Southampton and Portsmouth played out a competitive goalless draw in the Championship in what was the first league meeting between the south coast rivals for 13 years.
Pompey were the better side in the first half and hit the bar from Andre Dozzell's strike.
The visitors were threatening in attack and created further chances through the returning Conor Chaplin as well as Josh Murphy and Adrian Segecic.
But Saints were a much improved side in the second period, dominating the ball and forcing their rivals deeper into their own half.
At the final whistle Southampton fans booed while the travelling Portsmouth fans broke into cheers as the points were shared.
The result was just the second scoreless draw between the two sides - the previous one came in 1924.
Both sets of fans walked out to a deafening wall of noise at St Mary's Stadium for the much-anticipated fixture.
But it was Portsmouth who enjoyed the better of the first half, registering seven attempts at goal compared to Southampton's three.
And they went closest just before the 10-minute mark when Dozzell struck the crossbar with a curling right-footed effort that had Saints keeper Gavin Bazunu beaten.
Then, just before the end of the half, Portsmouth went close again when Murphy's whipped ball in from the left found its way to Colby Bishop in the box, but his volleyed effort flew wide.
Saints looked a much more dangerous team after the break and Cameron Archer had a great chance following an error from Regan Poole.
However, the forward's touch was too heavy as he took it around substitute keeper Ben Killip and the angle too tight for him to put it into the net.
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