Chelsea 4-0 Portsmouth: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 17 August 2008

Result

Chelsea 4-0 Portsmouth

Premier League · Sunday 17 August 2008, 12:30 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Chelsea 4-0 Portsmouth: match report

Chelsea beat Portsmouth 4-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 17 August 2008. The half-time score was 3-0.

Joe Cole opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Chelsea's goals came from Joe Cole (12'), Nicolas Anelka (26'), Frank Lampard (45+1') and Deco (89'). Portsmouth did not score.

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

Chelsea went on to finish that season 3rd with 83 points, and Portsmouth 14th with 41.

Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-3 and Portsmouth in a 4-3-1-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 9 Chelsea wins, 1 draw and 0 for Portsmouth.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Joe ColeChelsea · 1-0
  • 26'Goal · Nicolas AnelkaChelsea · 2-0
  • 45+1'Yellow card · David JamesPortsmouth
  • 45+1'Goal · Frank LampardChelsea · 3-0
  • 89'Goal · DecoChelsea · 4-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Chelsea 9, draws 1, Portsmouth 0.

Team news

Chelsea expected line-up (4-3-3)

Petr Čech, Wayne Bridge, Ricardo Carvalho, Michael Ballack, Florent Malouda, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Nicolas Anelka, Juliano Haus Belletti, Claude Makélélé

Portsmouth line-up (4-3-1-2)

Younès Kaboul, Glen Johnson, Sylvain Distin, Lassana Diarra, Papa Diop, Niko Kranjčar, Peter Crouch, David James, Hermann Hreidarsson, Jermain Defoe, Sulzeer Campbell