Southampton against Portsmouth

Two minutes to be added on

It's Beattie who strikes it and it drifts inches wide of Wapenaar's left-hand post. So close to a third for the Saints

Zivkovic blocks off McCann and it's a free-kick just outside the box for Saints. A real chance for a shot here

Yakubu wins a corner. Taylor takes... but it goes straight out of play

Pompey ahve a bit more life now, but surely they are playing for no more than pride

Sherwood's attempt to put the ball back into the box is weak, and Niemi controls on his chest - much to the joy of the home support

Dodd again delivers into the dangerzone, forcing Wapenaar to punch behind. Referee Winter sees an infringment, however, and it's a free-kick to Pompey

McCann tries, like Pahars, to get between Zivkovic and Smertin and wins the free-kick

Foxe sends Prutton sprawling, and that sees the centre-back enter the book

The Southampton fans are in fine voice now as they look certain to take the derby day honours

Saints make another change, the hardworking Brett Ormerod goes off and on comes former Sunderland striker Kevin Phillips

A first change for Southampton, as Marian Pahars, scorer of that superb second, is replaced by Neil McCann

Another foul by Sherwood, this time on Beattie, sees him enter the book. Like Schemmel, he is now suspended for the trip to Villa Park.

Smertin fires in a shot from just outside the box, and Niemi needs two attempts to collect. The effort lacked venom

Prutton brings the ball forward but gets his cross all wrong and Wapenaar is there

Portsmouth are looking a beaten side now. They've struggled to break down one of the best defences in the Premiership all afternoon

Pahars does well to win the corner off Primus. Dodd takes from the left, Stefanovic is there to head clear

Ormerod tries to get Primus on the byline, only for the ball to rebound back off his shins for a goal-kick

Sheringham's goal-bound effort is blocked brilliantly by Dodd, and it loops up and into the hands of Niemi

Sherwood and Zivkovic go for the same ball on the edge of the box, meaning Sherwood's effort is rushed and ends up in row Z

A great run by Dodd end with a cross into the box for Beattie, who can only head over the bar

It's a long way back for Portsmouth now. And to make matters worse, Pahars was about to be substituted by manager Gordon Strachan. Not now, however

Pahars unleashes a superb effort from 20 yards which leaves Wapenaar helpless. The pint-sized striker, so troubled by injuries of late, found the corner with a sublime shot. The creation and the execution were out of the top draw.

GOAL!!!!!

Pahars receives the ball just outside the box and does brilliantly to skip past Smertin and Zivkovic. That gives the Latvian space for the shot...

Delap floats in the corner but Stefanovic clears

Pompey are caught napping up the ther end of the field. Higginbotham feeds it in to Prutton inside the box, who gets lucky as his attempted dummy comes back to him off a defender. He turns well but sees his shot deflected behind for a corner

Taylor's corner is well defended by Lundekvam and Saints can break

Sheringham blasts it goalwards, but he can only hit the wall and it deflects behind for a corner

Marsden is penalised for handball just outside the Saints' box. This is a great chance for Pompey

Foxe was possibly the last man as well, and could have seen red had referee Winter blown up for a foul

Ormerod is flat out on the floor and needs treatment. The striker has a cut above his eye and was clearly fouled by Foxe - but he looks as though he'll be okay to carry on

Pahars long ball finds Ormerod. He's bundled to the ground by Foxe but no free-kick is given. That's a shocking decision

Redknapp changes to a more attacking formation as he looks to get back into this game - but will it leave them more vulnerable at the back?

A second change for the visitors as Richard Hughes is replaced by Yakubu Ayegbini

Hughes claims a penalty follwing a push by Svensson, but it's never a spot-kick and referee Winter waves play on

A defensive mix-up puts Roberts in space on the right, Hughes makes a hash of his shot after latching onto the cross and Saints survive

Hughes is allowed time to bring it forward. He opts to shoot but there's no pace on his effort and Niemi claims

Portsmouth make their first change, Sebastian Schemmel is replaced by Boris Zivkovic

Smertin shows great strength and control to hold onto the ball. But the former Russia skipper takes too long on the ball, and eventually Saints win the goal-kick

That booking rules Schemmel out of the trip to Aston Villa

The first booking of the day goes to Schemmel for jumping in too strongly on Pahars. It's given for cummulative offences

Wapenaar has the sun right in his eyes, but he's strangely opting to leave his cap inside his goal

No sign of the rain that affected Molineux and St Andrews yesterday. It's a bright sunny day on the south coast

Stefanovic's free-kick is aimed to the impressive Roberts, but the long-ball has too much pace and Niemi collects

It's a scrappy start to the second period, neither side putting their foot on the ball

Pompey get the second period underway

It's been a tight game, with little in the way of goalmouth chances, and Southampton needed a bizarre goal from Jason Dodd to take the advantage.

And there goes the half-time whistle

Putton's snap shot from 25 yards fizzes just over the crossbar

One minute to be added on

Primus tries a shot from inside the D, but only hits Stefanovic

Roberts wins another corner for Portsmouth, the cross comes in from the right from Taylor. It's eventually worked to Stefanovic on the edge of the box - and he fires way over

Ole! Saints fans enjoy the players passing the ball around in midfield

Pompey move forward now, and Prutton puts it behnid for a corner. Taylor delivers but fails to find a blue shirt

Dodd goes over to the right, Wapenaar flaps and eventually Pompey clear their lines. They're under the cosh now

Dodd steps up on the left once more and Stefanovic has to head behind

Marsden feed in Higginbotham on the left and he wins the corner

Ormerod battles well on the left to get his cross in, Foxe heads to safety

Beattie is felled by Sherwood, yet another free-kick to Saints

Jason Dodd has been superb from set-pieces all afternoon, but no-one can have expected him to score in such a bizarre manner. Harry Redknapp will be furious

Dodds inswinging corner goes to the back post and curls straight in! Schemmel was on the post, but his attempt to keep it out was poor - his jump was lazy and the ball ended up in the back of the net! First blood to the home side

GOAL!!!!!

Dodd delivers from the left this time

Another free-kick for Saints. Dodds drifts one in from the left and Stefanovic heads behind for a corner

Neither keeper has had a save to make as yet. It's a cagey affair, but one goal could change all that

Hughes' cross towards Sheringham in the box is too deep and Saints clean up

Saints break. It's Prutton on the ball, he had Ormerod to his left and opts to push on - and loses the ball

Sherwood floats it in but Marsden is strong to head clear

Handball against Lundekvam, and an ironic cheer goes up from the Pompey fans as they finally get a free-kick

Pompey are defending resolutely, making it hard for Saints to break then down, and are then looking to play on the break

The ball pings around the Southampton box. Taylor sees a shot blocks and so does Roberts before Niemi gleefully mops up

Pahars tries an effort from 30 yards - which finds row Z

Putton picks up the loose ball and deliver to Ormerod on the back stick, whose header only hits a defender and Pompey clear

Ormerod's cross fails to find a man after he did brilliantly to hold up the ball and beat his man

Pompey's fans are irate after Taylor is denied a corner, but it's the correct decision

Marsden catches Sherwood with a high boot, just a free-kick

Roberts does well to turn on the edge of the box, only to see his shot blocked by a defender

Stefanovic does well to beat Beattie to the ball as he looked to latch onto Marsden's knock on

Lundekvam gets onto the end of Dodd's deliver but can't keep his header down. Another warning shot for Pompey

Stefanovic clatters into the back of Ormerod, giving Saints another chance to get it into the box

Roberts does well in the Southampton box - only for clever defending from Marsden to win a free-kick for the home side

Putton's header back towards his own goal is latched on to by Roberts - but the flag goes up for offside! It was a Saints man who played it on - ludicrous decision.

Dodd floats it in to Svensson on the back stick, and he just fails to get on the end of it. Svensson goes to the floor under Foxe's challenge, but it's never a penalty

Primus pushes Ormerod to the floor ten yards outside the box, a chance here for Saints

Schemmel catches Prutton late, another free-kick but no card

It's gone a bit scrappy now, Pompey are up for this big derby clash

Taylor tries a shot from 25 yards out, but he drags it well wide

Another free-kick for a foul by Foxe on Prutton

Again it's Dodd to float one in from the right, but againit comes to nothing

Putton plays in the free-kick and Stefanovic gets there just before the onrushing Svensson. Corner

Now Sherwood catches Marsden very late. Referee Winter has words with the midfielder and he's lucky to get away without the booking

Smertin brings down Higginbotham, free-kick

Dodd floats it in and the ball smacks into the face of Higginbotham - he needs a bit of treatment

Ormerod plays in Beattie down the right flank, and the England striker wins a corner off Foxe

Southampton are on the front foot early doors, Primus wins a free-kick from Ormerod

Southampton get us underway

Southampton manager Gordon Strachan names Kevin Phillips as a substitute after the striker missed Tuesday's 1-0 Carling Cup defeat at Bolton with a virus. Key players Claus Lundekvam and James Beattie have recovered from ankle knocks to take their places

Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp hands Harald Wapenaar his chance in goal. Redknapp opts for the Dutchman in goal and leaves Pavel Srnicek on the bench

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Portsmouth are looking a beaten side now. They've struggled to break down one of the best defences in the Premiership all afternoon

Pahars does well to win the corner off Primus. Dodd takes from the left, Stefanovic is there to head clear

Ormerod tries to get Primus on the byline, only for the ball to rebound back off his shins for a goal-kick

Sheringham's goal-bound effort is blocked brilliantly by Dodd, and it loops up and into the hands of Niemi

Sherwood and Zivkovic go for the same ball on the edge of the box, meaning Sherwood's effort is rushed and ends up in row Z

A great run by Dodd end with a cross into the box for Beattie, who can only head over the bar

It's a long way back for Portsmouth now. And to make matters worse, Pahars was about to be substituted by manager Gordon Strachan. Not now, however

Pahars unleashes a superb effort from 20 yards which leaves Wapenaar helpless. The pint-sized striker, so troubled by injuries of late, found the corner with a sublime shot. The creation and the execution were out of the top draw.

GOAL!!!!!

Pahars receives the ball just outside the box and does brilliantly to skip past Smertin and Zivkovic. That gives the Latvian space for the shot...

Delap floats in the corner but Stefanovic clears

Pompey are caught napping up the ther end of the field. Higginbotham feeds it in to Prutton inside the box, who gets lucky as his attempted dummy comes back to him off a defender. He turns well but sees his shot deflected behind for a corner

Taylor's corner is well defended by Lundekvam and Saints can break

Sheringham blasts it goalwards, but he can only hit the wall and it deflects behind for a corner

Marsden is penalised for handball just outside the Saints' box. This is a great chance for Pompey

Foxe was possibly the last man as well, and could have seen red had referee Winter blown up for a foul

Ormerod is flat out on the floor and needs treatment. The striker has a cut above his eye and was clearly fouled by Foxe - but he looks as though he'll be okay to carry on

Pahars long ball finds Ormerod. He's bundled to the ground by Foxe but no free-kick is given. That's a shocking decision

Redknapp changes to a more attacking formation as he looks to get back into this game - but will it leave them more vulnerable at the back?

A second change for the visitors as Richard Hughes is replaced by Yakubu Ayegbini

Hughes claims a penalty follwing a push by Svensson, but it's never a spot-kick and referee Winter waves play on

A defensive mix-up puts Roberts in space on the right, Hughes makes a hash of his shot after latching onto the cross and Saints survive

Hughes is allowed time to bring it forward. He opts to shoot but there's no pace on his effort and Niemi claims

Portsmouth make their first change, Sebastian Schemmel is replaced by Boris Zivkovic

Smertin shows great strength and control to hold onto the ball. But the former Russia skipper takes too long on the ball, and eventually Saints win the goal-kick

That booking rules Schemmel out of the trip to Aston Villa

The first booking of the day goes to Schemmel for jumping in too strongly on Pahars. It's given for cummulative offences

Wapenaar has the sun right in his eyes, but he's strangely opting to leave his cap inside his goal

No sign of the rain that affected Molineux and St Andrews yesterday. It's a bright sunny day on the south coast

Stefanovic's free-kick is aimed to the impressive Roberts, but the long-ball has too much pace and Niemi collects

It's a scrappy start to the second period, neither side putting their foot on the ball

Pompey get the second period underway

It's been a tight game, with little in the way of goalmouth chances, and Southampton needed a bizarre goal from Jason Dodd to take the advantage.

And there goes the half-time whistle

Putton's snap shot from 25 yards fizzes just over the crossbar

One minute to be added on

Primus tries a shot from inside the D, but only hits Stefanovic

Roberts wins another corner for Portsmouth, the cross comes in from the right from Taylor. It's eventually worked to Stefanovic on the edge of the box - and he fires way over

Ole! Saints fans enjoy the players passing the ball around in midfield

Pompey move forward now, and Prutton puts it behnid for a corner. Taylor delivers but fails to find a blue shirt

Dodd goes over to the right, Wapenaar flaps and eventually Pompey clear their lines. They're under the cosh now

Dodd steps up on the left once more and Stefanovic has to head behind

Marsden feed in Higginbotham on the left and he wins the corner

Ormerod battles well on the left to get his cross in, Foxe heads to safety

Beattie is felled by Sherwood, yet another free-kick to Saints

Jason Dodd has been superb from set-pieces all afternoon, but no-one can have expected him to score in such a bizarre manner. Harry Redknapp will be furious

Dodds inswinging corner goes to the back post and curls straight in! Schemmel was on the post, but his attempt to keep it out was poor - his jump was lazy and the ball ended up in the back of the net! First blood to the home side

GOAL!!!!!

Dodd delivers from the left this time

Another free-kick for Saints. Dodds drifts one in from the left and Stefanovic heads behind for a corner

Neither keeper has had a save to make as yet. It's a cagey affair, but one goal could change all that

Hughes' cross towards Sheringham in the box is too deep and Saints clean up

Saints break. It's Prutton on the ball, he had Ormerod to his left and opts to push on - and loses the ball

Sherwood floats it in but Marsden is strong to head clear

Handball against Lundekvam, and an ironic cheer goes up from the Pompey fans as they finally get a free-kick

Pompey are defending resolutely, making it hard for Saints to break then down, and are then looking to play on the break

The ball pings around the Southampton box. Taylor sees a shot blocks and so does Roberts before Niemi gleefully mops up

Pahars tries an effort from 30 yards - which finds row Z

Putton picks up the loose ball and deliver to Ormerod on the back stick, whose header only hits a defender and Pompey clear

Ormerod's cross fails to find a man after he did brilliantly to hold up the ball and beat his man

Pompey's fans are irate after Taylor is denied a corner, but it's the correct decision

Marsden catches Sherwood with a high boot, just a free-kick

Roberts does well to turn on the edge of the box, only to see his shot blocked by a defender

Stefanovic does well to beat Beattie to the ball as he looked to latch onto Marsden's knock on

Lundekvam gets onto the end of Dodd's deliver but can't keep his header down. Another warning shot for Pompey

Stefanovic clatters into the back of Ormerod, giving Saints another chance to get it into the box

Roberts does well in the Southampton box - only for clever defending from Marsden to win a free-kick for the home side

Putton's header back towards his own goal is latched on to by Roberts - but the flag goes up for offside! It was a Saints man who played it on - ludicrous decision.

Dodd floats it in to Svensson on the back stick, and he just fails to get on the end of it. Svensson goes to the floor under Foxe's challenge, but it's never a penalty

Primus pushes Ormerod to the floor ten yards outside the box, a chance here for Saints

Schemmel catches Prutton late, another free-kick but no card

It's gone a bit scrappy now, Pompey are up for this big derby clash

Taylor tries a shot from 25 yards out, but he drags it well wide

Another free-kick for a foul by Foxe on Prutton

Again it's Dodd to float one in from the right, but againit comes to nothing

Putton plays in the free-kick and Stefanovic gets there just before the onrushing Svensson. Corner

Now Sherwood catches Marsden very late. Referee Winter has words with the midfielder and he's lucky to get away without the booking

Smertin brings down Higginbotham, free-kick

Dodd floats it in and the ball smacks into the face of Higginbotham - he needs a bit of treatment

Ormerod plays in Beattie down the right flank, and the England striker wins a corner off Foxe

Southampton are on the front foot early doors, Primus wins a free-kick from Ormerod

Southampton get us underway

Southampton manager Gordon Strachan names Kevin Phillips as a substitute after the striker missed Tuesday's 1-0 Carling Cup defeat at Bolton with a virus. Key players Claus Lundekvam and James Beattie have recovered from ankle knocks to take their places

Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp hands Harald Wapenaar his chance in goal. Redknapp opts for the Dutchman in goal and leaves Pavel Srnicek on the bench

The south coast rivals are re-acquainted in the top flight. How will it pan out? Join us from 12.30 GMT