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Commentary

8¹ STUANI waltzed past O'NIEN and flicked a tame shot well wide. 9¹ HERMANSEN stopped a refined strike from FRIESER. 13¹ RAMAZANI receives a yellow card for a clumsy tackle on FRIESER. 15¹ A penalty box scramble resulted in BIERETH tapping a low shot wide. 16¹ RACIOPPI was able to palm clear a weak shot from N'DONG. 21¹ LARKÈCHE was put clear by DARLING and he dummied the Sunderland 'keeper but glanced his shot over the bar. 24¹ GOAL!! A shot from N'DONG deflected off the boot of DARLING and flew past the helpless Portsmouth 'keeper and into the net. (1-0 Sunderland) 25¹ GOAL!! A neatly crafted set-piece enabled STUANI to slip the ball into the back of the net. (1-1) 26¹ A late tackle on KONE by BISHOP results in a booking. 34¹ GOAL!! After being forced wide FRIESER was able to drive the ball in from the tightest of angles. (2-1 Portsmouth) 37¹ A free-kick from AKPOM floated wide. 2² A cross from ROBERTS left BIERETH in plenty of space but he scuffed his shot. 4² FRIESER floated the ball to STUANI who flicked it over. 7² A weak strike from KONE bounced agonisingly wide. 9² A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the oncoming Portsmouth 'keeper. 9² GOAL!! A poor clearance fell to DARLING who scuffed a shot goalward, luckily STUANI was on hand to fire the ball into the net. (3-1 Portsmouth) 13² KONE's shot was well held by the Portsmouth 'keeper. 21² GOAL!! A goalmouth scramble culminated with BIERETH rocketing the ball into the roof of the net. (3-2 Portsmouth) 24² GOAL!! STUANI hit a swerving thirty yard shot past the motionless Sunderland 'keeper. (4-2 Portsmouth) 29² SWANSON beat three Sunderland players and stroked a great chance over. 37² RACIOPPI was able to palm clear a wicked effort. 39² RAMAZANI hoofed the ball wide of the righthand post from just inside the area.

Portsmouth   League position: - Home league form: OW-- Overall league form: OW------ Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Anthony RACIOPPI 6  1 6½ Mads HERMANSEN Zak SWANSON 6  2 7  Julián ARAUJO LUCAS PIRES Silva 5  3 7½ Dennis CIRKIN Dominik FRIESER 7½ 4 6½ Luke O'NIEN Harry DARLING 6½ 5 8  Torbjørn HEGGEM(c) Connor OGILVIE 7½ 6 6½ Nathaniel PHILLIPS André GREEN 6½ 7 7  Patrick ROBERTS Ziyad LARKÈCHE 6  8 7  Largie RAMAZANI(f) (c,p)Cristhian STUANI 6½ 9 8  Mika BIERETH(p) (f)Colby BISHOP 5½ 10 6  Didier N'DONG Chuba AKPOM 5½ 11 6  Richard KONE Manager Philip Thorne Joe BRYAN    12    Jewison BENNETTE Rúnar RÚNARSSON    13    Anthony PATTERSON Ryley TOWLER 6  14    Jordan BEYER Joe MORRELL    15    Will LANKSHEAR Lee EVANS    16    Tom WATSON

Sunderland   League position: - Away league form: ---- Overall league form: WW------ Formation: 4-3-3

Portsmouth go through to the next round

Statistics

Portsmouth 4 Sunderland 2 (Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 20,250, Stadium: Fratton Park, Referee: Nigel Miller 7½) Stuani 25¹, Frieser 34¹, Stuani 9², Stuani 24² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Darling 24¹ (og), Biereth 21² Lucas PiresóTowler 2²       Bishop 26¹ Ramazani 13¹ 4 0 23 11 5 5 5 6 7 7 12 13 1 2 44% 56% ¶ Man of the match: Mika Biereth ¶