Lua Lua has a last ditch effort but Niemi makes another great save to stop the pompey forward

Lua lua picks out David Thompson who goes down in the penalty area but Steve Bennett waves away his porotests

Mwaruwari has another attempt and again Niemi is able to stop the shot and then stop the ball going out of play for a corner

Mendes takes the 19 corner of the game and Stefanovic gets on the end of the cross but the defenders header is over the bar

THompson plays the ball over the top and Benjani gets in on goal but again Niemi is quick enough to deny the Portsmouth forward

Colins John comes on for McBride

Thompson gets in a deep left footed cross but it goes above the heads of everyone and is out of play

Lua Lua slices his hot but he is lucky that his attempt falls to Mwaruwari but Niemi is quick off his line to deny the pompey forward

O'Neill is stretcherd off and is replaced by Thompson

Jensen comes off for the returning Papa Bouba Diop

Franck Queudrue is booked for a bit of backchat.

the corner comes in and is cleared by Pearce but his clearence falls to Lua Lua who tries to curl the ball in, but he curls it wide of the post

Cole playe in Lua Lua but his shot is saved well by Niemi who got down quickly to tip the ball wide

O'Neill steals the ball off Rosenior on the edge of the penalty area but he slices his cross wide

Kanu comes off to be replaced by another striker Mwaruwari

Cole chests the ball down and turns Kinght inside out and plays in the ball towards Lua Lua who did not anticipate the pass

Wayne Routledge comes on against the club he was on-loan at last season as Volz comes off

Davis has a long range effort but his shot comes off his knee and goes out for a throw in

Portsmouth are really getting on top of Fulham now as Portsmouth 9 corner of the half is cleared to mendes who fires in a shot which goes wide

PORTSMOUTH 1-1 FULHAM (COLE): Cole scores against his former club after another Portsmouth corner caused chaos in the area and the ball fell to Cole who toe poked the ball in from 2 yards out

Kanu tries to get in a cross from the edge of the area but O'Neill is beaten in the air by Knight

Pamarot is denied by the cross bar after good ball in from O'Neill as portsmouth begin to mount the pressure on the Cottagers

Portsmouth 12 corner of the afternoon falls to Mendes who smashes the ball wide of the Fulham goal

The corner comes in but a good clearing header from Pearce relieves the pressure

Queudrue is forced to put the ball behind for yet another Pompey corner

Andrew Cole, the former Fulham player, comes on for Matthew Taylor

Kanu has a shot from the edge of the area but it goes straight at Niemi who saves easily

Niemi is booked for time wasting

Mendes puts in another deep corner in for Portsmouth and finds Primus but his attempt is cleared off the line by Rosenior

Taylor takes a deep corner which finds Stefanovic who heads the ball back across goal and Taylor flies in but his shot goes very wide

The Pompey fans have gone very quiet since Fulham's goal as Portsmouth try and force their way back into the game

PORTSMOUTH 0-1 FULHAM (KNIGHT): Knight puts Fulham infront with a header that takes a deflection of Stefanovic and beats James who was heading the wrong way

Jensen puts in another dangerous cross towards Volz but Pamarot is there to head clear

The Fulham defence again easily clear the ball from the corner and another chance for Portsmouth goes begging

Taylor and Lua Lua combine to earn Pompey their first corner of the half as the home fans begin to rally behind their team

Lua Lua playes the ball into space and O'Neill comes steaming in but the pace just beats him and goes out of play

O'Neill beats Queudrue for pace down the left hand side and plays it across for Lua Lua but he gets his run all wrong and is caught offside

Boa Morte lays the ball off to McBride but he is under pressure from Primus and he stabs the ball wide

Davis has a shot from 20 yards but he catches it badly as it flies away into the crowd

The teams are ready for the second half and Steve Bennett signals for the restart as Portsmouth get us going

HALF TIME: PORTSMOUTH 0-0 FULHAM: Portsmouth are on top in and end-to-end game which has seen Niemi deny Kanu and Lua Lua with a couple of spectacular saves. Davis also came close against his old club, hitting the uprigh

O'Neill with another corner for Portsmouth and Kanu gets up above everyone to win the ball and force Niemi into another great save

Kinght is booked after obstructing James twice from taking a goal kick

Rosenior launches a long ball into McBride but Pamarot gets ahead of the American and smashes the ball up field

O'Neill wipes in a dangerous cross towards Kanu but Pearce rises high to head the ball away

the corner is cleared by Stefanovic to launch a Portsmouth counter attack with lua lua but he is stopped by Knight

Fulham hit Pompey on the counter attack and Volz wins the visitors a corner

Lua Lua misses a golden chance from four yards but the Congo international is relieved to see he is offside

Lua Lua keeps the ball in onthe byline in the penalty area and has a cross come shot which flies wide of the goal

Lua Lua gets in behind Queudrue , who slips on the wet turf, but the same fate comes to Lua Lua who falls on his backside as the ball goes out of play

Lua Lua cuts inside on the right flank and has a hopeful effort from 25 yards but the attempt goes wide

O'Neill has Pompey's fifth corner of the game and his corner swings in and cracks off the post but goes behind for a goal kick

Jensen takes the resulting corner but Campbell climbs high to head clear

Rosenior is again causing the Portsmouth defence problems and Stefanovic is put under pressure and has to clear the ball for a corner

Volz has Fulham's best chance off the half as he steals a yard infront of Primus to head the ball down but James is able to save well down to his left

Rosenior makes a great run as he goes from one end of the pitch to the other but Campbell gets back to win the ball off the Fulham player

Kanu uses his tricks and flicks to work his way into the penalty area but runs into Boa Morte and goes down claiming a penalty which Steve Bennett waves the protest away

Tomasz Radzinski gets in an early cross which finds McBride but he lashes at the ball and sends it wide

Niemi is there again to punch clear as he storm through a crowd of players

Lua Lua takes the free kick and gets it over the wall but Niemi flies across the goal with a great save to turn the ball over the goal

Pedro Mendes looks to realse another vicious shot but Jensen brings him down to give away another free kick

Taylor takes the corner and Pamarot wins the header but Lua Lua gets in the way and it flicks off the Pompey player and goes behind

Kanu launches one of his mazy runs into the box but Pearce comes in to challenge and puts it behind for a corner

Kanu plays in Lua Lua but Rosenior is there to cover and just knicks the ball off him to clear the ball

Dejan Stefanovic wipes in a low cross towards Davis, who made a good run to reach the ball and gets a good header on the ball which clips the upright

Davis has a free kick which he floats in towards Primus but Niemi jumps higher than the pompey defender to claim the ball

James launches a long ball down field towards the Fulham penalty area and taylor flicks it on but Knight is there to intercept with a good tackle

Mendes tries another one of his long range efforts but this one is just a few yards wide

Queudrue takes a free kick from 40 yards but this one is high and wideQueudrue takes a free kick from 40 yards but this one is high and wide of James goal

Moritz Volz takes the corner but kanu is there to volley the ball away to Lua lua to start another Portsmouth attack

Liam Rosenior gets down the flank and wipes in the cross but James takes the safe option and puts it behind for a corner

Lua Lua creates Pompeys first chances as he slides the ball into Kanu but from 12-yards outs Kanu puts the ball wide

Pompey waste the corner as O'Neill slips and slices the ball away towards the halfway line.

Taylor gets a left footed cross into the fulham area but Rosenior is there to put it behind for a corner.

Steve Bennett checks his watch and gets the game underway here at Fratton Park

Portsmouth welcome back Campbell and Primus but are still without Johnson who is out with a thigh injury.. Fulham are without Micheal Brown but welcome back Papa Bouba Diop to the 16 as he takes his place on the bench.

Portsmouth XI: James, Pamarot, Primus, Campbell, Stefanovic, O'Neil, Davis, Pedro Mendes, Taylor, Kanu, LuaLua. Fulham XI: Niemi, Rosenior, Knight, Pearce, Queudrue, Boa Morte, Bocanegra, C, Jensen, Volz, Radzinski, McBride.