Millwall 2 Portsmouth 1 - RECAP as 10-men Blues go down fighting in front of 2,000 away fans

Pompey turn their attentions to the Carabao Cup tonight as they face Millwall.
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The Blues will be backed by 2,000 travelling fans at The Den as they face the Championship.

Those fans will be buoyed by the signing of Joe Morrell last night, who isn’t eligible for the game.

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It will be friends reunited in the capital, though, with both Ben Thompson and Jed Wallace in the Lions’ ranks.

We will have all the build-up and talking points ahead of the game tonight as we build up to the action,

Then we will bring the team news, reaction and video analysis and warm-up action along with any breaking news.

From 7.45pm it’s blow-by-blow commentary as Danny Cowley’s men bid to take a second-tier scalp and earn a second-round place.

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LIVE! Milwall 2 Pompey 1

Key Events

  • Three changes for Pompey - Ben Thompson on bench for Millwall
  • Hackett-Fairchild opens scoring (4min)
  • Malone levels (21min)
  • Saville puts home side in front (27min)
  • Pompey down to 10 as Johnson gets a straight red (47min)
  • Hackett-Fairchild effort off line (83min)

Smith powers a header off the post and Raggett reacts to the loose ball excellently to deny Afobe a tap-in.

Smith clatters Ogilvie in the box and is rightly penalised.

Pompey starting to press better than they have for much of the night

Hirst putting himself about and wins a free-kick. Led the line pretty well so far

Mahoney and Smith on for Wallace and Bradshaw

‘Sign him up’ sing the Pompey fans as Ben Thompson warms up along the touchline.

Malone blazes a shot over from just inside the box

Big ovation for Williams as he comes off for Jacobs

That red card has really livened it up at The Den. Home fans have found their voices with Pompey fans continuing to get behind their team

Cooper cracks a deflected 30 yarder which Bass gets down to hold

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