Jack McGlynn scores, leads in-form Stoke City to comeback win

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Jack McGlynn is riding the best form of his career so far and Stoke City are reaping the rewards.McGlynn scored his fifth goal of the season and for the third match in a row as Mark Robins’ men rallied to defeat Portsmouth 2-1 at Fratton Park. The 23-year-old now has seven goal contributions in 11 appearances for the Potters, who are in the EFL Championship’s top-two automatic promotion places heading into the November international break. Portsmouth struck first through Tyrese Shade’s sixth-minute opening goal but Stoke City would rally after halftime to steal all three points.McGlynn found himself in the right place to equalize for the Potters, finishing off Luca Bombino’s pass into the roof of the Portsmouth net. Bombino kept a loose ball from going out of bounds, finding McGlynn for a clinical finish. Jack McGlynn sent ball into the nets. Portsmouth 1-1 Stoke pic.twitter.com/1JM7HEwJOe— Goals Xtra (@GoalsXtra) November 7, 202618 minutes after tying the match, McGlynn played a key role on Stoke City’s winning goal. His free kick was cleared out of the 18-yard box by Portsmouth’s backline but Ethan Gailbraith’s follow-up shot was eventually headed home by Ben Wilmot. Stoke City hung on for its fourth league win out of its last five matches, moving top of the Championship with 29 points. Bombino will now head into international duty with the U.S. Under-23 Men’s National Team while McGlynn was surprisingly not called into Mauricio Pochettino’s senior roster this month.Robins’ men will resume league play on November 21 against Birmingham City before later matches this month against Millwall and West Ham United.