| 9¹ | A twenty yard drive from TOVIDE caused GRIFFITHS little difficulty. |
| 15¹ | A poor tackle gets TOVIDE a yellow card. |
| 16¹ | The ref books CHESTERS for a late challenge. |
| 21¹ | MITOMA made space on the right and knocked the ball to SCARLETT who clipped the ball over. |
| 22¹ | A fine ball from CHUKI on the right was collected by REID who scuffed his shot just beyond the far post. |
| 27¹ | HANNANT beat two Portsmouth players and stroked an effort wide. |
| 28¹ | HANNANT charged through the Portsmouth defence but shot straight at GRIFFITHS. |
| 31¹ | The motionless Colchester United 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from McCONVILLE fell just over. |
| 41¹ | CLARK shot wide. |
| 42¹ | CLARK ran onto a great ball from MITOMA but toe-poked his shot wide. |
| 43¹ | GOAL!! A long ball from HANNANT down the middle fell to the lurking TOVIDE who flicked a right foot shot into the back of the net. (1-0 Colchester United)| 0² | An exceptional shot from PACK was dealt with by a fine parry from KELLY. | | 8² | Uncertainty in the Colchester United defence enabled MITOMA to crack an effort just beyond the far post. | | 11² | A weak shot from MITOMA trickled agonisingly wide. | | 14² | GOAL!! A strike from SCARLETT was hoofed off the line only for CHUKI to flick the ball home. (1-1)| 17² | FREEMAN rattled a simple chance past the near post. | | 21² | GOAL!! A definite penalty was awarded to Portsmouth, after STEWART had fouled MITOMA which REID easily converted. (2-1 Portsmouth)| 34² | KELLY saved a swerving effort from SCARLETT. | | 34² | STEWART beat CLARK and hit the ball to TOVIDE who pulled his shot wide. | | 35² | An exceptional effort from REID scraped the outside of the lefthand post. | | 42² | CURTIS nodded the ball wide of the righthand post from the edge of the box. | | 44² | NEDELJKOVIC headed wide. | | | |