The home side win a couple of corners in quick succession.

Ivor Pandur has to scramble to stop the second one sneaking in under his bar and then Borja Sainz, he of the hat-trick last week at Derby and two assists today, goes for an overhead kick that drifts harmlessly wide.

Hull look to try and find a way back into this game that has suddenly been taken right away from them.

Mohamed Belloumi gets in down the Tigers right but he looks to cut back in and he's crowded out from getting a clean shot away.

Preston are mixing up their set-pieces to great effect already today.

A corner is whipped back to the edge of the area where Ben Whiteman is lurking, intent on unleashing a thunderous low effort which is blocked in a forest of legs.

If you walked into Turf Moor never having watched a Championship match you'd struggle to work out which side is top-four and which is bottom four from the opening 22 minutes of this one.

Oxford win a free-kick in a dangerous position on the right after Kyle Edwards is brought down by Josh Murphy.

Will Vaulks swings in the dead ball but it goes over everyone... the ref also spots a foul by Ben Nelson on Jordan Williams and Portsmouth can clear.

Only one shot on target in this game so far and that was Elias Sorensen's saved penalty.

Steve Thompson
BBC Radio Lancashire summariser & former Blackpool assistant manager

North End have started the game a lot better.

Burnley have just got to be a little bit patient and get the ball into the wide areas.

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Ali McCann gets a talking to, no more, from referee Gavin Ward after sliding in on Hannibal Mejbri in midfield, catching his opposite number with a trailing leg.

Hannibal is ok to continue and McCann is on a warning.

Oxford do create another great chance and this time it falls to Ruben Rodrigues.

Ciaron Brown plays a lovely cross into the box from the left and Rodrigues manages to drift in behind.

He's got time and space to shoot but snatches at the effort and it goes wide.

Jaidon Anthony twists and turns his way into the North End box before pulling the trigger, only for his attempt towards the far post to be charged down by a Preston defender.

A spot of head tennis ensues before the visitors eventually hack the ball away.

Oxford are just starting to get their foot on the ball and providing a bit of a threat.

After being pinned inside their own half for the first 10 minutes or so, the U's have managed to put together a few neat moves.

Still goalless but the game is getting into a nice groove. Will Pompey be made to pay for that early penalty miss?

Really nice approach play from Preston, working the ball side to side with some one-touch passing and eventually getting a cross in from the left.

The ball is nodded down into space where Ali McCann is lurking - he managed to fire in from a similar spot against Watford in midweek but this time gets his technique all wrong and blazes over James Trafford's bar from 14 yards.

Encouraging from the visitors, though.

Dan George
BBC Sport at Fratton Park

There's a cracking atmosphere inside Fratton Park this lunchtime.

A brilliant effort from both sets of supporters, the Oxford United fans down to my right have filled out their allocation and are making a good noise.

The home support around the ground have not stopped singing and chanting since the kick-off, the sun is even out here!

Tom McIntyre gives the ball away for Portsmouth and Oxford get a cross in for striker Mark Harris who is unmarked eight yards from goal, but he awkwardly hits a right-footed effort against his own left boot and it flies out for a goal-kick.

That was a great chance and Oxford's first significant opening.

Ivor Pandur looks to be in for a busy day in the Hull goal.

Again the home side get in behind the Tigers defence and this time the visiting goalkeeper does well to race off his line and smother Marcelino Nunez's effort.

Straigth down the other end and Liam Millar stings Angus Gunn's palms from range.

Good match this!

First booking of the day goes to a Hull man.

Mohammed Belloumi pulls his man back on the halfway line as the home side look to break through the lines and that's a clear booking.

Luca Koleosho ran the show for the Clarets in Tuesday's win over Plymouth and his side are trying to find him whenever they get the ball near the Preston half, but whenever he gets the ball at his feet he has a couple of white shirts in his face almost immediately.

The visitors have done their homework and are trying to keep the dangerman quiet.

Should be 1-0 to the home side!

Borja Sainz is played in on goal after lax play in midfield by Hull.

The in-form Spaniard goes for the lob but Ivor Pandur stands up and just manages to flick it behind.

Connor Ogilvie clips a ball forward for Pompey but Oxford defender Sam Long slips and allows Elias Sorensen to get in behind.

Sorensen takes a poor touch, though, and he too slips as he tries to get to the byline and the chance goes to waste.

An opening 10 minutes to forget for the Dane.

First real foray forward from Hull nearly leads to a goal as Marvin Mehlem's low cross is turned around his own post by Shane Duffy.

Cody Drameh goes for goal from the resultant corner but, unlike Tuesday when he thumped one in against QPR, this one sails way over.