Southampton vs Portsmouth
Match pulse
SOUAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
Who won: Southampton 3-0
Southampton beat Portsmouth 3-0 on Sunday, December 21, 2003 at St. Mary's Stadium. Goals for Southampton: Jason Dodd (34'), Marians Pahars (67') and James Beattie (90'+3').
Play by play
- 90'
Southampton's days of struggling to score would now appear behind them, and with the backline remaining as strong as ever who's to say they can't hold on to the fourth spot they currently occupy?
- 90'
Pompey are in real trouble if this is anything to go by. They look ripe for the picking at the back, and hesitant going forward
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And that's the last action of the game, full-time
- 90'
Beattie stooped at the near post to head past a helpless Wapenaar. Game, set and very much match
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GOAL!!!
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Baird does brilliantly to chase down Stefanovic, he plays it back to Phillips who curls in a cross...
- 90'
A final change for Saints at the death. Chris Baird comes on for Chris Marsden
- 90'
Roberts works space for himself and tries a shot from inside the D, but his effort goes way, way wide
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Two minutes to be added on
- 90'
It's Beattie who strikes it and it drifts inches wide of Wapenaar's left-hand post. So close to a third for the Saints
- 89'
Zivkovic blocks off McCann and it's a free-kick just outside the box for Saints. A real chance for a shot here
- 88'
Yakubu wins a corner. Taylor takes... but it goes straight out of play
- 87'
Pompey ahve a bit more life now, but surely they are playing for no more than pride
- 86'
Sherwood's attempt to put the ball back into the box is weak, and Niemi controls on his chest - much to the joy of the home support
- 85'
Dodd again delivers into the dangerzone, forcing Wapenaar to punch behind. Referee Winter sees an infringment, however, and it's a free-kick to Pompey
- 84'
McCann tries, like Pahars, to get between Zivkovic and Smertin and wins the free-kick
- 83'
Foxe sends Prutton sprawling, and that sees the centre-back enter the book
- 82'
The Southampton fans are in fine voice now as they look certain to take the derby day honours
- 81'
Saints make another change, the hardworking Brett Ormerod goes off and on comes former Sunderland striker Kevin Phillips
- 80'
A first change for Southampton, as Marian Pahars, scorer of that superb second, is replaced by Neil McCann
- 79'
Another foul by Sherwood, this time on Beattie, sees him enter the book. Like Schemmel, he is now suspended for the trip to Villa Park.
- 78'
Smertin fires in a shot from just outside the box, and Niemi needs two attempts to collect. The effort lacked venom
- 77'
Prutton brings the ball forward but gets his cross all wrong and Wapenaar is there
- 76'
Portsmouth are looking a beaten side now. They've struggled to break down one of the best defences in the Premiership all afternoon
- 75'
Pahars does well to win the corner off Primus. Dodd takes from the left, Stefanovic is there to head clear
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