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Hull have the ball in the net but it's not going to count.

Chance after chance for the hosts - John Lundstram should score, Joe Gelhardt's shot is deflected and then eventually the ball loops over to Kyle Joseph, who nods in.

But the referee's whistle goes for a foul by Oli McBurnie, who's adjudged to be blocking Anthony Patterson from getting out to the ball.

Before that McBurnie had been calling for a penalty after going down under a challenge from Danny McNamara, but it looked like the Millwall right-back had gotten plenty of the ball.

Eiran Cashin stands on the edge of the Portsmouth box and the ball comes bouncing to him.

Unmarked, it seems as if he's got time to consider his shot but he hits it first time and his left boot sends it curling high and wide fo the mark.

It's very much an end-to-end first half at Ewood Park.

No sooner does Yuki Ohashi go down in the Portsmouth box do the visitors work upfield to the other end as Ebou Adams sends his long-range drive over the crossbar.

Goalless it may be, but it's been an entertaining first half for the neutral. I'd imagine if you have a vested interest it's made for uncomfortable reading.

Kevin Gallacher
Former Blackburn striker on BBC Radio Lancashire

I don't think these players understand runs, they don't watch the top sides and how they time their runs, they just go out and do it.

Yuki Ohashi goes down in the box as Blackburn go on the attack.

He's dispossessed by Marlon Pack and that's all it is. No penalty given.

Lovely stuff from Femi Azeez as he gets to the line and cuts it across the Hull box, and Macaulay Langstaff is a toenail away from connecting with the ball and causing Ivor Pandur some real problems in the Hull net.

Moments later and Cody Drameh goes on a jinking run and sends a shot over the bar for the hosts.

We could easily have a couple more goals by half time.

Mike White
Commentator on BBC Radio Humberside

A really nice cool finish from Joe Gelhardt.

Conor Chaplin picks up the ball on the edge of the Blackburn box and tries his luck with a left-footed drive.

But the Portsmouth man's effort goes wide of the mark.

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The bite's been taken out of this game somewhat.

It's slowed down quite a bit after a pretty frantic opening 15 minutes or so.

Portsmouth have had most of the possession in the past few minutes and seem content to control the tempo.

What a block from Ebou Adams!

The Portsmouth man puts in a last ditch tackle to deny Yuki Ohashi before he can belt home Ryoya Morishita's flicked header down to him in the box.

Ohashi was in the centre of the box facing goal. Had Adams not intercepted him, that surely would have gone in.

Neil McDonald
Former West Ham assistant manager on BBC Radio London

A really good header from Cooper. This time it comes in off the crossbar.

It's a brilliant set-piece and ball at the near post and a brilliant header.

First chance and goal.

Guy Whittingham
Former Portsmouth manager on BBC Radio Solent

It's a good near post corner, Marlon Pack reacting well and Ebou Adams just couldn't steer it towards the corner.

So close to the opener from Hull!

John Lundstram puts in a delicious cross for Kyle Joseph to meet with his head, but the header comes crashing back off the crossbar with Anthony Patterson beaten.

Could and should be 1-0 to Hull, who have had a good opening 12 minutes to this game.

Eirin Cashin is forced to put the ball out for a Portsmouth corner as he clears the danger from a long ball into the Blackburn box.

Conor Chaplin sends it in and Portsmouth almost prosper as it's flicked on across the face of goal by Marlon Pack and the ball rebounds back to Ebou Adams who heads agonisingly wide.

Folks, this is tense.

Blackburn are looking good early on at Ewood Park.

Yuki Ohashi is bundled over in the process of teeing up Mathias Jorgensen, but play continues as his lofted effort is headed out for a corner by Portsmouth's Terry Devlin.

That corner's sent into a chaotic box and Portsmouth struggle to clear away before Adam Forshaw bundles a deflected effort from outside the box and the hosts win another corner which this time comes to nothing.

Hull get forward again and Zak Sturge pulls off a big block to prevent a dangerous ball into the box from Kyle Joseph, with the ball looping up and over the bar for a corner.

The set piece isn't a good one and doesn't clear the first man.

Shortly after that Blackburn chance, Portsmouth waste no time in working the ball up the other end and the visitors win a corner.

It's sent into the box and Rovers keeper Balasz Toth punches it away but only as far as Gustavo Caballero who batters it high and wide.