RECAP as Portsmouth comfortably win in front of watching owners

Pompey face Gillingham this afternoon in their penultimate Fratton Park fixture.

The Blues welcome back Ben Thompson for the first time since his outstanding loan spell in the 2018-19 season.

We will also find out the identity of the 2021-22 News/Sports Mail player of the season ahead of kick off.

The play-offs are now officially beyond Pompey’s reach, but fans will still be looking for cause for optimism from their team moving forward.

We’ll be building up to kick off with all the talking points, before the team news drops at 2pm.

There will be more reaction and video before we bring live commentary of the action from 3pm.

LIVE Pompey 3 Gillingham 1

Sat, 23 Apr, 2022, 17:02 GMT

FT Pompey 3 Gillingham 1

Sat, 23 Apr, 2022, 17:00 GMT

90+5

Thompson forces Bazunu into a late stop with an angled drive

Sat, 23 Apr, 2022, 16:59 GMT

90+4

This is easily being seen out by Pompey

Sat, 23 Apr, 2022, 16:57 GMT

45+2

Carter unleashes from 25 yards but it flies wide with a deflection, with Curtis heading over from the corner.

Sat, 23 Apr, 2022, 16:55 GMT

Seven minutes of stoppage time

Sat, 23 Apr, 2022, 16:53 GMT

88

O’Brien on for Harness.

Sat, 23 Apr, 2022, 16:51 GMT

84

Weird stoppage for a shoeless child on the pitch! Play stopped, he rolls around a bit and the stewards don’t want to approach him for fear of reprisal! An adult, possibly his father, eventually retrieves him!

Sat, 23 Apr, 2022, 16:46 GMT

81

Hirst okay to continue, looks like cramp.

Sat, 23 Apr, 2022, 16:45 GMT

CHANCE

Lovely solo run from Hirst as he takes on three defenders and then fires an effort from the edge of the box which Chapman holds at the second attempt. Worryingly, though, the striker then goes down injured.