Plymouth Argyle 1-0 Portsmouth

Ryan Hardie (left) scored to end Portsmouth's eight-match unbeaten run

Plymouth made it four League One wins in a row by beating play-off rivals Portsmouth 1-0 at Home Park.

Argyle top scorer Ryan Hardie fired the greens ahead from close range after converting Panutche Camara's cross with 65 minutes gone.

Portsmouth's Ronan Curtis sent a thumping 25-yard free-kick just wide of goal after five minutes.

Portsmouth number one Gavin Bazunu made a good diving save to keep out Luke Jephcott's angled drive after the striker had been teed up by Hardie following good work by increasingly influential playmaker Danny Mayor.

Wing-back Denver Hume's curling cross from the left cried out for a Portsmouth finishing touch as it swept across the face of Michael Cooper's goal after 25 minutes but none was forthcoming.

Jordan Houghton's 20-yard rising drive forced another good save from the Pompey keeper on the hour.

Mahlon Romeo's goal-line clearance denied Joe Edwards as the ball pinged around the Portsmouth penalty area, minutes before Argyle's pressure told.

Eighteen-goal Hardie broke the deadlock then had penalty appeals turned away minutes later before Camara's thumping 25-yard shot bought the best out of Bazunu.

Match report supplied by PA Media.