FMFA Leopard League, Notts County vs. Portsmouth (Fri Oct 21) Notts County | Portsmouth 4-1-2-1-2 E | 4-1-2-1-2 C Thomas Edvardsen | Mike McLeod | S_Loach GK | GK S_Fox M_Amevor DF | DF K_Freeman A_Luna DF | DF A_Webster S_Bennett DM | DF M_Clarke E_Hewitt DF | DF C_Davies W_Atkinson DF | DM B_Close S_Naismith MF | MF A_Barton J_McCourt MF | MF D_Hollands Eduardo FW | AM A_McGurk S_Aborah AM | FW W_Grigg M_Rashford FW | FW M_McNulty | R_Carroll SUB | SUB P_Jones J_Chester SUB | SUB B_Davies C_Thompson SUB | SUB M_Doyle B_Adams SUB | SUB L_Syers A_Campbell SUB | SUB H_Bradbury Min. 1 :(por) M_McNulty with a burst of pace ... M_McNulty attempts a lob! ... It comes back off the woodwork!! ... But he picks up the rebound ... GOAL !! ... That’s given Portsmouth the advantage! ... Notts County 0-1 Portsmouth ... Min. 2 :(por) It seems Portsmouth are making a tactical change to P Min. 3 :(not) A_Luna controls the ball with a deft piece of skill ... He plays the ball out to the left! ... M_Rashford gets onto the end of the pass! ... A glorious effort by M_Rashford ! ... But it goes just over Min. 3 :(por) Curled in dangerously from W_Grigg to D_Hollands ... A cheeky lob from D_Hollands ! ... S_Loach gets up well to catch that one Min. 5 :(not) S_Aborah barges M_Clarke off the ball ... C_Davies hits it out for a corner ... CORNER! ... E_Hewitt plays it towards the near post! ... S_Fox catches it! Min. 6 :(not) M_Rashford has time and space on the edge of the box ... M_Rashford rifles it at the goal ! ... But S_Fox smothers the ball. Min. 11 :(not) W_Atkinson finds his way through ... A_McGurk with a clumsy challenge ... Shown a YELLOW CARD!! Min. 12 :(not) S_Bennett plays in S_Aborah with a beautiful ball ... S_Aborah aims the cheeky shot at goal! ... S_Fox makes himself big and wins the ball Min. 14 :(por) A_McGurk knocks the ball past the defender ... A_McGurk gets his head to the ball ! ... But S_Loach just gets his fingers to that one Min. 15 :(por) B_Close drops his shoulder and takes it past the defender ... He gets past him! ... He sees a team mate making a run ... He plays the ball through to W_Grigg ... W_Grigg hits the ball first time! ... The net bulges! ... GOAL !! ... He kisses his shirt!! ... He shows his love for the club!! ... The fans cheer him and chant his name!! ... Notts County 0-2 Portsmouth ... Min. 16 :(por) Portsmouth made the switch to a D strategy Min. 18 :(not) Eduardo miskicks! ... He finds M_Rashford though ... That was fortunate ... A_Webster reads him well and hoofs it clear Min. 29 :(not) S_Bennett sprints forward with the ball ... S_Bennett belts the ball towards goal! ... It swerves a lot in the air ... But it puts it well wide Min. 31 :(not) M_Rashford leaves B_Close standing ... M_Rashford rises above the defence to head the ball ! ... But it goes wide of the post Min. 34 :(not) Eduardo sidesteps his marker ... His quick feet took him past the defender ... K_Freeman with a perfectly timed tackle Min. 36 :(not) W_Atkinson with the nutmeg ... He takes the ball forward ... Excellent sliding challenge from C_Davies ... He could have easily caught the defender is he hadn't been careful Min. 36 :(por) Curled in dangerously from B_Close to W_Grigg ... W_Atkinson gets in the way of the ball and clears! Min. 43 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there are 2 minutes of time to be added on Min. 46 :(not) Eduardo bursts forward ... Eduardo has his eyes on the goal! ... He fires the ball goal ward! ... S_Fox with the acrobatic save ... Well saved Min. 47 :(not) J_McCourt volleys it forward. He finds M_Amevor ... M_Amevor tries to beat S_Fox! ... But he's put it wide ... How did he manage to miss that one?!?!? ************* HALF TIME **************** Half Time Score: Notts County 0-2 Portsmouth Min. 46 :(not) Eduardo turns past the defender ... He has created space for himself now ... But M_Clarke clears the ball to safety Min. 49 :(por) D_Hollands drops his shoulder and takes it past the defender ... He gets past him! ... He sees a team mate making a run ... He plays the ball through to M_McNulty ... A_Luna with the tackle ... He did well to stop that attack! Min. 52 :(por) A_Webster looks in some pain ... He'll have to come off Min. 52 :(por) B_Davies replaces A_Webster and will play DF Min. 53 :(not) S_Bennett looks around for support ... He sees a man in space! ... He hits the ball up to M_Rashford ... The ball hits B_Davies in the face! ... And goes clear! Min. 55 :(not) It appears S_Bennett is playing as a MF Min. 55 :(not) A_Luna whips the ball across to J_McCourt ... J_McCourt fires a shot at goal ! ... S_Fox heads it away ... He was showing off there! Min. 62 :(not) S_Naismith takes a throw in ... He throws the ball into J_McCourt ... A great volley from J_McCourt ! ... He hits the side netting Min. 67 :(not) J_McCourt with a probing through ball Eduardo ... A_Barton takes the player down!! ... That’s a poor tackle! ... He's lucky to be let off for that one ... Mike McLeod looks relieved ... Thomas Edvardsen is far from happy with that decision Min. 68 :(not) S_Bennett controls it well ... He nutmegs K_Freeman ... He puts in M_Rashford! ... M_Rashford with the overhead ! ... He's giving bats everywhere a bad name with that miss! Min. 70 :(not) J_Chester will come on for E_Hewitt and play DF Min. 70 :(not) A_Campbell is being brought on ... M_Rashford is leaving the pitch ... Looks like the substitute will play FW Min. 70 :(not) C_Thompson takes off his tracksuit ... he'll replace S_Bennett as DM Min. 70 :(not) Notts County switch to playing A Min. 70 :(not) C_Thompson is changing his role to a MF Min. 70 :(por) D_Hollands can't find space for the shot ... He slips it through to W_Grigg ... Eduardo knocks him to the floor ... The fans are calling for a penalty! ... But The Referee just turns away! Min. 71 :(not) J_McCourt looks for options ... His team mate makes an overlapping run now! ... He knocks a through ball to C_Thompson ... The cross hits C_Thompson on the butt and rebounds towards goal ! ... It hits the bar!! ... But he beats the defender to the rebound ... OHHHHHHHH !! ... He's put it wide Min. 75 :(por) H_Bradbury is being prepared to come on ... M_McNulty is leaving the pitch ... Looks like the substitute will play FW Min. 75 :(por) There's going to be a change ... M_Doyle will come on for A_McGurk and play AM Min. 77 :(not) J_McCourt knocks it past M_Clarke and runs onto it ... He leaves the defender standing ... Good sliding challenge from C_Davies Min. 78 :(not) A_Campbell takes advantage of a defensive mistake ... A_Campbell unleashes a pile driver ! ... S_Fox gets a hand to it!! ... But he picks up the rebound ... Fantastic reflex save by S_Fox !! Min. 84 :(not) A_Luna with a probing pass to Eduardo ... Eduardo with the shot on net ! ... But S_Fox reaches the ball. Good save ... There was a foul on S_Fox anyway Min. 88 :(REF) The 4th official signals that there is 1 minute of time to be added on Min. 91 :(not) S_Aborah takes advantage of a mistake by H_Bradbury ... Can he make them pay? ... B_Davies makes the challenge and clears the ball ... But it drifts out of play ... CORNER! ... J_McCourt curls it into the box! ... The ball comes to Eduardo ... He gets the shot away ... The shot slips through S_Fox's hands ... But S_Fox recovers to save! ... He got away with that! ************* FULL TIME **************** Match Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue : Meadow Lane ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notts County Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : Eduardo Scorers : N/A Sent Off : N/A Booked : N/A Injured : N/A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Portsmouth Match Info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best player : S_Fox (Man of the Match) Scorers : M_McNulty (1), W_Grigg (15) Sent Off : N/A Booked : A_McGurk (11) Injured : A_Webster (52) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Match Statistics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notts County | Portsmouth Attempts on Goal : 14 | 4 Off target : 7 | 0 On target : 7 | 4 Possession : 61 | 39 Corners : 2 | 0 Red Cards : 0 | 0 Yellow Cards : 0 | 1 Subs Used : 3 | 3 Fouls : 1 | 6 Key Tackles : 3 | 8 Key Passes : 11 | 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Score : Notts County 0 - 2 Portsmouth ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player Statistics - Notts County Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- S_Loach GK 20 2 3 3 26 | 93 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 M_Amevor DF 1 19 3 2 21 | 93 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 A_Luna DF 3 19 12 2 23 | 93 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 30 0 S_Bennett MF 2 10 20 3 21 | 72 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 30 1 E_Hewitt DF 2 19 10 2 22 | 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 W_Atkinson DF 2 13 10 2 25 | 93 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 S_Naismith MF 2 3 19 11 22 | 93 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 J_McCourt MF 2 11 20 10 24 | 93 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 30 4 Eduardo FW 2 3 3 19 26 | 93 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 13 10 9 S_Aborah AM 2 3 18 10 24 | 93 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 M_Rashford FW 2 3 3 19 21 | 72 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 R_Carroll GK 15 2 3 3 23 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 J_Chester DF 2 20 2 3 27 | 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 C_Thompson MF 2 10 15 10 23 | 21 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 B_Adams DF 2 15 2 2 25 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A_Campbell FW 2 3 2 18 25 | 21 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Player Statistics - Portsmouth Name Pos St Tk Ps Sh Ag | Min Sav Ktk Kps Ass Sht Gls Yel Red KAb TAb PAb SAb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- S_Fox GK 20 2 3 3 25 | 93 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 99 0 0 0 K_Freeman DF 1 18 3 2 21 | 93 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 A_Webster DF 1 18 10 3 24 | 54 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 8 8 M_Clarke DF 3 18 3 2 28 | 93 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 C_Davies DF 2 16 10 2 25 | 93 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 0 0 B_Close DM 2 10 19 3 21 | 93 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 0 A_Barton MF 2 10 15 2 25 | 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D_Hollands MF 2 3 18 2 26 | 93 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 20 3 A_McGurk AM 2 10 15 10 23 | 77 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 5 8 W_Grigg FW 3 2 3 20 22 | 93 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 23 M_McNulty FW 2 3 2 18 25 | 77 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 23 P_Jones GK 16 2 3 3 23 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B_Davies DF 2 15 9 1 22 | 39 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 M_Doyle AM 2 2 15 9 24 | 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 L_Syers FW 2 3 2 16 21 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 H_Bradbury FW 2 3 10 16 23 | 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1477065304 Produced from ESMS+ V3.35