Chelsea 1-0 Portsmouth: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 25 August 2007
Result
Chelsea 1-0 Portsmouth
Premier League · Saturday 25 August 2007, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Chelsea 1-0 Portsmouth: match report
Chelsea defeated Portsmouth 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 25 August 2007. The half-time score was 1-0.
The only goal came from Frank Lampard of Chelsea in the 30th minute.
Discipline: Chelsea received no yellow cards; Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Chelsea were 3rd on 7 points from 3 and Portsmouth 6th on 5 points from 3. Chelsea went on to finish that season 3rd with 83 points, and Portsmouth 8th with 57.
Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Portsmouth in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Chelsea wins, 0 draws and 0 for Portsmouth.
Going into the match Chelsea's last five read D-W-W and Portsmouth's W-D-D.
Key events
- 30'Goal · Frank Lampard
- 52'Yellow card · Sean Davis
- 77'Yellow card · Sulley Muntari
Head-to-head
Team news
Chelsea expected line-up (4-3-1-2)
Petr Čech, John Terry, Paulo Ferreira, Ricardo Carvalho, Michael Essien, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Geremi N'Djitap Fotso, Didier Drogba, Arjen Robben
Portsmouth expected line-up (4-3-3)
Linvoy Primus, Laurén, Glen Johnson, Pedro Mendes, Sean Davis, Lomana Lualua, Benjamin Mwaruwari, David James, Sulzeer Campbell