Patrick Bamford scored his first goal for 19 months as Sheffield United beat 10-man Portsmouth to move out of the Championship relegation zone.

The England international, in his first start for the Blades, bundled the ball over the line from close range to add to Sydie Peck's first senior goal, with Gus Hamer adding a spectacular third to make it consecutive wins for Chris Wilder's side.

Peck's penalty came after Pompey's Terry Devlin had been given a red card for handling Japhet Tanganga's thumping header on the line.

The defeat leaves John Mousinho's Pompey, who have won just one of their past eight, only a point above the Blades and two points away from the bottom three.

The Blades have now taken seven points from the last nine available, and they always looked like winning this clash of two teams who ended troubling winless runs last weekend.

Fresh from comfortably winning the Sheffield derby at Hillsborough on Sunday, Wilder's side sought only a second home victory of the season but were on top throughout.

Bamford, making his first start for his new club, flashed a half-volley wide while Jairo Riedewald could only guide a close-range side-footed volley into the hands of Portsmouth goalkeeper Nico Schmid.

That chance exposed Pompey's recurring vulnerability at set-pieces, and it soon cost them as Sam McCallum's corner was met powerfully by Tanganga and Devlin instinctively threw out a hand to stop it crossing the line.

Bamford clutched the ball but, at the last moment, handed it to Peck, who confidently found the bottom corner for his first senior goal in his 66th appearance for the club.

McCallum drove another good chance straight at Schmid but in the second half his deliveries from corners continued to pay dividends as he again found the head of Tanganga, with the ball rebounding off the bar for Bamford to bundle home.

The 32-year-old was released by Leeds in the summer after failing to make a start, or score a goal, as they were promoted back to the Premier League last season, and he signed a short-term deal at Bramall Lane a fortnight ago.

Hamer, who only returned from a six-week injury lay-off at the weekend, capped a great night for the Blades by sending a swerving, dipping shot past Schmid from 30 yards, while Danny Ings was denied a fourth by a tight offside call.

Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder told BBC Radio Sheffield:

"A lot of people would be having a peek at us to see how we approached the game after an emphatic win on Sunday, and I thought the players were really good tonight - a lot of boxes ticked, another step forward, another test passed.

"It's not always easy to play against 10 men but I told the players not to get bored of doing the right things, don't get bored of being a decent team, and I thought we looked a decent team tonight.

"The direction of the game changed with the penalty and sending-off but you still have to go and earn the right and we did that."

Portsmouth boss John Mousinho told BBC Radio Solent:

"For 40 minutes there was absolutely nothing in it, and that was the biggest disappointment. We had a game plan out of possession and I thought we executed that very, very well, restricting Sheffield United to very little.

"We had so many opportunities in the final third to show more quality and we didn't do that, after I watched a side with a huge amount of quality in the final third on Saturday.

"The red card comes from that. We sling a pointless cross into the box, [Michael] Cooper springs a counter-attack, we concede a corner, and the game changes from that point. Those fine details we need to get better at.

On conceding from set-pieces: "It's something we're concerned about. We lose the first contact, haven't marked aggressively enough or well enough and you are going to get punished."