Text

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Match ends, Accrington Stanley 1, Portsmouth 0.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+5'

Second Half ends, Accrington Stanley 1, Portsmouth 0.

Posted at 90'+2'

Foul by Billy Kee (Accrington Stanley).

Posted at 90'+2'

Tom Davies (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 90'

Sean McConville (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 90'

Foul by Gareth Evans (Portsmouth).

Posted at 88'

Sean McConville (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 88'

Foul by Kyle Bennett (Portsmouth).

Booking

Posted at 86'

Tom Davies (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 86'

Seamus Conneely (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 86'

Foul by Tom Davies (Portsmouth).

Posted at 85'

Attempt missed. Milan Lalkovic (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.

Posted at 84'

Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Jordan Clark.

Substitution

Posted at 80'

Substitution, Accrington Stanley. Steven Hewitt replaces Paddy Lacey.

Posted at 78'

Attempt missed. Michael Smith (Portsmouth) header from the left side of the six yard box is just a bit too high.

Posted at 77'

Foul by Seamus Conneely (Accrington Stanley).

Posted at 77'

Milan Lalkovic (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 75'

Attempt blocked. Jordan Clark (Accrington Stanley) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.

Posted at 71'

Foul by Billy Kee (Accrington Stanley).

Posted at 71'

Tom Davies (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Substitution

Posted at 70'

Substitution, Portsmouth. Milan Lalkovic replaces Gary Roberts.

Posted at 69'

Corner, Accrington Stanley. Conceded by Tom Davies.

Posted at 68'

Corner, Accrington Stanley. Conceded by Gareth Evans.

Posted at 68'

Attempt blocked. Billy Kee (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.

Substitution

Posted at 67'

Substitution, Portsmouth. Kal Naismith replaces Carl Baker.

Posted at 67'

Seamus Conneely (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 67'

Foul by Kyle Bennett (Portsmouth).

Posted at 64'

Attempt saved. Sean McConville (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.

Substitution

Posted at 63'

Substitution, Portsmouth. Conor Chaplin replaces Danny Rose.

Substitution

Posted at 62'

Substitution, Accrington Stanley. Romuald Boco replaces John O'Sullivan because of an injury.

Posted at 60'

Attempt missed. Michael Doyle (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.

Posted at 59'

Foul by Janoi Donacien (Accrington Stanley).

Posted at 59'

Carl Baker (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 56'

Attempt saved. Billy Kee (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.

Posted at 54'

Foul by Jordan Clark (Accrington Stanley).

Posted at 54'

Danny Rose (Portsmouth) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Goal!

Posted at 52'

Goal! Accrington Stanley 1, Portsmouth 0. Paddy Lacey (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Sean McConville.

Posted at 50'

Foul by Janoi Donacien (Accrington Stanley).

Posted at 50'

Gareth Evans (Portsmouth) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Booking

Posted at 46'

Sean McConville (Accrington Stanley) is shown the yellow card.

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