- Dindane (35), Piquionne (45), Dindane (64), Dindane (90 pen)
- Date:2009-10-31
- Kick-off:15:00
- Venue:Fratton Park
- Attendance:18212
- Referee:Wiley, A
Live Commentary
90mins
Full Time: PORTSMOUTH 4-0 WIGAN: Pompey wrap up a vital home win to keep them in touch with the basement boys.
89mins
PORTSMOUTH 4-0 WIGAN: DINDANE bags his hat-trick by tucking away the penalty.
89mins
Boyce brings down Kanu for a penalty to Pompey.
84mins
Mullins comes on for Yebda.
82mins
N'Zogbia stands his ground and clears from Dindane.
79mins
Thomas heads wide from Sinclair's cross.
77mins
Kirkland does well to claim the ball under pressure from Kaboul.
75mins
Kapo should have scored for Wigan but fired wide from six yards out.
73mins
Belhadj does well to clear under pressure from Scotland.
70mins
N'Zogbia pulls the trigger on the edge of the Pompey box but his shot goes over the bar.
67mins
Kanu heads over from O'Hara's cross.
65mins
PORTSMOUTH 3-0 WIGAN: DINDANE taps the ball home after good work by Belhadj.
65mins
Thomas does well to block Dindane's acrobatic shot.
62mins
Kirkland makes a decent save from O'Hara's low free kick.
59mins
Scharner and Rodallega make way for Gomez and Kapo.
58mins
Dindane fires in a low shot that Scharner deflects out for a corner.
56mins
Piquionne has a head injury and is replaced by Kanu.
56mins
O'Hara sends Dindane on his way but the Pompey striker is offside.
53mins
Boateng sends over a deep cross but Kirkland is able to collect.
51mins
Sinclair does well to take the ball off Dindane and clears his lines.
48mins
Thomas cuts inside and takes a shot but James makes a comfortable save.
46mins
Bramble dives in to block Yebda's shot.
45mins
Wigan get the second half up and running.
45mins
Half Time: PORTSMOUTH 2-0 WIGAN: Wigan have a mountain to climb in the second half.
45mins
PORTSMOUTH 2-0 WIGAN: PIQUIONNE drives the ball home under Kirkland.
42mins
Melchiot heads clear from O'Hara's deep cross.
41mins
Belhadj comes on for Finnan.
40mins
Scotland slices a shot wide of goal from six-yard out.
37mins
Boateng does well to block Rodallega's low shot.
35mins
PORTSMOUTH 1-0 WIGAN: Cool finish by DINDANE who chips the ball over Kirkland to give Pompey the lead.
33mins
Both sides clearly need shooting practice. Rodallega blazes over this time.
31mins
Kirkland makes an excellent double save from Piquionne.
29mins
Boateng is the latest Portsmouth player to fire a shot over the Wigan bar.
27mins
Dindane heads over the bar from Finnan's cross. Best chance of the game so far.
24mins
O'Hara has yet another shot but his effort goes well wide of the Wigan goal.
22mins
Bramble heads clear from O'Hara's cross.
20mins
Rodallega comes back on the field after a heavy challenge by Brown.
18mins
Scotland fires in a low cross for Sinclair but the ball goes behind the Wigan midfielder.
16mins
Scharner is hacked down by Brown. No card for the former Wigan man.
13mins
Wilson lets fly from 30 yards out but his shot finds the Wigan supporters behind the goal.
11mins
Rodallega gets back to defend for Wigan and clears a cross from O'Hara.
9mins
O'Hara has another shot on goal but his effort goes well wide of the target.
7mins
N'Zogbia plays in Scotland but he can't control it and the ball goes out for a goal kick.
5mins
O'Hara gets in a shot but his effort is blocked by Melchiot.
3mins
Bramble is forced to head the ball out for a corner under pressure from Piquionne.
2mins
Brown fizzes a shot just over the bar from the edge of the Wigan box.
0mins
Referee Alan Wiley gets the game under way.
0mins
The teams are out at an overcast Fratton Park.
0mins
Wigan: Kirkland, Melchiot, Boyce, Bramble, N'Zogbia, Diame, Thomas, Sinclair, Rodallega, Scharner, Scotland
0mins
Wigan's Paul Scharner has shaken off an injury to face Pompey. Scott Sinclair gets his first start for the Latics.
0mins
Portsmouth: James, Finnan, Kaboul, Wilson, Ben-Haim, O'Hara, Yebda, Brown, Boateng, Piquionne, Dindane
0mins
Michael Brown comes into the Portsmouth starting eleven after serving a one match ban. John Utaka is still injured.
Match Preview
Portsmouth face Wigan Athletic on Saturday afternoon in a game they will be looking to win to stay in touch with those ahead of them at the foot of the table.
Paul Hart's men are beleaguered to say the least and he has a job on his hands to keep them in the league this term.
After losing the likes of Jermain Defoe, Glen Johnson, Niko Kranjcar and Sylvain Distin in recent times, Pompey have not replaced such classy talent and this is one of the main reasons why they find themselves in such a predicament so early in the season.
They sit rock-bottom of the table and are already five points away from safety. Worryingly, they have lost all five games at home to date.
Experienced first-teamers such as David James, Papa Bouba Diop and John Utaka need to pull the south coast based club out of the fire this weekend and they should be confident of grabbing a much needed success this time round.
Wigan boss Roberto Martinez will want to add more misery to the strugglers as he continues to stamp his mark on his new team.
Hugo Rodallega, with three goals in his last four games, is starting to shine for the Latics and he will be the visitors' obvious goal threat.
The Spaniard joined from Swansea City in the summer and he has an almost full squad to choose from, only recent injury victim Maynor Figueroa, with a knee ligament injury, is missing.
Hart has to pick his team without Linvoy Primus (ankle) and fellow veteran defender Hermann Hreidarsson, who is also struggling with an ankle complaint.
The corresponding fixture last season saw Wigan return north with three points following a 2-1 success.
Controversial Egyptian striker Amr Zaki scored from the penalty just before the interval but Niko Kranjcar restored parity in the 82nd minute.
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Match Report
Misfiring striker Aruna Dindane bagged a hat-trick as bottom club Portsmouth thrashed Wigan Athletic 4-0 at Fratton Park to ease the pressure on manager Paul Hart.
Dindane and strike partner Frederic Piquionne both scored their first Premier League goals to earn rejuvenated Pompey their first home win of the season.
It is the first time this season any Portsmouth frontman has netted in the league.
Portsmouth should have taken the lead in the 26th minute when Dindane headed Kevin Prince Boateng's header over the crossbar after colliding with Piquionne.
Wigan goalkeeper Chris Kirkland found Piquionne's 29th minute piledriver too hot to handle, but reacted well to gather the rebound before Jamie O'Hara could pounce.
Dindane made amends for his earlier miss with a well-taken opener ten minutes before half-time.
Algerian midfielder Hassan Yebda sliced the Wigan defence in two with a slotted through ball and Dindane neatly lifted the ball over the onrushing Kirkland and into the bottom left corner.
Portsmouth doubled their lead on the stroke of half-time as Piquionne burst into the penalty area down the right and placed an angled shot into the opposite corner.
Dindane put the match out of hopeless Wigan's reach early in the second half, sliding in to finish from close range, after substitute Kanu and O'Hara had combined down the right.
Ivory Coast international Dindane completed the rout from the penalty spot in the final minute.
Kanu was tripped by Emmerson Boyce and Dindane stepped up to hammer the resulting sot-kick into the roof of Kirkland's net.
The only sour note for Pompey was Piquionne being stretchered off midway through the second half after landing awkwardly on his knee.
Wigan, who also saw in-form Hugo Rodallega hobble off after falling over advertising boards, did not muster a single shot on target.
Midfielder Hendry Thomas's header high over David James' crossbar was the closest Roberto Martinez's side came to getting on the scoresheet.
Portsmouth Team
Wigan Athletic Team
Portsmouth | Wigan Athletic |
Corners
| 7 | 4 |
Fouls
| 11 | 10 |
Goal attempts
| 22 | 8 |
Shots off target
| 10 | 5 |
Offsides
| 4 | 1 |
87mins
Bramble hacks clear from Kanu.