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League One: Wigan promotion party on hold as Portsmouth stage comeback

26-Apr-2022 22:51:35 | The Guardian

• Latics lead 2-0 at break but slump to 3-2 defeat at Fratton Park
• Sunderland 1-1 Rotherham, Fleetwood 2-3 Sheffield Wednesday

Wigan Athletic’s promotion champagne was dramatically put back on ice as Portsmouth completed a remarkable comeback to win 3-2 at Fratton Park.

The League One leaders would have secured automatic promotion by avoiding defeat, and led 2-0 at half-time with goals from Callum Lang and Will Keane. But Pompey rallied, with George Hirst striking twice inside three second-half minutes before substitute Aiden O’Brien fired home an 87th-minute winner.