Pompey 1 Cambridge 2 RECAP as boos ring around Fratton with Blues falling to fourth defeat on spin

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Pompey v Cambridge
Pompey return to Fratton Park after a 32-day absence against Cambridge United today.

And Danny Cowley’s men will be hoping home comforts will aid them as they bid to end their league goal drought.

It’s 358 minutes since the Blues last scored in League One action, and they are out to avoid equalling their worst barren league run of the 21st century.

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We will be building up to the game as Pompey look to end a run of three defeats on the spin, which has seen their strong start to the campaign slow.

Then the team news is in at 2pm with reaction and video from PO4, before we bring you live commentary from 3pm.

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FT Pompey 1 Cambridge United 2

Key Events

  • Five changes for Pompey
  • Downing, Azeez, Harrison, Curtis and Romeo come in for the injured Robertson, Morrell, Hackett-Fairchild, Marquis and Freeman.
  • 38: Ironside heads visitors in front against run of play
  • 69: O’Neil doubles visitors’s lead

Sight of goal for O’Neil but his shot lacks placement and power and Bazunu gathers. Decent opening for the visitors.

Nice tackle from Downing as the crowd volume goes up

Lovely piece of skill from Azeez gets the crowd purring but he just overruns the ball

Raggett goes thundering in and misses the ball and fortunately the player but concedes a free-kick

Bright start as Harness almost threads the ball through to Harrison

Looks like a 4-3-3 for Pompey

Pompey get the game underway

Pompey will attack the Fratton End in the first half

Quite sparse in the ground with lots of reports of people struggling to use their new season ticket cards. Whereas previously they operated by pushing into the card slot, they now work like contactless bank cards. Lots of queues outside as a result.