Portsmouth's Dwayne Darmond (right) battles for the ball against Black Lions' capain Seymour Lewis, during a Captain's Bakery-sponsored St Catherine Major League football match at the Portsmouth playing field on Saturday. Portsmouth won 2-0. - Anthony Minott/Freelance Photographer

Promoted Portsmouth's 2-0 win over Black Lions at the Portsmouth playing field put the Portmore side back on course in the Captain's Bakery-sponsored St Catherine Major League football competition.

Richard Bedward (49th) and Fabian Simes (90th) scored for Portsmouth in the match played on Saturday.

It was Portsmouth's second victory in as many matches, which slightly repaired the damage after a disastrous start to the season.

Portsmouth lost their first two games, going down to beaten finalists Flamingo on opening day and Albion a couple days later. The Portmore side copped their first win, 1-0 over Dela Vega United the previous Saturday, also at home.

Back on track

Whereas Black Lions had a decent two wins and a loss coming into the game, the loss saw Portsmouth joining them on six points.

"This victory has put us back on track after losing our first two games with similar 2-3 scorelines due to goalkeeping errors. Our top keeper, Devrick Dawkins, is back and now we are getting there," Portsmouth coach Dwayne Taylor said.

He added: "A number of players are also back in the side, therefore we are at full strength now."

Black Lions coach, Anthony Patrick, said poor goalkeeping led to his team's demise.

"Our team played well, especially in the second-half, but we let in two soft goals and our captain (Seymour Lewis) missed an easy penalty and those things cost us the game.

"We just have to regroup and prepare for our next match," he said.

In the other game, Dunbeholden inched to four points from three games after battling to a 1-1 draw with Arlington United at Corletts Road playing field in Spanish Town.