League position: 1st Adam McGurk was originally named in the starting line-up before suffering an injury in the pre-match warm-up. Jayden Stockley was promoted to the starting XI so Portsmouth named only six of a possible seven substitutes.

1 Bristol Rovers

Goals:

Jermaine Easter

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Lee Nicholls

Defender Lee Brown

Defender James Clarke

Defender Daniel Leadbitter

Defender Tom Lockyer

Defender Tom Parkes

Midfielder Chris Lines

Midfielder Stuart Sinclair

Midfielder/Forward Ollie Clarke

Forward Jermaine Easter

Forward Ellis Harrison

Substitutions:

Billy Bodin for Ollie Clarke	46
Jake Gosling for James Clarke	46
Matty Taylor for Jermaine Easter	72

Cards:

Chris Lines	26	Y
Jake Gosling	62	Y
Tom Lockyer	90	Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Steve Mildenhall

Defender Mark McChrystal

Midfielder Jake Gosling

Midfielder Lee Mansell

Midfielder/Forward Billy Bodin

Midfielder/Forward Cristian Montaño

Forward Matty Taylor

Comments:

League position: 17th

2 Portsmouth

Goals:

Gareth Evans		29
Jayden Stockley		71

Starting lineup:

Aaron McCarey Goalkeeper

Christian Burgess Defender

Matt Clarke Defender/Midfielder

Enda Stevens Defender/Midfielder

Adam Barton Midfielder

Kyle Bennett Midfielder

Ben Davies Midfielder

Danny Hollands Midfielder

Gareth Evans Midfielder/Forward

Conor Chaplin Forward

Jayden Stockley Forward

Substitutions:

Gary M Roberts for Conor Chaplin	68
Kal Naismith for Kyle Bennett	74
Matt Tubbs for Jayden Stockley	79

Cards:

Jayden Stockley	14	Y
Conor Chaplin	60	Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Alex Bass

Defender Adam Webster

Midfielder Adam May

Midfielder Gary M Roberts

Midfielder/Forward Kal Naismith

Forward Matt Tubbs

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