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Commentary
0¹An inswinging corner was nodded into the arms of the Portsmouth 'keeper by HUMPHRYS.
2¹The 'keeper did well to hold onto a powerful shot from SCARLETT.
5¹GOAL!! An imaginative SOLER played a great ball down the middle to VLASIC who seemingly in an offside position went on to easily score. (1-0 Portsmouth)
21¹A shot from POINTON seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to fist the ball away.
24¹GOAL!! A long ball from HUMPHRYS down the middle found the lurking AÏT-NOURI who drove a right foot shot into the back of the net. (1-1)
27¹SOLER ran onto a delightful ball from GREENWOOD but fumbled his shot wide of the goal.
29¹GERARD made space on the right and knocked the ball to SARCEVIC who rasped the ball wide.
31¹SWAN worked the ball to HUMPHRYS, BASTOS latched onto his cross and kicked the ball within easy reach of the 'keeper.
33¹HUMPHRYS flicked an easy chance past the far post.
36¹A pin-point pass was collected by BALUTA and his right foot shot raced narrowly over.
39¹GOAL!! A great solo effort from HIRST who beat two defenders before blasting the ball into the net. (2-1 Portsmouth)
40¹JOÃO PEDRO played the ball to GERARD who flicked it inches over.
41¹SWAN headed inches over.
43¹GOAL!! Portsmouth were awarded a penalty after a foul on LUNDSTRAM and HIRST put it past the Bradford City 'keeper who managed to get a hand to the ball. (3-1 Portsmouth)
1²A shot from GERARD was smothered by the Portsmouth 'keeper.
10²ANDERSEN was put clear by SWAN and he beat KOVACEVIC but thrust his shot wide.
15²Uncertainty in the Portsmouth defence enabled ANDERSEN to hammer an effort wide.
26²VLASIC nodded the ball wide from just outside the area.
32²GOAL!! Some neat work by WRIGHT on the right, left AÏT-NOURI yards clear, and he raced past the Portsmouth 'keeper and fired the ball home. (3-2 Portsmouth)
34²HIRST scuffed a simple chance.
35²The bemused WALKER was all agog as a backpass from SARCEVIC fell just wide.
39²LUNDSTRAM placed a right foot shot wide from thirty yards out.
42²A penalty box meleé resulted in VLASIC cracking the ball over.
42²The ref yellow cards SWAN for an off-the-ball incident against VLASIC.

 
Bradford City
 
League position: 3
Home league form: ----
Overall league form: W-------
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Sam WALKER6 16½Vladan KOVACEVIC
Bobby DECORDOVA-REID8 27 Zak SWANSON
Rayan AÏT-NOURI7½36 Julio SOLER
Antoni SARCEVIC7½46½John LUNDSTRAM(c)
Joachim ANDERSEN6 57½Francisco SIERRALTA
(c)BASTOS6½66 Tudor BALUTA
JOÃO PEDRO Maturano7 77½Abu KAMARA
Bobby POINTON6½86½Nikola VLASIC
(p)Stephen HUMPHRYS7 96½George HIRST(p)
(f)Will SWAN5½107 Sam GREENWOOD(f)
GERARD Moreno7 116 Dane SCARLETT
Manager
Ciarán KELLY  12  Owen DALE
Jökull ANDRÉSSON  13  George WICKENS
Tyler SMITH  146 Owen DODGSON
Tyreik WRIGHT7 15  Hayden MATTHEWS
Aden BALDWIN  16  Nick POWELL
 
Portsmouth
 
League position: 7
Away league form: W---
Overall league form: W-------
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Bradford City 2 Portsmouth 3
(Half-time: 1-3, Attendance: 24,104, Stadium: Valley Parade, Referee: Anthony Taylor 7½)

Aït-Nouri 24¹, Aït-Nouri 32²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Vlasic 5¹, Hirst 39¹, Hirst 43¹ (pen)
AndersenóWright 21²GreenwoodóDodgson 34²
  
Swan 42² 
34
1321
52
64
67
1211
41
51%49%
Man of the match: Bobby Decordova-Reid