RECAP on breathless Sheffield Wednesday clash as Portsmouth gain point at title favourites
The curtain comes up on the campaign at Sheffield Wednesday with over 2,000 Pompey fans travelling to Hillsborough.
We’ll be building up to kick-off with all the talking points as Danny Cowley’s men face a testing clash against a side tipped for promotion.
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Hide AdThe team news drops at 2pm and we’ll be reacting to Cowley’s selection with some video ahead of kick off.
Then it’s live commentary from 3pm as the Blues bid to start the season in positive fashion in Yorkshire.
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Good evening from Broadfield Stadium
Pompey open their Papa John’s Trophy campaign at Crawley tonight.
The Blues will hope to keep up their strong record against the Red Devils in the competition, winning the past three meetings over six years.
Danny Cowley will be expected to freshen up his squad amid a busy period of games.
That means giving much-needed minutes to those who’ve not had a lot of game time, as well as those on the way back from injury.
We’ll be building up to kick off at Broadfield Stadium with team news and talking points before bringing live commentary from 7.45pm.
Hackett goes to ground in the box but the referee plays on as the Pompey fans furiously call for a spot kick
It’s another huge thump from Dele-Bashiry in the box as Pompey fail to clear and he thunders home an unstoppable effort
What a block from Raggett who somehow keeps a shot out with his head on the line. Not sure how much he knew about it!
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