Stoke City 1-3 Portsmouth: Adrian Segecic scores hat-trick in Pompey win

Portsmouth travelled to Stoke knowing they were already assured of safety, but the win was enough to lift them up to 18th and to within a place and a point of Stoke.

Goalkeeper Josef Bursik was brought in as one of five Portsmouth changes for the trip to Staffordshire, but he lasted only four minutes before going off injured to be replaced by Killip.

Segecic opened the scoring in the 32nd minute with the game’s first shot on target, having linked up with Harvey Blair before smashing his finish into the roof of the net.

Stoke had chances deflected off target either side of the opener, with Tatsuki Seko the first to see his effort go over, while Sam Gallagher had a blocked shot land on the top of the net.

Killip kept Robert Bozenik and Cisse out before the break, but the French winger could not be denied when he met a corner with a towering header in the 48th minute.

Segecic restored Portsmouth’s lead in the 66th minute when he got on the end of a Josh Murphy cross, and he completed his hat-trick with eight minutes remaining as the visitors achieved a convincing win.