Before the hour, Kusini Yengi found himself free and bursting into the box before he unleashed a low shot, which ricocheted off Callum Lang and looked goal-bound. Jak Alnwick, donning the captain's arm band for City, got down well and produced a stunning reaction save.

Cardiff City extended their impressive run of form under interim manager Omer Riza with a commanding 2-0 victory over Portsmouth at the Cardiff City Stadium.

Cardiff City produced another scintillating performance as they defeated Pompey on Tuesday night. Omer Riza named an unchanged side to the team that beat Plymouth Argyle 5-0 last time out, as the Bluebirds extend their unbeaten run to four matches.

Just one place separates the two sides, who both occupy spots in the relegation zone ahead of kick-off, making this evening a crucial match despite being so early on in the season. Sign up to our daily Cardiff City newsletter here. The match kicks off at 7.45pm and, as ever, we will have all the team news, build-up and live match action for you.

John Mousinho ripped into his Pompey players as they were read the riot act for their weak Cardiff shortcomings.

Cardiff climbed out of the Sky Bet Championship relegation zone with a second home win in the space of four days against Portsmouth.

Pompey travel to Cardiff tonight buoyed by their opening win of the season at QPR on Saturday. The Blues secured their maiden Championship win since their return to the second tier of English football at the 10th time of asking,