Wigan Athletic 1-2 Portsmouth – ` Sport

Regan Poole’s goal in Wigan was his third goal of the season for Portsmouth

Portsmouth cemented their position at the top of League One with a hard-fought 2-1 win over 10-man Wigan.

The home team, which was in the relegation zone due to its eight-point deduction, started better and took the lead after 27 minutes.

Charlie Wyke and Scott Smith fed the ball to Martial Godo and the on-loan Fulham winger fired into the back of the net.

However, the lead only lasted four minutes as Colby Bishop headed forward Jack Sparkes’ corner and Regan Poole provided the finishing touch.

Portsmouth took the lead eight minutes before half-time when Paddy Lane fired the ball past Sam Tickle from a slight deflection from Kell Watts.

Wigan’s task became even more difficult when Wyke was shown a red card four minutes after the restart for a rash attack on Marlon Pack.

But the home side never gave up and received an apparent penalty for handball, which involved both benches in the technical area and left Wigan number two Graham Barrow and his Portsmouth counterpart Jon Harley receiving yellow cards.

Match report provided by PA Media.

Lineups

Wigan

formation 4-2-3-1

1Tickle

23Rekis6Hughes2watt5Sessegnon

26Adeeko21Blacksmith

11Humphrys10Aasgaard17Good

9Wyke

• 1Tickle
• 23RekisReplaced byClareat 55′protocolBooked for 63 minutes
• 6Hughes
• 2wattBooked for 45 minutes
• 5SessegnonReplaced byMagennisat 78′protocol
• 26Adeeko
• 21Blacksmith
• 11HumphrysReplaced byBlacksmithat 69′protocol
• 10AasgaardBooked at 9 minutesReplaced byLongat 54′protocol
• 17GoodReplaced byMcManamanat 78′protocol
• 9WykeBooked for 49 minutes

Substitute

• 4Morrison
• 7Clare
• 12Amos
• 18Blacksmith
• 19Long
• 20McManaman
• 28Magennis

Portsmouth

formation 4-2-3-1

1Norris

17Rafferty5Poole18Shaughnessy21Kicked

16Morrell7pack

32roadway8thRobertson25Camara

9bishop

• 1Norris
• 17Rafferty
• 5Poole
• 18Shaughnessy
• 21Kicked
• 16MorrellBooked for 90 minutes
• 7packReplaced bySaydeeat 61′protocol
• 32roadwayReplaced byWhyteat 66′protocol
• 8thRobertson
• 25CamaraBooked for 78 minutesReplaced byDevlinat 87′protocol
• 9bishop

Substitute

• 2Swanson
• 11Whyte
• 15Saydee
• 20Raggett
• 24Devlin
• 28Anjorin
• 31Schofield

Referee: Will Finnie

Number of visitors: 10,358

Live text

1. Match ends: Wigan Athletic 1, Portsmouth 2.

2. Second half ends, Wigan Athletic 1, Portsmouth 2.

3. Attempt blocked. Sean Clare (Wigan Athletic) right footed shot from the center of the box is blocked.

4. Joe Morrell (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

5. Foul by Joe Morrell (Portsmouth).

6. Callum Lang (Wigan Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

7. Foul by Colby Bishop (Portsmouth).

8. Charlie Hughes (Wigan Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

9. Foul by Gavin Whyte (Portsmouth).

10. Jonny Smith (Wigan Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

11. Colby Bishop (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the opponent’s half.

12. Foul by Sean Clare (Wigan Athletic).

13. Substitution Portsmouth. Terry Devlin replaces Abu Kamara.

14. Corner, Portsmouth. Indebted to Jonny Smith.

15. Foul by Abu Kamara (Portsmouth).

16. Sam Tickle (Wigan Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

17. Corner, Portsmouth. Goal conceded by Sam Tickle.

18. Attempt saved. Alex Robertson (Portsmouth) right-footed shot from distance is saved to the bottom left. Supported by Christian Saydee.

19. Attempt blocked. Christian Saydee (Portsmouth)’s right-footed shot from distance is blocked. Supported by Joe Morrell.

20. Attempt failed. Jonny Smith (Wigan Athletic)’s header from the center of the penalty area is too high. Assisted by Callum McManaman with a cross.