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6¹	GOAL!! A curling inswinging corner was forced in at the near post by DIGNE. (1-0 Portsmouth)
11¹	MARTÍNEZ dummied CARMONA but shot the ball into the arms of MAIGNAN.
12¹	GRIFO beat four Portsmouth players and fired an effort over.
16¹	SAKA beat GRIFO and fired the ball to RAPHINHA who dragged his shot wide.
22¹	ZUBIMENDI clipped the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.
26¹	A wonderful save prevented BARCOLA from scoring a great goal.
27¹	GOAL!! An inswinging corner kicked out by KIMMICH was lashed into the net by GRIFO. (1-1)
30¹	MARTÍNEZ was put clear by ZUBIMENDI and he stepped inside the 'keeper but struck his shot wide.
35¹	RABIOT knocked the ball to GRIFO who turned it just beyond the far post.
39¹	A good ball from SAKA on the left fell to CRISTANTE who scuffed his shot over.
44¹	MARTÍNEZ worked the ball to ZUBIMENDI, RAPHINHA gathered his cross and kicked the ball within easy reach of the Macclesfield FC 'keeper.
45¹	A good effort from SAKA scraped the woodwork.
46¹	The bemused 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from BAH dropped just wide.
10²	GOAL!! A delightful shot from CRISTANTE was pushed away by the 'keeper only as far as SAKA who drove the ball past the stranded 'keeper. (2-1 Portsmouth)
11²	A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the oncoming SZCZESNY.
13²	OPENDA fluffed a simple chance.
15²	GOAL!! Showing plenty of skill RAPHINHA dribbled past RABIOT and tapped the ball past the Macclesfield FC 'keeper. (3-1 Portsmouth)
22²	A free-kick from BARCOLA floated inches wide.
28²	GOAL!! A deep cross from GRIFO on the left was nodded home by OPENDA on the edge of the box. (3-2 Portsmouth)
32²	A looping shot from LUKAKU was blocked by MAIGNAN.
33²	RAPHINHA headed inches over.
35²	GOAL!! With his back to goal MARTÍNEZ wrong-footed the defence and flicked the ball past MAIGNAN. (4-2 Portsmouth)

Portsmouth

League position:

Home league form:

WWWW

Overall league form:

WWWWWLWX

Formation:

4-4-2

Line-ups

Wojciech SZCZESNY	6	1	6	Mike MAIGNAN
Lucas DIGNE	6	2	6½	Alexander BAH
Joshua KIMMICH	8½	3	7½	ALEX GRIMALDO
RAPHINHA	7½	4	7½	Adrien RABIOT^(c)
Aymeric LAPORTE	7½	5	7	José CARMONA
^(c)José GIMÉNEZ	7	6	5½	Niklas SÜLE
Martín ZUBIMENDI	7	7	7½	Ángel DI MARÍA
Bukayo SAKA	7½	8	7	Vincenzo GRIFO
Lautaro MARTÍNEZ	7½	9	7	Loïs OPENDA
Bryan CRISTANTE	6	10	6½	Oihan SANCET
^(p,f)Romelu LUKAKU	6½	11	6	Bradley BARCOLA^(p,f)
Nigel BECK	Manager			Jim MCGOWAN
Ilkay GÜNDOGAN		12		Boubacar KAMARA
KEPA Arrizabalaga		13		Anthony LOPES
Marcelo BROZOVIC		14		ÁLEX BERENGUER
ESTÊVÃO Willian		15		Maghnes AKLIOUCHE
Maximilian EGGESTEIN		16		Enzo MILLOT

Macclesfield FC

League position:

Away league form:

OWLL

Overall league form:

WWOWWLWL

Formation:

4-1-3-2

Statistics

Portsmouth 4 Macclesfield FC 2

(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 54,158, Stadium: Fratton Park, Referee: Eddie Ilderton 7½)

Digne 6¹, Saka 10², Raphinha 15², Martínez 35²

Scorers

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Sent off

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Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Shots on

Shots off

Total shots

Shots saved

Possession

Grifo 27¹, Openda 28²

57%

43%

¶ Man of the match: Joshua Kimmich ¶