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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 1 (setup 1, season 32)
Chester
v.
Portsmouth
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
6
DIEGO Alves Carreira617Wojciech SZCZESNY
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
16
Jordi AMAT Maas2Aymeric LAPORTE
Senad LULIC3Marcelo BROZOVIC
Lucas Rodrigo BIGLIA847Ander HERRERA Agüera
Gabriel Armando de Abreu, GABRIEL PAULISTA757Joshua KIMMICH
MEHMET Topal66JUAN Guilherme Nunes Jesus
LUIZ GUSTAVO Dias677Ángel Fabián DI MARÍA
Eljero ELIA8Miralem PJANIC
Seydou DOUMBIA697Marco REUS
Steven DEFOUR107Juan BERNAT Velasco
Loïc RÉMY6117Romelu LUKAKU
ManagerNigel Beck
Holger BADSTUBER127Nicola SANSONE
Patrice EVRÀ13Jeroen ZOET
Antonio VUTOV14Ilkay GÜNDOGAN
SELÇUK Inan15Osvaldo 'Nicolás' Fabián GAITÁN
RUBÉN Pardo Gutiérrez16Javier HERNÁNDEZ Balcázar

Chester 3 Portsmouth 2
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 19,862, Stadium: Deva, Referee: Keith HILL 7½)
4 Rémy, 34 Lulic, 59 DefourScorers36 Lukaku, 78 Reus
Substitutions77 Bernat <=> Sansone
Sendings off
Bookings
6Corners0
10Fouls11
2Offsides8
6Shots on5
9Shots off7
15Total shots12
2Shots saved3
53%Possession47%
Man of the match: Lucas Rodrigo BIGLIA
1BIGLIA beat four Portsmouth players and thundered an effort just wide.
4GOAL!! A perfect ball from MEHMET left BIGLIA in the clear, he made the Portsmouth 'keeper commit himself before squaring the ball to RÉMY to score. (1-0 Chester)
5A corner fell to REUS who fired the ball just wide.
9A accurate pass was collected by DOUMBIA and his deadly effort raced narrowly over.
10ELIA nodded the ball wide from just outside the area.
16DEFOUR's shot was well saved by the 'keeper.
21ELIA stroked a simple chance past the far post.
25A poor shot from DI MARÍA trickled agonisingly wide.
27A twenty-five yard drive from LULIC caused the Portsmouth 'keeper little difficulty.
28LUKAKU ran onto a delightful ball from HERRERA but toe-poked his shot wide of the goal.
34GOAL!! A strike from LUIZ GUSTAVO was kicked off the line only for LULIC to flick the ball in. (2-0 Chester)
36GOAL!! LUKAKU hit a glorious twenty yard shot past the stunned Chester 'keeper. (2-1 Chester)
44BROZOVIC beat AMAT and drove the ball to LUKAKU who fired his shot wide.
 
50An exceptional effort from ELIA scraped the upright.
51A cross from HERRERA left REUS in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot.
59GOAL!! A long ball from BIGLIA down the middle found the lurking DEFOUR who whacked a left foot shot into the net. (3-1 Chester)
65DI MARÍA shot wide.
73The bemused Portsmouth 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from LAPORTE fell just over.
78GOAL!! A long range effort was deflected into the path of REUS who flicked the ball past the helpless Chester 'keeper. (3-2 Chester)
86A free-kick from DI MARÍA floated over.
88A header from DI MARÍA was kicked off the line by MEHMET.
90+1LULIC headed wide.