Arsenal 4-0 Portsmouth: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 28 December 2005

Result

Arsenal 4-0 Portsmouth

Premier League · Wednesday 28 December 2005, 19:45 UTC · half-time 4-0

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Arsenal 4-0 Portsmouth: match report

Arsenal beat Portsmouth 4-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 28 December 2005. It was 4-0 at half-time.

Dennis Bergkamp opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Dennis Bergkamp (7'), José Antonio Reyes (13'), Thierry Henry (37') and Thierry Henry (43', penalty). Portsmouth did not score.

Discipline: Arsenal received no yellow cards; Portsmouth received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Arsenal were 7th on 29 points from 17 and Portsmouth 18th on 14 points from 18. Arsenal went on to finish that season 4th with 67 points, and Portsmouth 17th with 38.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Arsenal wins, 2 draws and 0 for Portsmouth.

Going into the match Arsenal's last five read W-L-L-L-W and Portsmouth's D-W-L-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Dennis BergkampArsenal · 1-0
  • 13'Goal · José Antonio ReyesArsenal · 2-0
  • 37'Goal · Thierry HenryArsenal · 3-0
  • 39'Yellow card · Richard HughesPortsmouth
  • 43'Penalty goal · Thierry HenryArsenal · 4-0

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Arsenal 2, draws 2, Portsmouth 0.

Team news

Arsenal line-up

Jens Lehmann, Laurén, Pascal Cygan, Kolo Touré, Robert Pirès, José Antonio Reyes, Mathieu Flamini, Gilberto Silva, Dennis Bergkamp, Thierry Henry, Sulzeer Campbell

Portsmouth expected line-up

Shaka Hislop, Dejan Stefanovic, Arjan de Zeeuw, Nigel Quashie, Patrik Berger, Richard Hughes, Alexei Smertin, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Lomana Lualua, Steve Stone, Teddy Sheringham