As we move into the final minute of the 90, Blackburn Rovers are content to see out the game and there is no way back for Portsmouth now.

That should seal it for Rovers. An unbelievable turn around from their first half display and Big Sam will no doubt be pleased with his half-time changes.

Dunn delivers another quality set-piece as he picks out Ryan Nelsen at the back post who turns in back across goal but Ben Haim manages to scoop it up and over the bar.

Di Santo steps away from Kaboul and crosses towards McCarthy at the back post, he brings it down and strikes at goal but Mark Wilson makes the crucial block.

Blackburn are doing enough at the moment to keep Portsmouth at bay but the visitors will not go down without a fight here.

Vanden Borre slides Tommy Smith down the right hand side and his cross finds O'Hara on the edge of the box but his shot is blocked and Robinson scrambles across to make the save.

Frederic Piquionne evades three of four challenges but he just couldn't get the ball out of his feet and Nelsen comes back to make a saving tackle. The skipper is in the thick of it at the moment!

Blackburn look to break as McCarthy slips the ball into Di Santo and he gets the other side of Van Den Borre but the Belgian does well to get back at the Argentine and eventually force the mistake.

Jamie O'Hara opens his body up just outside the box and looks to curl a shot into the far corner but Robinson gets across the make the save despite a minor fumble.

Both sides are playing like teams in desperate need of the three points and in truth they are! The open flowing tempo of the second half is a dramatic difference from the opening forty-five.

Benni McCarthy slips a pass into the path of Roberts in the box but as he looked to turn Wilson stepped in and laid the ball back to James who thumps it clear.

A low cross from McCarthy is driven across the box but Kaboul is able to clear before it reaches Di Santo and Roberts at the back post.

Jamie O'Hara whips in another set-piece with his left boot and finds the head of Kaboul but he can only head wide. He was unmarked and knows he should have done better.

Aruna Dindane is causing the Rovers defence lots of problems and with three of the defenders on a booking they must be careful when tackling.

A neat one-two between Emerton and Di Santo and they work the ball to Chimbonda who's cross is deflected behind - Dunn delivers the corner but Ben Haim clears the danger.

O'Hara whips in a free-kick from the right hand side and it takes a ricochet off the head of Brett Emerton but fortunately for Rovers it goes wide of the post for a corner.

Former Blackburn midfielder Aaron Mokoena brings down Pedersen about thirty-yards from goal. Dunn clips it towards goal and it floats over the heads of those in the middle and drifts harmlessly wide of the mark.

Samba comes forward from the back and gets the ball to Diouf who's cross is deflected behind for a corner. The delivery is too high for Di Santo and Portmsouth are able to bring the ball out of the defence.

The home side cannot seem to test the Portsmouth keeper as they waste another set-piece as Samba heads high and wide of the goal.

The home fans are starting to get on the back of some of their own players as Pedersen lifts a simple cross out of play. The frustration is already becoming too much for the fans with just twenty five minutes on the clock.

Ryan Nelsen concedes a free-kick and now Portsmouth have an opportunity to load bodies into the box. O'Hara will deliver a dipping cross but it is headed away by a Rovers head.

Dindane and Piquionne link up for the visitors and Dindane lays it back to O'Hara who crosses towards the penalty spot but Ryan Nelsen steps forward to head clear.

Diouf and Dunn work a crossing opportunity on the right hand side and the Senegalese international finds Emerton in the box but James comes to gather the glancing header.

El Hadj Diouf forces a corner up against Ben Haim, both players of course spent time at Bolton together. Dunn whips it in from the left but James comes out to gather the cross and clears for the visitors.

Portsmouth have a free-kick from long range and O'Hara shifts it to Kaboul who fires goalbound but sends it well wide of the mark.

Early pressure from Blackburn Rovers as Di Santo forces Younes Kaboul to concede a throw-in deep in his own half. The long-throw comes in and it falls for Chimbonda to strike at goal, it takes a deflection and canons back off the post.