{"id":322135,"date":"2026-08-15T17:06:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T17:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/322135\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T17:06:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T17:06:07","slug":"chair-inspires-queens-park-rangers-as-first-half-salvo-stuns-portsmouth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/322135\/","title":{"rendered":"Chair inspires Queens Park Rangers as first half salvo stuns Portsmouth"},"content":{"rendered":"

Match in Five Sentences:
\nPortsmouth<\/a> 1-3 Queens Park Rangers<\/a> at Fratton Park. Terry Devlin put Portsmouth<\/a> ahead in the 15th minute with a right-footed strike from outside the box after a set piece. Momentum flipped as Illias Chair<\/a> levelled (33.) and then teed up Koki Saito to turn it around (40.), before Chair struck again in the second minute of first half stoppage time. Queens Park Rangers<\/a> were clinical, producing six shots on target from 13 attempts as Portsmouth’s 54.3% possession and 16 efforts faded before the break. Queens Park Rangers<\/a> sit top of the Championship and host Bolton next, while Portsmouth<\/a> visit Lincoln next.<\/p>\n

Player of the Match:
\nIllias Chair<\/a> decided the contest with two first half goals and an assist, leading Queens Park Rangers’ attack and registering six attempts with three on target.<\/p>\n

Stat of the Match:
\nPortsmouth<\/a> delivered 33 crosses, but completed only 15.2% of them, a low return against an organised back line.<\/p>\n

Three Things We Learned:
\nChair was involved in all three first half goals, underscoring his influence as creator and finisher. Portsmouth’s bench added spark after the restart, with Ryan Kavuma-McQueen taking three shots and winning possession nine times. Pierce Charles made five saves for Queens Park Rangers<\/a>, a steadying presence as Portsmouth<\/a> pressed late.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Match in Five Sentences: Portsmouth 1-3 Queens Park Rangers at Fratton Park. Terry Devlin put Portsmouth ahead in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":322136,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-322135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/322136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}