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.

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.

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.

An incredible comeback from Blackburn and we have a game on our hands now. The Portsmouth fans must be sick of conceding these leads.

After looking down and out Rovers are back in the game. A truly inspired substitution by Paul Ince!

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.

Rovers look half asleep after returning from the half-time team talk and look shell-shocked after conceding that 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.

Armand Traore reaches the byline and looks for a team-mate in the box but Blackburn clear their lines.

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.