Cardiff City vs Portsmouth

Cardiff City were hit with a flurry of second-half goals to consign them to a disappointing 3-0 defeat at the hands of League One side Portsmouth in the ...

Goal. Nelson with a poor pass to Campbell and Pompey intercept high up the pitch. A disheartening evening, to say the least, for Morison, his players and the fans in attendance. Save! Pompey break and Michael Jacobs is found on the edge of Cardiff's box. Some nice footwork and go-forward from Rubin Colwill, who it was nice to see out on the pitch, was about as promising as it got in the late stages for Cardiff, who never really looked like registering another meaningful attempt on goal. A poor pass from Nelson left Campbell short and Pompey nicked in to win it before Pigott was found in the box. The icing on a very ugly cake, as far as Cardiff were concerned. Curtis did not mess about and belted it as hard as he could - almost bursting the net as he doubled the visitors' lead. The referee took his time to award it, but eventually pointed to the spot. But it was almost a nightmare start for City's changed XI, when, just one minute into the match, Eli King was dispossessed on the edge of his own area. With no target man to cross to and with Pompey defending deep, City began to run out of ideas on the edge of the box and were reduced to speculative shots from range. Ten changes in all, with Nelson the only player to start both games, which included debuts for Jak Alnwick, Ollie Tanner, Campbell and a full debut for Jaden Philogene, who came on as a substitute at the Select Car Leasing Stadium. Joe Pigott, Ronan Curtis and Colby Bishop all got themselves on the scoresheet as an exasperated Steve Morison looked on in disbelief from the touchline.