Matt Tubbs joined Portsmouth on loan in January after a spell at AFC Wimbledon
Matt Tubbs scored a hat-trick as Portsmouth thumped Cambridge to claim just a second away win of the season.
Jed Wallace fired Pompey ahead before debutant Nathaniel Mendez-Laing equalised with an angled finish.
Tubbs powered in and scored a header either side of Paul Robinson's goal as the visitors led 4-1 at the break.
Robbie Simpson reduced the deficit with a flying header but Ryan Taylor prodded home from close range and Tubbs tapped in Taylor's cross to complete the rout.
The win for Andy Awford's side extends their unbeaten league run to six games while Cambridge have now lost four out of their last five.
Portsmouth manager Andy Awford told BBC Radio Solent:
Awford on Cambridge v Portsmouth
"We are really pleased with the three points; a real solid professional performance and I am delighted for everybody.
"It shows as a unit we have got good players in the team. When we click like we did today we are a very good side and it's not just the attacking players because the whole system worked and thankfully we have come away with three points.
"Today is about thanking the supporters for sticking with us and for us to come away to a difficult place like Cambridge.
"To score six goals is for those supporters who stick with us, not just this season, but over the past few seasons. You are not going to win six every week but I think they appreciate the effort by everybody and I certainly appreciate what they do for the football club."
- Published20 June 2016
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