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Promotion-chasing Portsmouth made it 10 home wins in a row in League One by beating Rochdale to move up to third.

Ryan Williams opened the scoring with a close-range finish after keeper Robert Sanchez parried a header from Christian Burgess into the path of the winger.

Ian Henderson hit the woodwork and Matty Lund tested home keeper Alex Bass as Dale went in search of an equaliser.

Steve Seddon came off the bench to score Pompey's second before setting Burgess up for the hosts' third.