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Match report
English Footie
FA Cup: Round 3 (setup 1, season 26)
Portsmouth
v.
WBA
Formation:
3-5-2
League position:
13
Overall form:
Home form:
Jeroen ZOET71Kevin TRAPP
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
5
Overall form:
Home form:
Thomas VERMAELEN827Lorenzo DE SILVESTRI
Jordy CLASIE737Leonardo Pereira, LÉO PEREIRA
Osvaldo 'Nicolás' Fabián GAITÁN4Henrikh MKHITARYAN
JUAN Guilherme Nunes Jesus5Raúl ALBIOL Tortajada
Neven SUBOTIC6João MIRANDA de Souza Filho
Marco REUS7XABIER PRIETO Argarate
Miralem PJANIC8Dries MERTENS
Roberto SOLDADO Rillo69Romelu LUKAKU
Ángel Fabián DI MARÍA106Luca TONI
Javier HERNÁNDEZ Balcázar6116Carlos Alberto TÉVEZ
Nigel BeckManager
NÉLSON Miguel Castro OLIVEIRA12Josip ILICIC
Fabian GIEFER13Rémy RIOU
Emiliano MORETTI14Jan-Arie VAN DER HEIJDEN
Ilkay GÜNDOGAN15Facundo FERREYRA
Luciano NARSINGH16Adem LJAJIC

Portsmouth 1 WBA 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 47,410, Stadium: Fratton Park, Referee: Roger FREESTONE 7½)
7 Di MaríaScorers22 Mertens
Substitutions
Sendings off
35 Hernández, 37 Di María, 53 SoldadoBookings
2Corners2
8Fouls15
3Offsides1
3Shots on3
16Shots off6
19Total shots9
2Shots saved2
49%Possession51%
Man of the match: Thomas VERMAELEN
7GOAL!! A mix up between ALBIOL and TRAPP allowed DI MARÍA to fire the ball into the empty net. (1-0 Portsmouth)
11A shot from LUKAKU held no problem for the Portsmouth 'keeper.
11A corner bobbled toward REUS who nodded an effort over.
17MERTENS dribbled away from REUS and rifled a poor shot well wide.
22GOAL!! A tackle from CLASIE gave WBA a free-kick twenty yards out which MERTENS slammed past the Portsmouth 'keeper. (1-1)
23TRAPP did well to hold onto a fierce shot from SOLDADO.
25XABIER PRIETO fluffed an easy chance.
29DI MARÍA headed over the bar.
32A poor shot from HERNÁNDEZ trickled agonisingly wide.
35The ref books HERNÁNDEZ.
37DI MARÍA booked for a poor foul on ALBIOL.
42REUS drove a right foot shot wide from just outside the area.
44DI MARÍA ran onto a delightful ball from CLASIE but fumbled his effort wide.
 
53SOLDADO receives a yellow card for a high foul.
60TONI poked an easy chance past the far post.
63A free-kick from DI MARÍA went over.
65CLASIE beat two WBA players and stroked a shot inches wide.
74A good effort from MERTENS scraped the outside of the righthand post.
75GAITÁN made space on the right and pulled the ball to PJANIC who fired the ball over.
79A cross from MERTENS left MKHITARYAN in lots of space but he fluffed his shot.
86DI MARÍA was put clear by JUAN and he dummied the WBA 'keeper but struck his shot wide.
89TONI stepped inside CLASIE but blasted the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.