Nyfunden styrke i rette tid.
En særdeles overbevisende 2-0 sejr mod Ipswich bragte os lidt tættere på overlevelse i The Championship da vi nu har fire points ned til Oxford United på 22. pladsen med fire kampe igen.
Der var fire ændringer i startelleveren, hvoraf den ene var påtvunget da Conor Chaplin var spærret. John Swift, Conor Shaughnessy, Mellenic Alli og Adrian Segečić fik alle chancen fra start. Gustavo Baballero måtte sies fra grundet en mindre skade som han pådrog sig mod Middlesbrough.
Den officielle kamprapport
https://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/news/2026/april/14/match-report–pompey-v-ipswich/
The Championship, Fratton Park, 14. april 2026
Portsmouth – Ipswich Town 2-0 (2-0)
42. minut: 1-0 Conor Shaughnessy
44. minut: 2-0 Colby Bishop
Opstillingen (4-2-3-1): Schmid; Devlin, Poole, Shaughnessy, Williams; Pack (anfører), Dozzell; Segečić (Brown ’85), Swift (Anderson ’71), Alli (Bowat ’90+4); Bishop
På bænken: Bursik, Dia, Le Roux, Blair, Bianchini, Waddingham, Brown, Anderson og Bowat
Advarsler: Pack og Devlin
Udvisning: Ingen
Tilskuere: 20.251, hvoraf 2.190 var medrejsende Ipswich supportere
Eftertanken
Det tog os et lille kvarters tid om at få kontrol over kampen, men derefter sad vi også tungt på den, og slap egentlig ikke grebet indtil de sidste minutter, hvor Ipswich tilspillede sig en håndfuld halve chancer. I mellemtiden dominerede vi stort, og kunne reelt have vundet kampen med større margin. Dermed kandiderer kampen i den grad til at være sæsonens bedste, og under alle omstændigheder kan sejren vise sig at være altafgørende for udfaldet af sæsonen. Kigger vi på taktikken så fandt Ipswich aldrig ud af at komme fri af vores pres, og selv om de havde bolden en del af tiden så formåede vi i væsentlig grad at holde dem væk fra vores mål. Uden at det skal tage noget af glansen fra vores præstation så virkede gæsterne både trætte og letargiske, især defensivt, og set i bakspejlet brugte de tilsyneladende (for) mange kræfter på lørdagens lokalopgør mod Norwich, hvor de reelt ikke var specielt velspillende men bare effektive. Sammenfattet må man uanset sige, at det er godt gået at tage seks points på fire dage når modstanderne hedder Middlesbrough og Ipswich.
Et hurtigt overblik over bunden
Ud over vores sejr over Ipswich var der blot en enkelt anden ligakamp denne aften, hvor Blackburn tabte med 0-3 hos vores lokalrivaler. Dette var en fremrykket kamp, hvilket betyder at Rovers nu har spillet en kamp mere end de andre klubber i bunden. Med sejren rykkede vi forbi både WBA og Blackburn og har nu spillet det samme antal kampe som de andre – på nær altså Blackburn. Mens Leicester efterhånden har hele fem points op til redning har Oxford kun to op til WBA på 21. pladsen, og da sidstnævntes form er relativt god og der om to uger venter en hjemmekamp mod Wednesday, ja så begynder det at ligne at der skal mindst 50 points til for at redde livet i rækken denne gang – også måske kan det ikke engang gøre det. Det betyder også, at Charlton, der ellers så ud til at være tæt på redning, skal bruge en sejr mere, men den kunne komme allerede i weekenden, hvor de har fornøjelsen af at møde tabeljumboen. Dem mangler WBA også at møde, så man kan sige, at selv om Sheffield Wednesday for længst er rykket ud, så kan de i den grad få indflydelse på, hvem der rykker med dem ud. Det fik Leicester City også at mærke da de senest smed to points på Hillsborough. Indløser man ikke ”gavekortet” på de tre points mod dem, ja så kan man potentielt komme i store problemer i bundkampen.
Kommentarer fra head coach John Mousinho
“In the moment that feels like the best performance since I’ve been here – and there have been some good ones. It’s definitely the best from this season and the mentality to go again after the win on Saturday is something we haven’t really seen. There have been a lot of false dawns when we think we think we’ve turned a corner, so to take confidence from the Middlesbrough game and not let it tip over into anything else is pleasing. Everything just came together for us and we were able to put the ball in the back of the net from a set-piece. We restricted them, while when we settled down and played our football, we were able to get the two goals. I also thought the work-rate we showed against such a top team – probably the best squad in the Championship – was superb. You can’t go gung-ho against Ipswich and we got the balance spot on. It was great to see us do both sides of the game so well. You look at the performances from everyone across the board and their physical output – it was absolutely brilliant. It’s still tight at the bottom of the table and there are fine margins, so we’ve got to keep doing what we can to pick up points.”
Et par ord fra Conor Shaughnessy
“It’s another special night at Fratton Park and a massive performance from everyone out there on the pitch. We were excellent to a man and did what we needed to do against a really good side with Premier League players in their squad. The whole back four were amazing and I would personally have given Jordan Williams man-of-the-match for his one-v-one defending on that wing. We knew there would be long periods when we didn’t have the ball, but to get through the opening stages was huge and we took confidence from that. Then we were able to show a bit of quality when we were in possession and it was important that we backed ourselves. It was nice to get on the scoresheet from a great ball in from Segs, which is what we’ve worked on with Michael Doyle. He put the ball exactly where it needed to be and I was able to get away from my man. I didn’t even need to jump for that one. Then for Colby to score his goal soon after made sure it was a brilliant evening all round and we deserved the win. It’s been a positive few days for us, but we’re still just taking things one game at a time and Leicester will present a different challenge on Saturday.”
Interview efter kampen med John Mousinho
Kampens Højdepunkter