Match ends, Portsmouth 6, York City 0.
PortsmouthPortsmouth6YorkYork City0
Six second-half goals saw Portsmouth ease past York City, who suffered their seventh successive defeat.
Jonathan Greening received a first-half red card for catching Michael Doyle in the face with his elbow.
Ben Davies and Marc McNulty scored early in the second half for Pompey.
Kyle Bennett set up McNulty to drive home his second and McNulty lobbed Scott Flinders to complete his hat-trick, before substitutes Ben Tollitt and Conor Chaplin finished the rout.
Portsmouth are fourth, four points behind third-placed Northampton.
The defeat extended York's wait for a win in League Two to 13 games, having last won against Newport on 5 September.
York City manager Jackie McNamara told BBC Radio York:
"The first half I thought we were fine.
"Obviously the sending off kills us a bit but at half time you get in there and obviously want to galvanise and make sure we don't give anything away easily or quickly.
"We lost a couple of early goals and we folded after that. I thought we crumbled.
"I thought we were individuals who felt sorry for ourselves and it turned out an embarrassing scoreline."
Line-ups
Portsmouth
Formation 4-4-2
- 24Murphy
- 2DaviesSubstituted forBocoat 73'minutes
- 4Webster
- 6Burgess
- 3Stevens
- 26Evans
- 8Doyle
- 29Hollands
- 23BennettBooked at 45minsSubstituted forTollittat 76'minutes
- 10McNultySubstituted forChaplinat 73'minutes
- 13Lavery
Substitutes
- 5Boco
- 7McGurk
- 15Barton
- 18Tollitt
- 19Chaplin
- 20Clarke
- 35Bass
York
Formation 4-5-1
- 1Flinders
- 6Nolan
- 31Boyle
- 14SwanBooked at 25mins
- 3Ilesanmi
- 29SinclairSubstituted forGodfreyat 57'minutes
- 30GreeningBooked at 45mins
- 12Morris
- 4Berrett
- 13Straker
- 9OliverSubstituted forHydeat 75'minutes
Substitutes
- 17Hare
- 19Hyde
- 23Turner
- 24Ingham
- 26Godfrey
- 27Tutonda
- Referee:
- Iain Williamson
- Attendance:
- 13,616
Match Stats
Home TeamPortsmouthAway TeamYork
- Possession
- Home66%
- Away34%
- Shots
- Home23
- Away2
- Shots on Target
- Home12
- Away2
- Corners
- Home8
- Away4
- Fouls
- Home9
- Away12
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Portsmouth 6, York City 0.
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Attempt missed. Romuald Boco (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
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Caolan Lavery (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by James Berrett (York City).
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Attempt saved. Michael Doyle (Portsmouth) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
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Foul by Caolan Lavery (Portsmouth).
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Femi Ilesanmi (York City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal!
Goal! Portsmouth 6, York City 0. Conor Chaplin (Portsmouth) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Enda Stevens.
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Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Eddie Nolan.
Goal!
Goal! Portsmouth 5, York City 0. Ben Tollitt (Portsmouth) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Enda Stevens.
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Attempt missed. Gareth Evans (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
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Attempt saved. Conor Chaplin (Portsmouth) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
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James Berrett (York City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Danny Hollands (Portsmouth).
Substitution
Substitution, Portsmouth. Ben Tollitt replaces Kyle Bennett.
Substitution
Substitution, York City. Jake Hyde replaces Vadaine Oliver.
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Attempt missed. Conor Chaplin (Portsmouth) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
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Caolan Lavery (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by George Swan (York City).
