AFC Wimbledon 1 Portsmouth 3 FT: RECAP the drama which puts Blues on cusp of play-offs

Pompey travel to AFC Wimbledon today in League One.Pompey travel to AFC Wimbledon today in League One.
Pompey travel to AFC Wimbledon today in League One.
Today is D-Day for Pompey’s play-off ambitions.

Only a win will do as they go to AFC Wimbledon’s new Plough Lane home for the first time.

The stakes are high in the race for a top-six place in the penultimate game of the regular season.

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We will be building up to the game at SW19 with plenty of insight and video.

Then it’s the team news and reaction at 2pm before live commentary in a game Pompey quite simply have to win.

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AFC Wimbledon 1 Pompey 3

Key Events

  • Three changes for Pompey
  • Downing, Williams,Brown in for Byers, Bolton and Nicolaisen
  • Pigott opens scoring
  • Curtis levels 24 min
  • Brown 2-1 (45min)
  • Brown 3-1 (45+4min)

Williams screws hit shot wide from Harness’ cutback when well placed 10 yards out. Should’ve scored

MacGillivray palms away Pigott’s free-kick from 30 yards and Pompey clear

Two quickfire chances as first Marquis tries to take a touch from Harness’ ball and then it drops to Brown at a tight angle who half crosses and half shoots and i ends up neither

Pompey playing some nice stuff in spells but Naylor’s through ball is just off at the end of a promising move

Harness into the box but his rasping angled drive is just past the post

Ayoub Assal being readied as Westwood’s bell is heard

MacGllivray very alert to collect as Pigott chests the ball down in the box

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