Portsmouth 1-1 Accrington Stanley

Portsmouth will face Sunderland in the League One play-off semi-final after being held at home to a 1-1 draw by Accrington.

Pompey missed out on third place to Charlton on goal difference following their disappointing final-day stalemate.

It could have been worse for Kenny Jackett's side after the outstanding Sean McConville fired Accrington into a shock lead in the opening minute of the second half.

McConville found the bottom left corner of Craig MacGillivray's net with a right-footed shot from the edge of the penalty area.

Midfielder McConville had earlier been denied by the crossbar after his first-half looping header had beaten MacGillivray.

Accrington's opener finally woke Pompey from their slumber and Ben Close drew the hosts level in the 59th minute.

Academy product Close opened up space with a driving run at the Accrington defence before firing home from 20 yards.

Close rattled the crossbar from distance late on as Pompey searched in vain for a late winner.

Match report supplied by Press Association

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Line-ups

Portsmouth

• 15MacGillivray
• 2Walkes
• 6Burgess
• 5Clarke
• 3Brown
• 7Naylor
• 33Close
• 26EvansSubstituted forPitmanat 74'minutes
• 24MorrisSubstituted forCurtisat 45'minutes
• 19Solomon-Otabor
• 9HawkinsSubstituted forBogleat 60'minutes

Substitutes

• 8Pitman
• 11Curtis
• 20Thompson
• 22Bogle
• 32Vaughan
• 35Bass
• 38Haunstrup

Accrington

• 30Evtimov
• 5Richards-Everton
• 15Sykes
• 3Hughes
• 4Donacien
• 7ClarkSubstituted forEsteves Sousaat 66'minutes
• 26Barlaser
• 28Conneely
• 11McConville
• 38Smyth
• 39Armstrong

Substitutes

• 8Brown
• 9Zanzala
• 10Simmonds
• 17Esteves Sousa
• 18Rodgers
• 20Ogle
• 34Warner

Referee:

Scott Duncan

Attendance:

18,439

Match Stats

Home TeamPortsmouthAway TeamAccrington

Possession

Home59%

Away41%

Shots

Home11

Away8

Shots on Target

Home2

Away5

Corners

Home5

Away5

Fouls

Home14

Away9

Live Text

Posted at

Match ends, Portsmouth 1, Accrington Stanley 1.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+4'

Second Half ends, Portsmouth 1, Accrington Stanley 1.

Posted at 89'

Tom Naylor (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 89'

Foul by Sean McConville (Accrington Stanley).

Posted at 87'

Foul by Anton Walkes (Portsmouth).

Posted at 87'

Daniel Barlaser (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 85'

Attempt missed. Brett Pitman (Portsmouth) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.

Posted at 84'

Hand ball by Luke Armstrong (Accrington Stanley).

Posted at 82'

Tom Naylor (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 82'

Foul by Sean McConville (Accrington Stanley).

Posted at 80'

Ben Close (Portsmouth) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box.

Posted at 79'

Foul by Tom Naylor (Portsmouth).

Posted at 79'

Luke Armstrong (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 79'

Christian Burgess (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 79'

Foul by Luke Armstrong (Accrington Stanley).

Posted at 78'

Foul by Omar Bogle (Portsmouth).

Posted at 78'

(Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 77'

Corner, Accrington Stanley. Conceded by Matthew Clarke.

Posted at 76'

Attempt missed. Brett Pitman (Portsmouth) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.

Posted at 75'

Attempt saved. Sean McConville (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.

Substitution

Posted at 74'

Substitution, Portsmouth. Brett Pitman replaces Gareth Evans.

Posted at 74'

Foul by Omar Bogle (Portsmouth).

Posted at 74'

Mark Hughes (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 73'

Attempt missed. Sean McConville (Accrington Stanley) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right from a direct free kick.

Posted at 72'

Foul by Ronan Curtis (Portsmouth).

Posted at 72'

Seamus Conneely (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 71'

Attempt missed. Viv Solomon-Otabor (Portsmouth) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.

Posted at 71'

Corner, Portsmouth. Conceded by Ross Sykes.

Posted at 69'

Attempt saved. Sean McConville (Accrington Stanley) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.

Posted at 68'

Corner, Accrington Stanley. Conceded by Tom Naylor.

Posted at 67'

Attempt missed. Omar Bogle (Portsmouth) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right.

Substitution

Posted at 66'

Substitution, Accrington Stanley. Érico Sousa replaces Jordan Clark.

Posted at 65'

Foul by Viv Solomon-Otabor (Portsmouth).

Posted at 65'

Sean McConville (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 64'

Foul by Christian Burgess (Portsmouth).

Posted at 64'

Jordan Clark (Accrington Stanley) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Posted at 61'

Viv Solomon-Otabor (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 61'

Foul by Paul Smyth (Accrington Stanley).

Substitution

Posted at 60'

Substitution, Portsmouth. Omar Bogle replaces Oliver Hawkins.

Goal!

Posted at 59'

Goal! Portsmouth 1, Accrington Stanley 1. Ben Close (Portsmouth) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner.

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