Match ends, Accrington Stanley 1, Portsmouth 0.
AccringtonAccrington Stanley1PortsmouthPortsmouth0
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.
Line-ups
Accrington
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 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
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 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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Full Time
Second Half ends, Accrington Stanley 1, Portsmouth 0.
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Foul by Billy Kee (Accrington Stanley).
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Tom Davies (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Sean McConville (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Gareth Evans (Portsmouth).
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Sean McConville (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Kyle Bennett (Portsmouth).
Booking
Tom Davies (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Seamus Conneely (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Tom Davies (Portsmouth).
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Attempt missed. Milan Lalkovic (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
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Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Jordan Clark.
Substitution
Substitution, Accrington Stanley. Steven Hewitt replaces Paddy Lacey.
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Attempt missed. Michael Smith (Portsmouth) header from the left side of the six yard box is just a bit too high.
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Foul by Seamus Conneely (Accrington Stanley).
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Milan Lalkovic (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt blocked. Jordan Clark (Accrington Stanley) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
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Foul by Billy Kee (Accrington Stanley).
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Tom Davies (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
