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Match report
English Footie
FA Cup: Round 1 (setup 3, season 5)
Portsmouth
v.
Merstham
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
12
Overall form:
Home form:
Darren RANDOLPH1#1
Formation:
4-4-2
Moses ODUBAJO26#2
Baba RAHMAN536#3
Mario VRANCIC84#4
Rasmus NICOLAISEN5#5
Kean BRYAN66#6
Marlon PACK876#7
Todd CANTWELL86#8
Cauley WOODROW96#9
Fouad BACHIROU710#10
Dwight GAYLE711#11
Manager
Jordy HIWULA Mayifula12#12
Craig MacGILLIVRAY13#13
Clark ROBERTSON14#14
Sean RAGGETT15#15
Jayden REID16#16

Portsmouth 4 Merstham 0
(Half-time: 3-0, Attendance: 15,789, Stadium: Fratton Park, Referee: Aris GALANOPOULOS 7½)
12 Pack, 20 Vrancic, 38 Woodrow, 82 GayleScorers
47 Rahman <=> Robertson, 54 Bachirou <=> ReidSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
6Corners6
0Fouls20
10Offsides5
6Shots on0
19Shots off1
25Total shots1
2Shots saved0
60%Possession40%
Man of the match: Marlon PACK
2A penalty box meleé resulted in WOODROW driving the ball wide.
3PACK dribbled away from #6 and stabbed a weak shot over.
5WOODROW headed wide.
12GOAL!! After a fine build-up PACK drove the ball past #1. (1-0 Portsmouth)
18A useful ball from GAYLE on the right fell to RAHMAN who sliced his effort just beyond the far post.
19WOODROW beat three Merstham players and thundered a golden opportunity just beyond the near post.
20GOAL!! With his back to goal VRANCIC wrong-footed the defence and poked the ball past the 'keeper. (2-0 Portsmouth)
26A poor strike from CANTWELL rolled agonisingly wide.
32An exceptional effort from ODUBAJO scraped the woodwork.
38GOAL!! The creative ODUBAJO neatly touched on a cross for WOODROW to volley the ball in. (3-0 Portsmouth)
39A free-kick from CANTWELL raced over.
42A twenty yard drive from NICOLAISEN caused #1 little difficulty.
 
52CANTWELL fired a left foot shot over the bar from long range.
54VRANCIC rifled an easy chance past the righthand post.
57A header by ODUBAJO at the far post was easily collected by the 'keeper.
61A corner was collected by REID who headed an effort just wide.
65GAYLE beat #3 and flicked the ball to REID who hit his shot wide.
67A pin-point pass fell to WOODROW and his deadly shot went narrowly over.
71WOODROW shot over.
75WOODROW floated the ball to GAYLE who nodded it just wide.
78WOODROW ran onto a delightful ball from CANTWELL but hit his shot wide of the lefthand post.
80PACK snapped at a simple chance.
82GOAL!! An inswinging corner hoofed out by #2 was slammed into the net by GAYLE. (4-0 Portsmouth)
83WOODROW booted the ball wide from just outside the area.
88A cross from VRANCIC left GAYLE in lots of space but he snapped at his shot.
89#9 was put clear by #6 and he pulled away from RANDOLPH but drilled his shot over.