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6¹ SWIFT ran onto a wonderful ball from ODUBAJO but blasted his shot wide. 6¹ GOAL!! A long clearance by the Portsmouth 'keeper beat the Bristol Rovers defence and CANTWELL drove the ball past the oncoming Bristol Rovers 'keeper. (1-0 Portsmouth) 7¹ The ref books SARGENT for dangerous play against NWACHUKWU. 8¹ A delightful save prevented WESLEY from scoring a great goal. 10¹ GOAL!! A mishit backpass by BECK enabled ODUBAJO to run in and drive the ball past the Bristol Rovers 'keeper. (2-0 Portsmouth) 11¹ GOAL!! A short goal-kick was intercepted by ÖZTÜMER who setup WESLEY with a simple chance. (2-1 Portsmouth) 16¹ A tame strike from SARGENT rolled agonisingly wide. 28¹ A cross from ÖZTÜMER left LONGMAN in plenty of space but he fluffed his shot. 29¹ COBURN made space on the right and knocked the ball to WESLEY who touched the ball wide. 37¹ LANGSTAFF beat four Portsmouth players and stroked a golden opportunity inches wide. 39¹ CANTWELL was put clear by ODUBAJO and he raced past the 'keeper but drilled his shot over the bar. 42¹ A pin-point pass bobbled toward SARGENT and his right foot shot floated narrowly wide. 43¹ GOAL!! A great dummy from COBURN allowed TURNS to lay a perfect ball off to WESLEY who rammed the ball home. (2-2) 45¹ SWIFT brought the ball round BECK and rattled a poor shot into the crowd. 2² RAHMAN headed over. 8² A penalty box scramble resulted in REID driving the ball over. 25² LANGSTAFF drilled a right foot shot over the bar from thirty yards out. 31² A lovely effort from LONGMAN scraped the top of the crossbar. 32² WESLEY shot over. 37² The bemused 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from PACK fell just wide. 40² A mix up in the Bristol Rovers defence enabled CANTWELL to thump an effort inches over. 43² GOAL!! Showing lots of skill CANTWELL dribbled past KIPRÉ and hit the ball past HAZARD. (3-2 Portsmouth)

Bristol Rovers   League position: 17 Home league form: LWXL Overall league form: XLOWXLLW Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Conor HAZARD 5½ 1 5½ Alex McCARTHY Kosta NEDELJKOVIC 8  2 8  Darnell FURLONG Owen BECK 7½ 3 7½ Baba RAHMAN Erhun ÖZTÜMER 6½ 4 7  Mario VRANCIC(c) (c)Cédric KIPRÉ 7  5 7½ Luke AYLING Ed TURNS 6½ 6 6  Ryley TOWLER Christian NWACHUKWU 7½ 7 7  Moses ODUBAJO Ryan LONGMAN 6½ 8 7  Todd CANTWELL (p)WESLEY Moraes 7  9 7  Josh SARGENT(p) (f)Josh COBURN 6  10 6½ John SWIFT(f) Macaulay LANGSTAFF 6  11 5½ Jayden REID Manager Andy YIADOM    12    Ben OSBORN Danny ROGERS    13    Darren RANDOLPH Luke LEAHY    14    Lewis KOUMAS John MARQUIS    15 6  Marlon PACK Sam NICHOLSON    16    Ronan CURTIS

Portsmouth   League position: 20 Away league form: LOLL Overall league form: LOXLXLXO Formation: 4-3-3

Portsmouth go through to the next round

Statistics

Bristol Rovers 2 Portsmouth 3 (Half-time: 2-2, Attendance: 11,508, Stadium: The Memorial Stadium, Referee: Michael Jones 7½) Wesley 11¹, Wesley 43¹ Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Cantwell 6¹, Odubajo 10¹, Cantwell 43²   OdubajoóPack 30²       Sargent 7¹ 5 2 7 9 2 4 3 3 7 8 10 11 1 0 54% 46% ¶ Man of the match: Kosta Nedeljkovic ¶