Everton 0-3 Portsmouth: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 30 August 2008

Result

Everton 0-3 Portsmouth

Premier League · Saturday 30 August 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

Everton · Portsmouth · Premier League predictions

Everton 0-3 Portsmouth: match report

Everton lost to Portsmouth 0-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 30 August 2008. The half-time score was 0-2.

Jermain Defoe opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Everton did not score. Portsmouth scored through Jermain Defoe (12'), Glen Johnson (40') and Jermain Defoe (69').

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

Going into the game Everton were 10th on 3 points from 2 and Portsmouth 20th on 0 points from 2. Everton went on to finish that season 5th with 63 points, and Portsmouth 14th with 41.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Everton wins, 1 draw and 2 for Portsmouth.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Jermain DefoePortsmouth · 0-1
  • 40'Goal · Glen JohnsonPortsmouth · 0-2
  • 69'Goal · Jermain DefoePortsmouth · 0-3
  • 87'Yellow card · Leighton BainesEverton

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Everton 7, draws 1, Portsmouth 2.

Team news

Everton expected line-up

Tim Howard, Joseph Yobo, Joleon Lescott, Leon Osman, James Beattie, James McFadden, Andy Johnson, Nuno Valente, Alan Stubbs, Lee Kevin Carsley

Portsmouth expected line-up (4-4-2)

Sylvain Distin, Glen Johnson, Papa Diop, Niko Kranjčar, Sulley Muntari, Lassana Diarra, Nwankwo Kanu, Sulzeer Campbell, Jermain Defoe, Hermann Hreidarsson, David James