Match ends, Cheltenham Town 0, Portsmouth 2.
CheltenhamCheltenham Town0PortsmouthPortsmouth2
Colby Bishop scored a brace as Portsmouth picked up their first League One win of the season with victory at Cheltenham.
The summer signing from Accrington opened the scoring after half-an-hour, finishing from close range after Michael Morrison nodded Michael Jacobs' cross down.
Taylor Perry was close to levelling for Cheltenham five minutes later, but his 20-yard effort curled just wide.
Elliot Bonds sent a low drive past the right post for the home side, who are still looking for their first points under new head coach Wade Elliott.
Portsmouth started the second half strongly and after 10 minutes of resistance, Cheltenham conceded a penalty with Ryan Jackson tripping Jacobs in the box.
Bishop stepped up to convert from the spot to make it four goals for the season in all competitions.
Connor Ogilvie thumped an effort just over the crossbar as Pompey nearly added a third.
George Lloyd crossed the ball to the far post, but Sean Long headed wide as Cheltenham failed to find a breakthrough.
Report supplied by PA Media.
Line-ups
Cheltenham
Formation 3-5-2
- 1Southwood
- 2Long
- 14Taylor
- 6Freestone
- 22JacksonSubstituted forNortonat 84'minutes
- 8Sercombe
- 23BondsBooked at 59minsSubstituted forAdsheadat 68'minutes
- 28PerrySubstituted forLloydat 78'minutes
- 3WilliamsSubstituted forFerryat 68'minutes
- 10May
- 9N'LunduluBooked at 25mins
Substitutes
- 5Raglan
- 7Brown
- 15Ferry
- 16Adshead
- 19Lloyd
- 20MacDonald
- 30Norton
Portsmouth
Formation 4-4-2
- 1Griffiths
- 17Rafferty
- 28Morrison
- 20Raggett
- 6Ogilvie
- 18Hackett-FairchildSubstituted forDaleat 67'minutesBooked at 78mins
- 23ThompsonSubstituted forLoweryat 70'minutes
- 7Pack
- 24JacobsSubstituted forCurtisat 71'minutes
- 19ScarlettSubstituted forPigottat 67'minutes
- 9BishopSubstituted forMingiat 88'minutes
Substitutes
- 2Swanson
- 10Pigott
- 11Curtis
- 15Dale
- 21Oluwayemi
- 25Mingi
- 26Lowery
- Referee:
- Ben Toner
- Attendance:
- 4,649
Match Stats
Home TeamCheltenhamAway TeamPortsmouth
- Possession
- Home44%
- Away56%
- Shots
- Home13
- Away15
- Shots on Target
- Home3
- Away4
- Corners
- Home5
- Away3
- Fouls
- Home10
- Away16
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Cheltenham Town 0, Portsmouth 2.
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Attempt saved. Alfie May (Cheltenham Town) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Daniel Adshead.
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Corner, Cheltenham Town. Conceded by Sean Raggett.
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Attempt blocked. Daniel N'Lundulu (Cheltenham Town) header from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Liam Sercombe.
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Corner, Cheltenham Town. Conceded by Joe Rafferty.
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Attempt missed. Jade Jay Mingi (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Ronan Curtis.
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Offside, Cheltenham Town. Caleb Taylor tries a through ball, but Alfie May is caught offside.
Substitution
Substitution, Portsmouth. Jade Jay Mingi replaces Colby Bishop.
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Attempt missed. Tom Lowery (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Ronan Curtis.
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Attempt saved. Caleb Taylor (Cheltenham Town) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Sean Long with a cross.
Substitution
Substitution, Cheltenham Town. Christian Norton replaces Ryan Jackson.
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Attempt blocked. Daniel N'Lundulu (Cheltenham Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
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Attempt missed. Sean Long (Cheltenham Town) header from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by George Lloyd with a cross.
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Attempt blocked. Lewis Freestone (Cheltenham Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Caleb Taylor with a headed pass.
Substitution
Substitution, Cheltenham Town. George Lloyd replaces Taylor Perry.
Booking
Owen Dale (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Owen Dale (Portsmouth).
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Daniel Adshead (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Owen Dale (Portsmouth).
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In those days each club despised each other, but when Pompy go up this season and SFC go down, I hope fans have moved on and local rivaly is not about hatred and violence.
Lets not go back to the 70s
Its just a game football
You could see both teams struggle in the last 20 minutes.
Pity fans only know foul language and how to throw objects. At least we will be back to our comfort zone next year. Perhaps getting a goalkeeper who gets off his line might help
.Usual poor referee. Where do they get them