Commentary: Portsmouth 0-0 West Ham

Last updated: 27th October 2007

Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp

Redknapp: Wants win

90 + 5 - ALL OVER: Mike Dean blows the final whistle to leave honours even

90 + 4 - SAVED! Robert Green saves Benjani's weak penalty.

90 + 3 - PENALTY: Gabbidon is adjudged to have handled the ball, but it is debateable if the ball was inside the box.

89 - Last Chance: Kanu drags an effort narrowly wide and a draw seems a fair result

85 - Stalemate: The game looks destined to remain goalless as neither side is pushing for the points.

80 - Booking: Cole receives a petty booking.

79 - Substitution: Solano's woeful evening coems to an end as he replaced by Jonathan Spector.

76 - Substitution: Nwankwo Kanu replaces John Utaka for Pompey

70 - Poor connection: Luis Boa Morte heads back to Cole, but the striker volleys wide from the edge of the box.

69 - Things can only get worse: Solano's woes continue as he receives a booking.

64 - How did he miss, again? Cole rattles the Pompey cross bar and from the rebound Solano looks certain to score but he somehow manages to head wide when in acres of space. The ball was very low and it seems a strange decision for him to have used his head.

58 - Same pattern: The game has returned to the form of the first half with both sides struggling to create chances.

54 - Benjani blast: Pompey have started the second half brightly and Benjani has an effort from range well saved by Green.

53 - Muntari chance: The Pomey man fires over from 20 yards when he should have done better.

49 - Booking: Mark Noble receives a yellow card for failing to retreat at a free-kick. Kranjcar, who is having an impressive game, then curls towards goal from the resulting kick.

48 - Offside: Benjani thinks he is in on goal, but he is denied by an offside flag.

47 - We're back: West Ham get us going and they have replaced Bellamy with Matthew Etherington.

45 + 2 - HALF-TIME: The first half comes to a close as Solano curls a free-kick into the arms of James. Both managers have some thinking to do in order to break the deadlock.

45 - Good cross Solano delivers a good ball in to the Pompey area. which Cole gets agonisingly close to.

43 - Harsh decision: Cole is adjudged to have tripped Campbell when chasing the Pompey defender in to a corner. The decision is a highlight in a bit of a lull.

39 - Wasted move: Solano and Hayden Mullins play a nice give and go in the middle of the pitch, Solano then gives the ball away.

35 - Cunning Kranjcar: The Portsmouth midfielder has made an impressive start and has just been denied by a good save by Robert Green following a good run.

34 - Lucky: James and Sol Campbell are lucky to survive a defensive mix-up when they seem to tackle each other with Carlton Cole lurking.

29 - Good save: Solano curls a free-kick in from wide on the left, which David James does well to palm over the bar. West Ham have settled in to the game well now.

25 - Booking: Bellamy and Hreidarsson both go in the book for their ongoing spat.

23 - How did he miss? Nolberto Solano some how manages to miss a header from point blank range

18 - Quiet spell: the game has now gone in to a bit of a quiet spell, but Bellamy is still giving Hreidarsson a piece of his mind.

15 - Pompey chance: Kranjcar looks like he will have a chance at the back post, but Lucas Neill defends well for West Ham.

11 - West Ham attack: Craig Bellamy threatens for the Hammers and is involved in an altercation with Hreidarsson.

8 - Close shave: Niko Kranjcar goes agonisingly close from range, and Pedro Mendes also threatens for Pompey.

4 - Even start: Both sides have started in lively style and look to be trying to play attacking football.

Kick-off: Portsmouth get us going at Fratton Park

West Ham team news: Green; Neill, Gabbidon, Upson, McCartney; Solano, Noble, Mullins, Boa Morte; Bellamy, Cole. Subs: Wright, Ferdinand, Etherington, Spector, Camara

Portsmouth team news: James, Johnson, Campbell, Diston, Hreidarsson, Mendes, Diop, Kranjcar, Utaka, Benjani, Muntari.