Pre-season starts with a draw

Portsmouth started their pre-season campaign last night with a draw against newly promoted League 2 side Exeter City, with Pompey opening the scoring with a Defoe penality and Exeter drawing level early in the second half.

This was by no means a full strength Portsmouth side, with several fringe players and trialists involved. Pompey will be happy with the draw although may be looking back on several missed chances that may have gone in with a bit more match sharpness.

Scorelines in pre-season games especially this early in the campaign aren't as important as time on the pitch, one player who will have to wait a little longer for this is Peter Crouch who was an unused sub last night, as Redknapp wants the former Liverpool striker to get more training under his belt before playing however it does seem likely he will play some part of in the Swindon game tomorrow.

Teams

Pompey: James (Trialist 46); Lauren (Duffy 46), Campbell (c) (Primus 46), Pamarot (Distin 46), Cranie (Traore 46); Mvuemba (Subotic 80), Davis (Hughes 46), Mendes (Mendes 46), Little (Nugent 46); Trialist (Christophe 69), Defoe (Sahar 46)

Goals: Defoe (pen) 9

Subs not used: Ashdown, Begovic, Crouch

Exeter: Jones (Marriott 46); Tully (Sercombe 77), Taylor (Bishop 77), Seaborne (c) (Bennett 87), Friend (Martin 87); Basham (Green 87), Harley (Tasker 87), Gill (Panther 66), Edwards (Cozic 66), Logan (Stewart 55); Stansfield (McAllister 77)

Goals: Edwards 47

Sub not used: Bassett

Referee: P Gibbs

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