RECAP as Portsmouth produced devastating display to bury leaders Sunderland
It’s game day as League One leaders Sunderland come to Fratton Park.
Pompey renew acquaintances with the Black Cats with the rivalry between the clubs prominent across the past three seasons in League One.
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Hide AdDanny Cowley’s side will be looking to arrest a run of seven League One fixtures without victory – their worst run for two and a half years.
To do that they need to stop an opponent in ominous form with nine wins and a draw from their 11 fixtures this season.We will be building up to kick off from Fratton Park assessing the talking points before the team news arrives at 2pm.Then it’s more build-up before live commentary from 3pm as the Blues look to deliver a performance to encourage their fans.
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LIVE Portsmouth 4 Sunderland 0
Key Events
- Harness opens scoring (19 min)
- Brown makes it 2-0 (33min)
- Marquis (3-0) 45 mins
- Marquis make it 4-0 (61min)
Ref watch
Ben Toner the man in the middle today. Famously was taken off a Pompey game against Blackpool a few years ago as a result of his name in relation to the ownership situation surrounding both clubs!
Same again
Unchanged for the fourth game on the spin for Pompey. That’s perhaps a little surprising given the performance at Burton and defensive struggles. We wait to see if Cowley employs his players differently but looks like a 3-4-3 formation
Andy Cullen on the academy
‘The club were concerned to read reports of a lack of investment in the academy. This could not be further from the truth....we were also distressed to read reports on social media of staff ‘mass resignations’. Yet again these reports are simply not correct.’
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