Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Portsmouth 1st with 97 points, Cambridge United 18th with 48, 49 apart. Portsmouth had been under-performing their position — 5th on five-round form against 1st in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Portsmouth 1.7 scored and 0.89 conceded per game, Cambridge United 0.85 and 1.33, with the league averaging 1.29.
Portsmouth were unbeaten in 5.
The sides have met 12 times in the GioScore results database: 8 wins for Portsmouth, 2 draws and 2 for Cambridge United, at 2.83 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 42% of meetings won. History points to goals: 67% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 67%. Goals have dried up lately: 1.8 per game across the last five meetings, against 2.83 across the full history.
The match was played at Fratton Park in Portsmouth (capacity 20,688). It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 3-1 full-time score.