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Full-Time: PORTSMOUTH 3-2 BLACKBURN. This fixture has been very much a game of two halves, the first of which was drab while the second produced a thrilling encounter.
Rovers win a free-kick in a decent position and Emerton stands over it, but his delivery is poor and that may be Rovers last chance of the game.
The fourth official indicates three minutes of added time.
Santa Cruz's movement off the ball has not been up to scratch today and he has not helped his team in creating chances in the final third.
Morten Gamst Pedersen comes off for Carlos Villanueva
Everything has turned very tense inside Fratton Park as we approach the end of the game and Pompey look happy enough to just try and keep the ball.
A cross flies across the face of goal and Derbyshire is free inside the box but he misjudges the flight of the ball and doesn't connect with it.
Ince will be disappointed. His side had done all the hard work in getting back in to the game but have now conceded a cheap goal that might just give Pompey the momentum they need to clinch all three points.
PORTSMOUTH 3-2 BLACKBURN: Rovers fail to clear their lines inside their own box and the ball drops to DAVIS who clips to ball over Robinson and into the bottom corner.
Adams uses his final throw of the dice as Sean Davis replaces Traore.
An aerial challenge in the box and the ball drops to Matt Derbyshire who turns the ball into the back of the net, but referee Mark Halsey rules the goal out for a foul on David James.
The home fans are very frustrated with their side and it now looks like the visitors who are most likely to go on and win the game.
The two sides are unrecognisable from those that took the field in the first half and it is now end-to-end action as both teams go in search of the win.
Johnson sees Robinson off his line and tries to lob the keeper from way out. He just misses the target as the ball lands on the roof of the net.
Adams brings off Crouch for Kanu.
An incredible comeback from Blackburn and we have a game on our hands now. The Portsmouth fans must be sick of conceding these leads.
PORTSMOUTH 2-2 BLACKBURN: TUGAY hits a low fizzing drive from distance that beats James and brings Rovers level.
After looking down and out Rovers are back in the game. A truly inspired substitution by Paul Ince!
PORTSMOUTH 2-1 BLACKBURN: Morten Gamst Pedersen picks out DERBYSHIRE inside the box and, with his first touch of the ball, he loops a header over James and into the back of the net.
Paul Ince makes his first change of the game as Matt Derbyshire enters the fray in place of Benni McCarthy
Rovers will be ruing the chances missed in the first-half and Paul Ince looks mystified on the touchline after such a poor start to the half.
The home side are well on top now and get another opportunity from a corner but Santa Cruz heads the ball to safety
The opening stages of this half have been a huge contrast to the previous 45 minutes and Blackburn have a big job on their hands if they are to have any chance of getting back in this game.
PORTSMOUTH 2-0 BLACKBURN: DEFOE rides the challenge of Samba and neatly slides the ball past a helpless Paul Robinson from 12 yards out.
Rovers look half asleep after returning from the half-time team talk and look shell-shocked after conceding that goal.
PORTSMOUTH 1-0 BLACKBURN: Glen Johnson puts a decent cross into the box and finds the head of CROUCH who directs the ball into the far corner of the goal.
Pompey win a early corner, taken by Kranjcar, but it is cleared at the near post by Ryan Nelsen.
Tugay lets fly from way out. He strikes the ball sweetly but fails to work James and the ball sails into the crowd behind the goal.
Tony Adams changes things around at half-time as Little makes way for Niko Kranjcar
The second half is underway and hopefully we will see some goals in the next 45 minutes.
Half-Time: PORTSMOUTH 0-0 BLACKBURN. The visitors have edged the first half but there hasn't been an awful lot to talk about. Both sides have had chances to take the lead but poor finishing has led to a poor first 45 minutes of football.
Armand Traore reaches the byline and looks for a team-mate in the box but Blackburn clear their lines.
Andre Ooijer is cautioned for a rash challenge on Armand Traore.
Crouch won't get a better chance than that all season and Portsmouth really should be leading this game.
Paul Robinson is caught off guard from a cross and the ball finds the head of Crouch at the far post but he nods the ball over the open goal.
The link up play between both sets of strikers hasn't been up to the right standard so far and a lot of the attacks seem to break down in the final third.
McCarthy gets behind the Portsmouth defence and from the flank tries to pick out Santa Cruz who is open in the box but James comes off his line to pluck the ball out of the air,
Christopher Samba hits an ambitious shot from 30-yards out and unsurprisingly fails to trouble David James.
There has been minimal amount of goal mouth action so far and the home fans are beginning to get a little restless.
Emerton slides a pass through to McCarthy who tries to take the ball around David James and gets a shot away but it is well blocked by Noe Pamarot.
The opening stages of this game have been scrappy and there hasn't been an awful lot to write home about.
The wind is really whistling around the stadium and it could affect the game today.
Paul Ince will be disappointed with his side's inability to convert their chances so far and they could have been two goals up already.
Santa Cruz should have done better with that chance and he looks like a striker short of form.
Benni McCarthy feeds through Roque Santa Cruz inside the box but he pulls his shot wide of the near post.
The atmosphere is very subdued around the stadium - much different to that on Thursday night in the UEFA Cup.
The visitors have a good record at Fratton Park. They won here twice last season, once in the league and once in the Carling Cup.
The ball is teed up for Stephen Warnock in a good position who gets a shot away on his weaker right foot but it is wild and flies well off target.
Brett Emerton takes a Rovers corner and Peter Crouch heads the ball against his own post. A lucky escape for the home side.
Jermain Defoe finds space for a shot inside the box but it is straight at Robinson
Glen Little gets a snap-shot away with his left foot but it is well saved by Paul Robinson.
Portsmouth will be looking to bounce back today after letting a two-goal lead slip at home to AC Milan in midweek.
Referee Mark Halsey gets the game underway.
Martin Olsson is suspended for Blackburn's trip to Fratton Park after seeing red in the defeat to Tottenham last time out. Stephen Warnock comes in at left back while Tugay is given a start ahead of Aaron Mokoena.
Jermain Defoe returns for Tony Adams' side after missing out on Pompey's game against Hull. Armand Traore and Glen Little are also called into the starting eleven.
Portsmouth have several injury doubts ahead of Sunday's showdown with second-bottom Blackburn Rovers. No less than four first-team players will have late fitness tests before manager Tony Adams is forced to make a decision on a starting eleven that could be without the likes of Jermain Defoe, Sol Campbell and John Utaka. Campbell (toe), Utaka (hip) and Niko Kranjcar (foot) all have minor knocks that kept them out of the high-profile UEFA Cup tie with AC Milan on Thursday, but could all return for the weekend. Sean Davis also missed out on the midweek game with the flu and it is unclear how quickly that illness will clear up. Defoe and Lassana Diarra were the players that had Adams worried at the start of the week after they were both sent to specialists following injuries, but both received positive news. Defoe limped off last week after he was given the chance to impress for England against Germany, consequently missing Pompey's draw with Hull at the weekend, but his calf injury won't require an operation and he could even return this weekend. "It's all good signs for the long term," Adams said earlier this week, clearly more optimistically than at the weekend when Defoe said: "It's showing no signs of clearing up." Although Diarra's ankle injury will keep the midfielder out for around four weeks, he has been told an operation - and therefore lengthy rehab - is not needed. Adams will be hoping that a full-strength team won't be required to beat a Blackburn side that has continued to struggle, failing to pick up a win since September. To make matters worse, defender Martin Olsson is suspended after being sent off in the 1-0 defeat to Tottenham last weekend. Their form has brought an angry response from Rovers captain Ryan Nelsen, who said that: "Mistakes have been happening all season. We have just got to cut it out - it is absolutely ridiculous.
Sean Davis came off the substitutes' bench to score his first goal in two-and-a-half years and hand Tony Adams his first home win as Portsmouth manager. Davis ended his long drought 11 minutes from time and only two minutes after coming on to deny Blackburn a point after Paul Ince's strugglers had fought back from 2-0 down to make it 2-2. Papa Bouba Diop's fierce right-foot shot was parried by Paul Robinson and the ball found its way to Davis, who kept his composure before cleverly chipping it over the grounded Blackburn goalkeeper and into the net. Blackburn looked to have earned themselves a share of the spoils after strikes from substitute Matt Derbyshire and Tugay had cancelled out goals by Peter Crouch and Jermain Defoe. All the action happened in the second half and a dull match sparked into life when Crouch gave Portsmouth the lead four minutes after the interval. Glen Johnson delivered a pin-point right wing cross for Crouch to rise at the back post and nod past Robinson for his eighth goal of the campaign. Defoe seemed to have put the game beyond Blackburn's reach when he doubled Portsmouth's lead in the 53rd minute. Substitute Niko Kranjcar threaded a pass through the middle of the travelling defence and Defoe side-stepped Chris Samba before rolling the ball under the body of the onrushing Robinson. Ince made an inspired substitute by bringing on Derbyshire for the ineffective Benni McCarthy and the England under-21 striker rewarded his manager by scoring with his first touch in the 62nd minute. Morten Gamst Pedersen picked out Derbyshire with a brilliant first-time cross from the left and the substitute planted a looping header over Portsmouth goalkeeper David James and into the top right corner. Blackburn were back on level terms five minutes later when Turkey international Tugay hammered an unstoppable 30-yard strike past James. However, Davis had the last word as Pompey avoided a repeat of their midweek UEFA Cup draw at home to AC Milan when they fell victim to two late goals.
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