Burnley vs Portsmouth 0-0

Burnley and Portsmouth drew 0-0 at Turf Moor after neither side found a breakthrough. Portsmouth had to withstand Burnley’s 18 shots, while the home side managed only four on target and the visitors kept the clean sheet.

There were no goals before the interval, and the match reached half-time level at 0-0.

The second half followed the same pattern. Burnley made two changes in the 71st minute, sending on Josh Cullen for Reo Hatate and Aaron Ramsey for Andréas Hountondji, after a single switch in the 62nd minute when Jaydon Banel replaced Jamie Vardy. Portsmouth had already changed once on 45 minutes, when Ebou Adams came on for Adrian Segecic, then again on 50 minutes with Tyrese Shade replacing Ryan Kavuma-McQueen. They made two more changes on 80 minutes, with Terry Devlin coming on for Jayden Meghoma and Thomas Waddingham replacing Abu Kamara, before Burnley brought on Oliver Sonne for Marcus Edwards on 85 minutes. No side turned pressure into a goal.

The numbers showed Burnley with more of the ball, with 52% possession and 382 passes to Portsmouth’s 362. They also had the edge in shots, shots on target and expected goals, with 18 efforts, four on target and 1.81 xG against Portsmouth’s five shots, none on target and 0.27 xG. Burnley won five corners to two and both teams were level on three offsides, while Portsmouth’s goalkeeper made four saves and Burnley made none.

Josh Laurent was booked on 39 minutes, as was Jayden Meghoma, and John Michael Lewis Mousinho was booked on 64 minutes. No one was sent off.