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Bolton Wanderers

Portsmouth

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  1. Diarra nets win for Pompey

    Diarra nets win for Pompey

    Portsmouth snatched a 1-0 win over Bolton at the Reebok Stadium despite being comprehensively outplayed by their hosts for the majority of the match. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Bolton Wanderers
    • Portsmouth
    • FT Full-time: Bolton 0-1 Portsmouth
    • 90+4 Referee Walton blows the final whistle and Portsmouth have snatched a 1-0 win despite being comprehensively outplayed for the majority of the match
    • 90+1 James makes an outstanding reaction save to keep Portsmouth in the lead as Cahill finds substitute Cohen in the centre of the box. Despite having his view blocked by his defender James somehow manages to change direction and just parry the ball away with his right hand
    • 86' Diop looks to send a second goal past Jaaskelainen from Utaka's corner but fires the ball over the crossbar
    • 86' Bolton substitution: Guthrie makes way for Cohen
    • 83' Bolton substitution: Stelios is brought on in favour of Taylor
    • 81' GOAL PORTSMOUTH: 1-0! This time Diarra does find the back of the net with his shot from right in front of the goal 12 yards out after substitute Kanu provides him with the ball from the penalty area
    • 77' Despite Bolton's almost constant pressure in this match, Diarra very nearly hands Portsmouth a stunning goal sending a firecracker of a shot from 20 yards out. Jaaskelainen does well to get turn it away with his fingertips
    • 73' Portsmouth substitution: Kranjcar is replaced by Utaka
    • 72' Steinsson becomes the latest Bolton player to have a shot on goal as the hosts continue to push for the win. James just manages to get a hand to the ball and parries the stinging shot away
    • 70' Raziak is making a real nuisance of himself as his left-footed ball from the left finds Matthew Taylor waiting in the centre. Only Hreidarsson can save Porsmouth this time though as James is left stranded and the Icelandic defender is forced to clear off his own line
    • 67' Raziak almost proves to be the perfect substitute as he drills a right-footed volley goalward from the left wing. James manages to get his body in between the ball and his goal though and punches the ball away
    • 63' Defoe and Kanu find themselves in their best attacking postition yet but can find no way through the Bolton back line as their midfield leave them isolated up front with little support and surrounded by six white shirts
    • 60' Bolton substitution: El-Hadji Diouf is replaced by Grzegorz Rasiak
    • 56' Hughes levels up the yellow card tally between the teams being put into referee Walton's book for a reckless two-footed challenge on Davies
    • 53' Davies advances once more and smacks the ball towards the goal from 12 yards out. James fails to collect for the first time in the match but successfully punches the ball away from the danger zone
    • 51' Taylor has a second, gilt-edged chance to put his new club in the lead but again he fails to find the target from only 6 yards out sending the ball wide of the right post this time
    • 50' Portsmouth look to get off to a better start than they did in the first half as Defoe shoots for the first time. But the ball sails over the ball
    • 49' Bolton have picked up where they left off with Davies trying his luck from 20 yards out. But James secures the ball without too much trouble once again
    • 46' Portsmouth get the second half underway ...
    • HT Portsmouth half-time substitution: Baros makes way for Kanu up front
    • HT Half time: Bolton 0-0 Portsmouth
    • 45+1 Guthrie has to take his free kick twice as the referee is not happy with the first instance. But Lauren clears the second attempt comfortably and Bolton look like they are going to have to be happy going in for the interval without a goal
    • 45' As the clock ticks over to half time Diouf is left writhing on the left wing for Bolton having been crashed into by Diop. Free kick Bolton
    • 41' Davies is lucky to escape a yellow card as he brings down Hreidarsson
    • 40' Portsmouth seem to have taken a little heart from Taylor's shocking miss and are managing to pin Bolton back in the midfield
    • 35' Slowly but surely Portsmouth are securing a little more possession and territory but it is painful progress for the visitors so far
    • 33' Taylor left-footed shot from 12 yards out is blocked by Lauren. Nolan is in place to follow up but he cannot find the target and sends the ball skidding past the left post
    • 31' Taylor has a golden opportunity to put Bolton ahead against his old side as Davies, having received a defence-splitting pass on the right wing from Steinsson, drags James wide before slidding the ball across the goal front. Taylor, though, somehow manages to smash the ball over the crossbar from a maximum of 6 yards out
    • 29' The first yellow card of the game is shown to Guthrie as he hacks Diarra down. That's been threatening for a while and the Bolton man will need to be careful
    • 27' Portsmouth substitution: Aubey replaces Pamarot, who has failed to recover from his knee injury sufficiently
    • 25' Defoe's first real contribution to the game is a handball that concedes a free kick which allows Jaaskelainen a chance to clear his lines as Portsmouth threaten for the first time in the game
    • 22' Now it is Pamarot's turn to require treatment on the edge of the field as he is unceremoniously hacked down by Guthrie right on the sideline. It looks like a right knee injury for the Frenchman
    • 20' A collision between Pamarot and Campo as they chase down a loose ball leaves the latter down on the field and require treatment. It looks more like he's been winded than sustained a serious injury though so the delay should be the only problem
    • 16' James is called into action once more as Davies heads goalward. Again though the final ball is letting Bolton down and Davies header requires little movement from the England keeper
    • 14' Bolton are all over Portsmouth so far with the visitors enjoying minimal possession and no territory to speak of at all
    • 11' Taylor manages to get his head to Davies scrappy cross but his off-balance headers means the ball is never on target and James simply shepherds it wide
    • 10' Steinsson does well to cut back inside on the right wing despite stumbling but his cross drifts across the box and finds its way out to the other wing, where Davies is waiting, missing every player in between
    • 8' Bolton get a lucky free kick 10 yards outside the box with the referee having failed to spot an emphatic shove on Guthrie by Diarra. Taylor's shot towards goal sails well wide and high though and again Portsmouth escape
    • 6' Nolan finds himself in acres of space as Diouf finds him in midfield ... but Davies cannot find his way through the Portsmouth back four and the visitors manage to clear their line without calling James into action again
    • 4' Bolton are looking to assert their authority on the match early as Diouf whips a cross in from the left wing. Davies does well to bring the ball down with his first touch but with a mass of bodies in between him and the goal his shot heads straight into James' hands
    • 1' Almost immediately Nolan is caught offside and James gets his first touch of the ball thumping it upfield from the resulting free kick
    • 1' Bolton get the first half underway ...
    • 15:44 Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of this Premier League clash between 14th placed Bolton and 9th placed Portsmouth

  • Team Stats

    Bolton Wanderers Stats Portsmouth
    51% Possession 48%
    23 Shots 8
    6 Shots on target 2
    0 Saves 6
    5 Corners 2
    15 Fouls 14
    2 Offsides 1
    1 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    31 Tackles 21
    316 Accurate passes 295
    54 Bad passes 41

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Bolton Wanderers
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      22 Jussi Jaaskelainen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 0
      31 Andy O'Brien 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 25 1 3
      11 Ricardo Gardner 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 29 10 3
      15 Grétar Steinsson 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 28 0 0
      32 Matthew Taylor 0 8 0 1 0 0 0 27 15 3
      33 Gary Cahill 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 28 0 3
      4 Kevin Nolan 0 4 1 3 1 1 0 25 4 4
      8 Ivan Campo 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 47 9 2
      17 Danny Guthrie 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 30 5 6
      21 El Hadji Diouf 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 27 3 1
      14 Kevin Davies 0 3 2 4 2 1 0 27 3 4
      25 Tamir Cohen 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 2
      7 Stelios Giannakopoulos 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0
      3 Jlloyd Samuel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      47 Grzegorz Rasiak 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 6 1 0
      26 Ali Al-Habsi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Portsmouth
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 David James 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0
      23 Sol Campbell 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 23 2 1
      7 Hermann Hreidarsson 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 21 2 1
      4 Bisan Lauren 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 42 0 2
      16 Noe Pamarot 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 1
      6 Lassana Diarra 1 3 2 0 2 0 0 50 7 4
      8 Papa Bouba Diop 0 2 0 2 5 0 0 34 1 2
      22 Richard Hughes 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 47 9 5
      19 Niko Kranjcar 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 12 6 2
      9 Milan Baros 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 2
      14 Jermain Defoe 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 10 1 0
      21 Jamie Ashdown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 John Utaka 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 3 0
      3 Lucien Aubey 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 21 6 0
      28 Sean Davis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      27 Nwankwo Kanu 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 16 2 1

  • Summary

    • 90+1 James makes an outstanding reaction save to keep Portsmouth in the lead as Cahill finds substitute Cohen in the centre of the box. Despite having his view blocked by his defender James somehow manages to change direction and just parry the ball away with his right hand
    • 81' GOAL PORTSMOUTH: 1-0! This time Diarra does find the back of the net with his shot from right in front of the goal 12 yards out after substitute Kanu provides him with the ball from the penalty area
    • 70' Raziak is making a real nuisance of himself as his left-footed ball from the left finds Matthew Taylor waiting in the centre. Only Hreidarsson can save Porsmouth this time though as James is left stranded and the Icelandic defender is forced to clear off his own line
    • 67' Raziak almost proves to be the perfect substitute as he drills a right-footed volley goalward from the left wing. James manages to get his body in between the ball and his goal though and punches the ball away
    • 51' Taylor has a second, gilt-edged chance to put his new club in the lead but again he fails to find the target from only 6 yards out sending the ball wide of the right post this time
    • 31' Taylor has a golden opportunity to put Bolton ahead against his old side as Davies, having received a defence-splitting pass on the right wing from Steinsson, drags James wide before slidding the ball across the goal front. Taylor, though, somehow manages to smash the ball over the crossbar from a maximum of 6 yards out

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Peter Walton

  • Bolton Wanderers

    Manager: Gary Megson

    Captain: Kevin Nolan

    On the Field

    • Jaaskelainen
    • Steinsson
    • Cahill
    • O'Brien
    • Gardner
    • Nolan
    • Campo
    • Guthrie Yellow Card Substitution Out (86′)
    • Diouf Substitution Out (60′)
    • Davies
    • Taylor Substitution Out (82′)

    Subs

    • Samuel
    • Giannakopoulos Substitution In (82′)
    • Rasiak Substitution In (60′)
    • Cohen Substitution In (86′)
    • Al Habsi

    Injured

    • Vaz Te
    • O'Brien

    Suspended

    None

  • Portsmouth

    Manager: Harry Redknapp

    Captain: Sol Campbell

    On the Field

    • James
    • Lauren
    • Campbell
    • Hreidarsson
    • Pamarot Substitution Out (27′)
    • Hughes Yellow Card
    • Diarra Goal
    • Bouba Diop
    • Kranjcar Substitution Out (73′)
    • Defoe
    • Baros Substitution Out (46′)

    Subs

    • Kanu Substitution In (46′)
    • Davis
    • Ashdown
    • Utaka Substitution In (73′)
    • Aubey Substitution In (27′)

    Injured

    • Distin
    • Primus
    • Nugent

    Suspended

    None