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.

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.

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)

Tue, 10 Aug, 2021, 19:40 BST

Pompey in fine voice

Tue, 10 Aug, 2021, 19:39 BST

Making themselves heard

2,000 travelling Pompey tonight - and they’re making themselves heard at The Den.

Tue, 10 Aug, 2021, 19:36 BST

Formation check

Looks like a 4-2-3-1 for Pompey with Johnson in for Freeman at RB - Raggett, Robertson and Ogilvie the rest of the back line. Williams and Tunnicliffe sitting behind Hackett-Fairchild, Ahadme and Curtis. Marquis leading the line.

Tue, 10 Aug, 2021, 19:34 BST

Robbo has his say

Tue, 10 Aug, 2021, 19:27 BST

Pompey going through their paces

Tue, 10 Aug, 2021, 19:22 BST

Warm-ups underway

Nicky and Danny putting the players through their paces at present. Video to follow.

Tue, 10 Aug, 2021, 19:20 BSTUpdated 19:20 BST

Willo go go go!

Danny Cowley felt Shaun Williams could be back to face his old side after missing Saturday with it more a back twinge than anything too significant on Saturday. Ryan Tunnicliffe also faces his old side.

Tue, 10 Aug, 2021, 19:09 BST

Ref watch

Charles Breakspear is the referee tonight. Marc Wilson (not the former Pompey defender) and Greg Read his assistants. Paul Yates the fourth official.

Tue, 10 Aug, 2021, 19:02 BST

Big night for Reeco

Just Reeco Hackett-Fairchild’s second Pompey start and third senior appearance tonight. Good chance for the winger to stake a claim - was decent in the final warm-up win over Bournemouth last week.

Tue, 10 Aug, 2021, 18:50 BST