The bragging rights for the South Coast stay on the table as both teams are unable to find the back of the net, with the match ending 0-0.
Portsmouth started the game quickly, having most of the chances in the first half, with a long-range effort from Andre Dozzell that hit the crossbar being their closest attempt.
The next best chance for Portsmouth was when Colby Bishop made contact with a scuffed Conner Chaplin shot, but couldn’t put it goal-bound.
Southampton’s slow start saw them not have a shot until the 33rd minute, and that was a wayward volley from Ryan Manning from the edge of the box.
Despite the poor start Southampton still had the best chance of the half. It was a Tom Fellows cross finding Finn Azaz, who guided the ball towards Cameron Archer in the six yard box. Archer was only able to get enough contact to flick the ball towards the goal making it easy for substitute Goalkeeper Ben Killip.
The second half was a different story with the Saints clearly the better side. A great chance for Archer came in the 52nd minute when he was put inbehind and rounded the keeper but the wide angle meant he could not put his attempt goal bound.
The other premier chance of the half came right at the death of the game in the 94th minute with a Taylor Harwood-Bellis header from an outswinging corner. The header was just over the bar and was the last effort of the game.
Despite Southampton having the most of the 2nd half with the best of the chances and dominating the ball they where unable to put an effort on target. The only on target attempt of the half was a speculative effort from Portsmouth’s Terry Devlin, which was routine work for Gavin Bazunu.
The result felt like a point gained for Portsmouth and a two dropped for Southampton with the Saints faithful booing at fulltime and the Pompey fans cheering the final whistle.
The result is the first goaless meeting between the 2 sided since 1924.
Overall the game was an underwhelming event with most peoples expectations of the match being fiery afair.
