Match ends, Portsmouth 4, Oxford United 1.
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Jamal Lowe scored twice as Portsmouth thrashed Oxford 4-1 at Fratton Park to make it three wins from three in League One.
Gareth Evans should have given Pompey a 25th-minute lead when the home side were awarded a penalty, but he saw his effort saved by Jonathan Mitchell.
Evans made amends for that miss when he beat Mitchell to open the scoring in the 48th minute after a number of wasted opportunities.
Pompey were gifted their second of the game through an own goal when Lowe's cross was deflected in by Rob Dickie.
Lowe then got on the scoresheet himself in the 65th minute after he made the most of a goalmouth scramble to flick his shot over the head of the Oxford goalkeeper.
Portsmouth defender Jack Whatmough gave his side a late scare when he sliced Tony McMahon's cross into his own net to make it 3-1.
However, Lowe wrapped things up in stoppage time with the best goal of the game, the forward curling his shot in from 25 yards out as rock-bottom Oxford were left still searching for their first point of the season.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Line-ups
Portsmouth
Formation 4-3-3
- 15MacGillivray
- 2Walkes
- 16Whatmough
- 5Clarke
- 3Brown
- 7NaylorBooked at 53mins
- 26Evans
- 32ThompsonBooked at 90mins
- 10Lowe
- 9Hawkins
- 11CurtisSubstituted forWheelerat 80'minutes
Substitutes
- 1McGee
- 6Burgess
- 8Pitman
- 19Chaplin
- 22Wheeler
- 33Close
- 38Haunstrup
Oxford Utd
Formation 4-3-3
- 41Mitchell
- 29McMahon
- 4Dickie
- 5Nelson
- 3GarbuttSubstituted forRuffelsat 62'minutes
- 6HansonBooked at 25mins
- 26BaptisteBooked at 39minsSubstituted forHenryat 61'minutes
- 8BrannaganBooked at 29mins
- 19Mackie
- 9SmithSubstituted forObikaat 61'minutes
- 10Browne
Substitutes
- 2Norman
- 13Shearer
- 14Ruffels
- 15Mousinho
- 16Whyte
- 17Henry
- 20Obika
- Referee:
- Lee Swabey
- Attendance:
- 18,093
Match Stats
Home TeamPortsmouthAway TeamOxford Utd
- Possession
- Home58%
- Away42%
- Shots
- Home15
- Away10
- Shots on Target
- Home5
- Away1
- Corners
- Home5
- Away3
- Fouls
- Home19
- Away17
Live Text
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Full Time
Second Half ends, Portsmouth 4, Oxford United 1.
Booking
Ben Thompson (Portsmouth) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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Foul by Ben Thompson (Portsmouth).
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Tony McMahon (Oxford United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by David Wheeler (Portsmouth).
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(Oxford United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Tony McMahon.
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Oliver Hawkins (Portsmouth) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Foul by Robert Dickie (Oxford United).
Goal!
Goal! Portsmouth 4, Oxford United 1. Jamal Lowe (Portsmouth) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner.
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Foul by Gareth Evans (Portsmouth).
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Marcus Browne (Oxford United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
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Matthew Clarke (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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Foul by Robert Dickie (Oxford United).
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Foul by Tom Naylor (Portsmouth).
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Jamie Hanson (Oxford United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal!
Own Goal by Jack Whatmough, Portsmouth. Portsmouth 3, Oxford United 1.
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Attempt missed. Jonathan Obika (Oxford United) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
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Attempt missed. Jonathan Obika (Oxford United) header from very close range is close, but misses to the right.
