(1-0 Portsmouth)| 14¹ | SIERRALTA headed over the bar. |
| 22¹ | MILLAR dummied KAMARA but fired the ball into the arms of the 'keeper. |
| 24¹ | HIRST was put clear by SIERRALTA and he raced past the Port Vale 'keeper but drilled his shot just wide. |
| 26¹ | HIRST beat MILLAR and drove the ball to KAMARA who hit his effort wide. |
| 36¹ | The 'keeper did well to hold onto an amazing strike from NGOY. |
| 40¹ | MILLAR steamed through the Portsmouth defence but shot straight at KOVACEVIC. |
| 42¹ | MILLAR cautioned by PROBERT for a cynical tackle. |
| 44¹ | A good ball from SOLER on the left bobbled toward GREENWOOD who mishit his shot over. |
| 1² | LOKILO played the ball to NGOY who flicked it over. |
| 6² | GOAL!! A terrible backpass by SMITH enabled HIRST to run in and tuck the ball past the 'keeper. (2-0 Portsmouth)| 10² | A twenty-five yard drive from HIRST caused BISHOP no problem. | | 12² | GREENWOOD made space on the right and dragged the ball to HIRST who fired the ball wide. | | 16² | A fine run was ended by a good save by the oncoming KOVACEVIC. | | 18² | VLASIC beat a number of Port Vale players and thundered an effort just wide. | | 20² | OSULA's shot was well held by the 'keeper. | | 22² | A poor strike from VLASIC trickled agonisingly wide. | | 23² | GOAL!! A twenty-five yard free-kick was skillfully thundered into the roof of the net by SCHMIDT. (2-1 Portsmouth)| 29² | A penalty box meleé resulted in LOKILO tapping the ball over. | | 31² | A left foot shot from HIRST was pushed round the post by the 'keeper. | | 38² | A great shot from SCHMIDT was dealt with by a useful parry from KOVACEVIC. | | |