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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 20 (setup 1, season 32)
Portsmouth
v.
Chester
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
12
Overall form:
Home form:
Wojciech SZCZESNY1DIEGO Alves Carreira
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
11
Overall form:
Home form:
Aymeric LAPORTE2Victorio 'Maximiliano' PEREIRA Páez
Marcelo BROZOVIC83Senad LULIC
Ander HERRERA Agüera47LUIZ GUSTAVO Dias
Joshua KIMMICH85Gabriel Armando de Abreu, GABRIEL PAULISTA
Shkodran MUSTAFI66MEHMET Topal
Ángel Fabián DI MARÍA77DANNY Miguel Alves Gomes
Miralem PJANIC787Eljero ELIA
Marco REUS796Seydou DOUMBIA
Juan BERNAT Velasco106Steven DEFOUR
Romelu LUKAKU7117Haris SEFEROVIC
Nigel BeckManager
Nicola SANSONE12Loïc RÉMY
Jeroen ZOET13SELÇUK Inan
RICARDO Domingos Barbosa PEREIRA14Antonio VUTOV
Ilkay GÜNDOGAN15Holger BADSTUBER
Stevan JOVETIC16ADRIÁN MARÍN Gómez

Portsmouth 3 Chester 1
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 54,048, Stadium: Fratton Park, Referee: Grant HEGLEY 6½)
2 Reus, 40 Di María, 68 LukakuScorers63 Elia
Substitutions
Sendings off
71 PjanicBookings
4Corners12
8Fouls4
1Offsides1
7Shots on7
9Shots off5
16Total shots12
3Shots saved5
54%Possession46%
Man of the match: Marcelo BROZOVIC
2GOAL!! A long ball from PJANIC had the Chester defence back-pedalling and REUS made the most of the opportunity with a lovely goal. (1-0 Portsmouth)
3A shot from DOUMBIA was smothered by SZCZESNY.
12A drive from REUS seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to force the ball away.
14A good effort from PEREIRA scraped the woodwork.
17LUKAKU headed the ball wide from just outside the area.
21A pin-point pass fell to REUS and his right foot shot went narrowly over.
23The Portsmouth 'keeper saved a neatly crafted strike from DEFOUR.
25SEFEROVIC beat MUSTAFI and hit the ball to DOUMBIA who fumbled his shot wide.
29LUKAKU made space on the left and knocked the ball to PJANIC who fired the ball wide.
36A cross from HERRERA left REUS in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
40GOAL!! A tackle from LULIC gave Portsmouth a free-kick on the edge of the area which DI MARÍA drove past DIEGO. (2-0 Portsmouth)
42An exceptional shot from REUS was dealt with by a good stop from the Chester 'keeper.
 
48A free-kick from SEFEROVIC flew wide.
49LUKAKU was put clear by LAPORTE and he raced past the Chester 'keeper but drilled his shot wide.
55A poor strike from REUS bounced agonisingly wide.
57REUS raced past PEREIRA but hit the ball into the arms of the Chester 'keeper.
59A penalty box scramble resulted in LULIC tapping a low shot wide.
63GOAL!! MUSTAFI tried to play the ball out of the Portsmouth penalty area but was tackled by SEFEROVIC who fired the ball to ELIA for a simple tap in. (2-1 Portsmouth)
68GOAL!! A shot from LUKAKU flew through a crowd of players and bounced past the unsighted Chester 'keeper. (3-1 Portsmouth)
71PJANIC cautioned for a poor challenge on GABRIEL PAULISTA.
82A looping effort from SEFEROVIC was stopped by SZCZESNY.
83The bemused Chester 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from DANNY fell just wide.