Portsmouth 1 Shrewsbury 0 RECAP as Blues go top as 100 per cent start continues

Football under the lights returns to Fratton Park tonight as Shrewsbury Town arrive at PO4.
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Danny Cowley’s men will look to make it three wins out of three against Salop, who have failed to pick up a point from their first two league encounters.

The match will also mark the return to Fratton Park of Steve Cotterill, with the former Blues manager now back in the dugout after a lengthy battle with Covid-19.

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We will bring you all the talking points and development as the Blues look to maintain their promising start to the campaign.

Then it’s team news at 6.45pm, reaction and video as we build-up to live blow-by-blow commentary of the clash.

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LIVE: Pompey 1 Shrewsbury 0

Key Events

  • Tunnicliffe 1-0 (3min)
  • Pompey unchanged

Williams fine to continue

Williams takes a knock on the head challenging Udoh

Pierre clatters Marquis on half way. Easy free-kick

Curtis free-kick 25 yards out. Gets some movement and it goes through the wall but Marosi gathers

Pompey possession up to 66 per cent. Quite close on the shot count though - eight to seven in Pompey’s favour

More decent build-up but it’s a poor cross from Freeman - the first thing he’d done wrong all night

Reeco drills the ball just wide from the edge of the box

Pompey still asking all the questions but just the one goal in it

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