Charlton Athletic 3-0 Portsmouth – ` Sport

Charlton Athletic produced a clinical show to see the 10-man Portsmouth at The Valley.

Goals from Ryan Inniss, the recalled Corey Blackett-Taylor and Eoghan O’Connell made the Addicks seven home league games unbeaten, their best home start since 2015.

Pompey’s Marlon Pack was sent off midway through the second half after a second booking.

His side have taken just two points from their last four games to lose ground in the League One promotion spots, while the Addicks are now just two points from the play-offs.

Portsmouth started brightly enough and Colby Bishop saw a powerful header from Joe Morrell’s cross, which was acrobatically knocked over by Charlton keeper Jojo Wollacott after just nine minutes.

They fell behind eight minutes later, however, as Inniss scored his first home goal since February and stood tall at the far post to meet Scott Fraser’s deep cross from a short corner and head in from six yards. It was the Addicks’ first set piece goal of the campaign.

Tottenham loanee Dane Scarlett saw furious appeals for a penalty after an apparent yank from O’Connell in the area waved him away at the other end, and just before the half-hour Blackett-Taylor, Addicks manager Ben’s only switch Garner slashed in from the left and slipped past two defenders before clipping a low shot just wide of the post.

He was on the scoresheet just 60 seconds later when Pompey lost the ball in midfield, allowing Charlie Kirk to play a perfect calculus pass to Blackett-Smith that kept the nerve to pass Conor Ogilvie and deep through his legs push by Josh Griffiths.

Pack curled a free-kick within inches for the visitors, while Jesurun Rak-Sakyi’s fierce left-footed shot before the break was deftly turned around the post by Griffiths.

Pompey manager Danny Cowley made two changes at the break but Charlton almost added a third when Blackett-Taylor’s sharp angle shot made a brilliant fingertip save against England Under-21 keeper Griffiths.

Pack saw red for a second booking with 25 minutes to go and the Addicks made it 3-0 on the resulting free kick while the unmarked O’Connell nodded from close range after another excellent Fraser delivery.

It was the 16th goal Charlton scored in seven home games in League One, while it was only Pompey’s second goal in 18 league games.

Griffiths was called upon to deny Alfie Morgan a fourth place late with a low save to his left as Pompey lost straight away games for the first time since February.

lineups

Charlton

formation 4-4-2

1Wollacott

18wound24inniss6O’Connell2S Sessegnon

17Rak Sakyi4dobsonian21Fraser23Blackett-Taylor

9Stockley14Church

• 1Wollacott
• 18wound
• 24inniss
• 6O’Connell
• 2S Sessegnon70 minutes bookedReplaced byKlaraat 78′protocol
• 17Rak SakyiReplaced byPayneat 71′protocol
• 4dobsonianBooked at 84 minutes
• 21FraserReplaced byMcGrandlesat 79′protocol
• 23Blackett-TaylorReplaced bymorganat 71′protocolBooked at 88 minutes
• 9StockleyReplaced byAnecat 78′protocol
• 14Church

substitute

• 10morgan
• 12McGrandles
• 13MacGillivray
• 19Payne
• 22Anec
• 28Klara
• 43Campbell

Portsmouth

formation 4-4-2

1Griffiths

6Ogilvie20Raggett28Morrison4Robertson

fifteenvalley7pack16Morell27Koroma

9bishop19Scarlet fever

• 1Griffiths
• 6Ogilvie
• 20Raggett
• 28MorrisonReplaced bySchwansonat 45′protocol
• 4Robertson
• fifteenvalleyReplaced bySomeat 68′protocol
• 7packBooked at 66 minutes
• 16Morell70 minutes booked
• 27KoromaReplaced byJacobsat 45′protocolReplaced byCurtisat 63′protocol
• 9bishop
• 19Scarlet feverReplaced byHackett Fairchildat 68′protocol

substitute

• 2Schwanson
• 10Pigott
• 11Curtis
• 18Hackett Fairchild
• 21Oluwayemi
• 24Jacobs
• 25Some

live text

1. Game ends, Charlton Athletic 3, Portsmouth 0.

2. End of the second half, Charlton Athletic 3, Portsmouth 0.

3. Albie Morgan (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

4. Foul by Zak Swanson (Portsmouth).

5. Foul by Chuks Aneke (Charlton Athletic).

6. Sean Raggett (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

7. attempt blocked. Reeco Hackett-Fairchild (Portsmouth) left footed shot from the center of the box is blocked. Assisted by Colby Bishop.

8. attempt failed. Chuks Aneke (Charlton Athletic) header from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Albie Morgan from a set piece situation.

9. Jack Payne (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick on the right wing.

10. Foul by Joe Morrell (Portsmouth).

11. attempt saved. Albie Morgan (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the center of the goal. Assisted by Charlie Kirk.

12. Albie Morgan (Charlton Athletic) is yellow carded for a bad foul.

13. Foul by Albie Morgan (Charlton Athletic).

14. Jade Jay Mingi (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

15. Corner, Charlton Athletic. Cashed in by Sean Raggett.

16. attempt blocked. Jack Payne (Charlton Athletic) left footed shot from the center of the box is blocked. Assisted by Chuks Aneke.

17. George Dobson (Charlton Athletic) is yellow carded for a bad foul.

18. Jade Jay Mingi (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

19. Foul by George Dobson (Charlton Athletic).

20. attempt blocked. Eoghan O’Connell (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.