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Match report
English Footie
League Cup: Round 2 (setup 1, season 30)
Cheltenham Town
v.
Portsmouth
Formation:
3-5-2
League position:
16
Overall form:
Home form:
Jan OBLAK1Wojciech SZCZESNY
Formation:
4-4-2
League position:
1
Overall form:
Home form:
Bruno MARTINS-INDI2Emiliano MORETTI
Lorenzo DE SILVESTRI3Lars BENDER
Stephan EL SHAARAWY4Miralem PJANIC
Jan VERTONGHEN85Joshua KIMMICH
Samuel UMTITI66JUAN Guilherme Nunes Jesus
DOUGLAS COSTA de Souza87Osvaldo 'Nicolás' Fabián GAITÁN
Ivan RAKITIC786Ángel Fabián DI MARÍA
GABRIEL Barbosa Almeida79Marco REUS
Gnégnéri 'Yaya' TOURÉ107Juan BERNAT Velasco
Kevin DE BRUYNE711Romelu LUKAKU
Lee HaighManagerNigel Beck
Thomas LEMAR126Stevan JOVETIC
Anthony LOPES13Jeroen ZOET
Luis Miguel Afonso Fernandes, PIZZI14Erik DURM
LUIZ GUSTAVO Dias15Ilkay GÜNDOGAN
Manuel TRIGUEROS Muñoz16Javier HERNÁNDEZ Balcázar

Cheltenham Town 2 Portsmouth 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 50,904, Stadium: Whaddon Road, Referee: Richard BEEBY 6)
9 El Shaarawy, 65 GabrielScorers
Substitutions77 Bernat <=> Jovetic
Sendings off
67 RakiticBookings
2Corners6
11Fouls9
7Offsides5
6Shots on4
12Shots off8
18Total shots12
3Shots saved3
54%Possession46%
Man of the match: Jan VERTONGHEN
1GABRIEL was put clear by RAKITIC and he dummied SZCZESNY but glanced his shot over.
7A accurate pass found REUS and his right foot effort went narrowly wide.
9GOAL!! A great twenty yard shot from TOURÉ struck the crossbar and in the ensuing scramble the ball was booted into the net by EL SHAARAWY. (1-0 Cheltenham Town)
11A brilliant shot from REUS was dealt with by a fine block from the 'keeper.
19MORETTI beat two Cheltenham Town players and stroked a shot just beyond the near post.
24EL SHAARAWY brought the ball past DI MARÍA and stroked a poor shot over.
31GAITÁN shot over.
37The 'keeper saved a lovely shot from GABRIEL.
42A penalty box meleé resulted in REUS cracking the ball over.
45A good ball from DOUGLAS COSTA on the left bobbled toward MARTINS-INDI who mishit his shot inches wide.
 
47EL SHAARAWY ran onto a wonderful ball from TOURÉ but pulled his shot wide.
58EL SHAARAWY flicked a simple chance past the righthand post.
64A cross from DE BRUYNE left DOUGLAS COSTA in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.
65GOAL!! Cheltenham Town's GABRIEL beat two defenders before firing just inside the 'keeper's lefthand post. (2-0 Cheltenham Town)
67BEEBY yellow cards RAKITIC.
71EL SHAARAWY's shot was well saved by the 'keeper.
75The 'keeper dived to his left to save a fierce drive from Portsmouth's PJANIC.
77GAITÁN's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Cheltenham Town woodwork.
81GAITÁN drilled a right foot shot over from just outside the area.
83GABRIEL stormed through the Portsmouth defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
83DOUGLAS COSTA played the ball to EL SHAARAWY who headed it inches over.
86PJANIC beat DE BRUYNE and hit the ball to REUS who toe-poked his shot wide.