Match summary
Stoke won comfortably, 6-1 at home to Portsmouth. Stoke led 3-1 at half-time.
In the first half, Thomas Cannon put Stoke ahead with a direct free kick in the 13th minute, Mark O'Mahony equalised in the 29th minute, Cannon put Stoke back in front in the 43rd minute, and Sam Gallagher made it 3-1 in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Cannon made it 4-1 from the penalty spot in the 48th minute, Cannon made it 5-1 in the 51st minute, and Andrew Moran made it 6-1 in the 53rd minute.
The chances backed that up: Stoke created 2.55 expected goals (xG) from 20 shots to Portsmouth's 1.29 from 9.