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Commentary
0¹CROUCH was put clear by MORETTI and he dummied KRAFT but thrust his shot just beyond the near post.
1¹GOAL!! A deep corner left FREY struggling and TONI tapped the ball over the line. (1-0 Coventry City)
8¹Uncertainty in the Coventry City defence enabled BOYATA to hit an effort over.
12¹GOAL!! The Coventry City 'keeper got into difficulty with a backpass from SANÉ and CROUCH was able to scramble the ball into the back of the net. (1-1)
12¹A corner found TONI who forced the ball just beyond the far post.
24¹GAGO made space on the right and knocked the ball to WESTERMANN who rasped the ball wide.
25¹A perfect strike from SERTIC was dealt with by a useful stop from the 'keeper.
30¹GOAL!! BODMER tried to play the ball out of the Portsmouth penalty area but was tackled by DIEGO COSTA who nodded the ball to TONI for a simple goal. (2-1 Coventry City)
38¹A free-kick from TONI flew over.
41¹BEERENS hit a left foot shot just wide from close range.
42¹TONI waltzed round BOSINGWA and flicked a weak shot over.
45¹BOYATA booked by the ref for a bad foul.
1²GOAL!! A free-kick was palmed away by the 'keeper, BOSINGWA was first to the loose ball and chipped the ball to CROUCH to slide in. (2-2)
10²The bemused Coventry City 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from PHILIPPE COUTINHO dropped just over.
15²GOAL!! An outswinging corner was headed clear only for KALOU to hit the ball into the back of the net. (3-2 Portsmouth)
25²A cross from PHILIPPE COUTINHO left TONI in plenty of space but he rushed his shot.
26²GAGO ran onto a delightful ball from BODMER but blasted his shot wide.
31²CROUCH fluffed an easy chance.
39²The referee books CROUCH for a late tackle.
40²A good effort from CROUCH scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
41²KALOU hoofed the ball wide from just inside the area.
48²A useful ball from SANÉ on the left fell to PHILIPPE COUTINHO who scuffed his shot just beyond the far post.

 
Portsmouth
 
League position: 3
Home league form: LWWW
Overall league form: WLWWWWWW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
(c)Sebastien FREY6 16½Thomas KRAFT
José BOSINGWA6½27½Ludovic SANÉ
Emiliano MORETTI5½37½Luca ANTONELLI
Fernando GAGO7 47 Tim CAHILL
Heiko WESTERMANN6½57 RICARDO Miguel COSTA
Dedryck BOYATA6 66½Michael TURNER
Pablo MOUCHE6 77½Fernando BELLUSCHI
Salomon KALOU7 87 PHILIPPE COUTINHO Correia
(p)Peter CROUCH7 96½Luca TONI(c,p)
(f)Mathieu BODMER5½106 Grégory SERTIC(f)
Roy BEERENS6 115½DIEGO da Silva COSTA
Manager
Adam LALLANA  12  Giovanni MARCHESE
Andreas ISAKSSON  13  Ben GARRATT
Jefferson MONTERO8½14  Fabien LEMOINE
Luis PEDRO  157 Niccolò GIANNETTI
DIOGO Filipe VIANA  16  Jay EMMANUEL-THOMAS
 
Coventry City
 
League position: 23
Away league form: LLLL
Overall league form: OLLLWLWX
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Portsmouth 3 Coventry City 2
(Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 30,152, Stadium: Fratton Park, Referee: Mark Haywood 7½)

Crouch 12¹, Crouch 1², Kalou 15²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Toni 1¹, Toni 30¹
MorettióMontero 6²TurneróGiannetti 16²
  
Boyata 45¹, Crouch 39² 
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Man of the match: Jefferson Montero