BRACKLEY. Portsmouth didn’t concede much to Exeter City to lock the result on a 0-0 scoreline on Friday. Portsmouth was surely better in terms of ball possession (63%)​.

The match was played at the St. James’ Park stadium in Brackley on Friday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. In front of 8,322 spectators.​ The referee was Sunny Sukhvir Gill with the collaboration of Justin Amey and Stuart Butler. The 4th official was Lewis Sandoe. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 6.25 degrees Celsius or 43.25 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 90%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Portsmouth was in firm control of the ball 63% while Exeter City was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Portsmouth was more pushing with 58 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 2 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Portsmouth to win the encounter​.

Exeter City shot 15 times, 2 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Portsmouth shot 11 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Exeter City received 1 yellow card (Tom Carroll). On the opposite side, Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards (Jack Sparkes and Sean Raggett).

Standings

After this contest, Exeter City has 23 points to remain in the 20th place. Talking about the opposition, Portsmouth will has 50 points to remain in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League One, Exeter City will play away with Reading on the 1st of January with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Exeter City (0 draws).

Portsmouth will host Stevenage on the 1st of January with a 6-4 head to head in favor of Stevenage (4 draws).

Exeter City – Formation

Exeter City started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Gary Caldwell decided to play with the following team: Viljami Sinisalo (7.1), Will Aimson (6.7), Cheick Diabaté (7.5), Alex Hartridge (6.4), Dion Rankine (7.5), Tom Carroll (7.0), Reece Cole (7.9), Zak Jules (7.0), Jack Aitchison (6.7), Ilmari Niskanen (7.3) and Sonny Cox (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: James Scott, Harry Kite (6.4), Kyle Taylor (6.8), Pierce Sweeney, Shaun MacDonald and Jake Richards.

Exeter City could not rely on the presence of Kyle Taylor (injured).

Substitutions

Exeter City made 3 changes: Ilmari Niskanen for Harry Kite (83′), Sonny Cox for Kyle Taylor (69′) and Jack Aitchison for James Scott (90′).

Player of the match: Reece Cole​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Exeter City was Reece Cole.

His rating is 7.9 with 34 passes (68% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 10. He performed 10 crosses.

Portsmouth – Formation

Portsmouth started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

John Mousinho played with: Will Norris (7.0), Joe Rafferty (6.7), Sean Raggett (7.0), Conor Shaughnessy (7.3), Jack Sparkes (7.5), Alex Robertson (6.7), Marlon Pack (7.8), Gavin Whyte (6.4), Terry Devlin (7.5), Paddy Lane (7.0) and Colby Bishop (7.1).

These were the players on the bench: Ryley Towler, Anthony Scully, Christian Saydee (6.8), Joe Morrell (7.0), Kusini Yengi (6.3), Abu Kamara (6.3) and Ryan Schofield.

Substitutions

Portsmouth made 4 changes: Terry Devlin for Christian Saydee (62′), Gavin Whyte for Abu Kamara (62′), Alex Robertson for Joe Morrell (62′) and Jack Sparkes for Kusini Yengi (83′).

Player of the match: Marlon Pack​

The player that probably impressed the most for Portsmouth was Marlon Pack.

His rating is 7.8 with 68 passes (78% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 10 duels out of 14. He performed 5 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the League One.​

• Wigan Athletic – Carlisle United – 2-0
• Port Vale – Blackpool – 3-0
• Peterborough United – Barnsley – 2-2
• Oxford United – Derby County – 2-3
• Lincoln City – Northampton Town – 1-2
• Leyton Orient – Wycombe Wanderers – 0-0
• Fleetwood Town – Bolton Wanderers – 0-2
• Exeter City – Portsmouth – 0-0
• Cheltenham Town – Reading – 2-2
• Burton Albion – Shrewsbury Town – 1-0
• Bristol Rovers – Charlton Athletic – 2-1