Portsmouth 4-0 Accrington Stanley
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George Hirst is on a season-long loan at Portsmouth from Leicester City
George Hirst scored twice as 10-man Portsmouth routed Accrington 4-0 in League One at Fratton Park.
Accrington started brightly, with two shots early on, but it was Pompey who took the lead after 16 minutes. Mahlon Romeo worked a one-two with Marcus Harness and his cross was met by Hirst to put the ball beyond goalkeeper Toby Savin.
There was a blow for Pompey five minutes later when Harness was shown a straight red card for a lunge on Ross Sykes.
Yet, it failed to halt their momentum and the hosts added a second goal after 28 minutes when a Ryan Tunnicliffe corner was met with a firm Sean Raggett header into the bottom corner.
The same routine - a Tunnicliffe corner this time finding Hirst's head - produced a third goal in the 56th minute.
And after running the length of the pitch, Aiden O'Brien set up chief creator Tunnicliffe to get his name on the scoresheet and complete a comfortable win with just under 20 minutes remaining.
Match report supplied by PA Media.