Everton 2-1 Portsmouth: result and report
Premier League · Tuesday 4 January 2005
Result
Everton 2-1 Portsmouth
Premier League · Tuesday 4 January 2005, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Everton 2-1 Portsmouth: match report
Everton beat Portsmouth 2-1 in the Premier League on Tuesday 4 January 2005. The half-time score was 1-1.
Alan Stubbs opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Everton's goals came from Alan Stubbs (29') and Leon Osman (90'). Portsmouth scored through Yakubu Aiyegbeni (31').
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Everton were 4th on 40 points from 21 and Portsmouth 12th on 27 points from 21. Everton went on to finish that season 4th with 61 points, and Portsmouth 16th with 39.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Everton wins, 0 draws and 0 for Portsmouth.
Going into the match Everton's last five read L-L-W-D-W and Portsmouth's D-L-W-L-D.
Key events
- 29'Goal · Alan Stubbs
- 31'Goal · Yakubu Aiyegbeni
- 90'Goal · Leon Osman
Head-to-head
Team news
Portsmouth expected line-up
Shaka Hislop, Dejan Stefanovic, Arjan de Zeeuw, Boris Zivkovic, Nigel Quashie, Patrik Berger, Alexei Smertin, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Lomana Lualua, Steve Stone, Teddy Sheringham