Cambridge United 0 Portsmouth 1

 So this was another nail in the coffin of Cambridge's hopes of staying in the division. Portsmouth would have come into the game with plenty of confidence, as despite it looking likely that they will miss out on the play-offs again they had just destroyed promotion hopefuls Bolton Wanderers in the week. Cambridge on the other hand came into the game on the back of a defeat against fellow strugglers Fleetwood.

Portsmouth didn't have it all their own way and in fact were probably the better team in the first half. They continually frustrated Portsmouth and towards the end of the half Owen Dale was probably lucky to stay on the pitch after letting his frustration get the better of him.

However, Cambridge continue to suffer from the creative hole left by the now retired Wes Hoolahan and up front Sam Smith is still lacking confidence and Joe Ironside has been sussed out. An interesting fact is that Cambridge outshot Portsmouth by 17 shots to 5. Nevertheless, the only stat that counts is the goal that Portsmouth put in the net when Colby Bishop caught Cambridge on the break to slot home in the 65th minute to send Pompey back to the South Coast with the points in the bag.

Cambridge also had a decent shout of penalty turned down when a Portsmouth defender appeared to handle the ball in the box, but this like so many other days this season wasn't to be one for the Us.






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