Fulham 3-1 Portsmouth: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 3 April 2005
Result
Fulham 3-1 Portsmouth
Premier League · Sunday 3 April 2005, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Fulham 3-1 Portsmouth: match report
Fulham won against Portsmouth 3-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 3 April 2005. The half-time score was 0-1.
Trésor Lomana LuaLua opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Fulham's goals came from Andy Cole (63'), Brian McBride (81') and Boa Morte (90'). Portsmouth scored through Trésor Lomana LuaLua (32').
Discipline: Fulham received 3 yellow cards; Portsmouth received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Fulham were 16th on 30 points from 29 and Portsmouth 15th on 31 points from 30. Fulham went on to finish that season 13th with 44 points, and Portsmouth 16th with 39.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Fulham win, 1 draw and 1 for Portsmouth.
Going into the match Fulham's last five read L-D-L-L-D and Portsmouth's D-L-L-L-L.
Key events
- 5'Yellow card · Dejan Stefanovic
- 32'Goal · Trésor Lomana LuaLua
- 57'Yellow card · Liam Rosenior
- 63'Goal · Andy Cole
- 79'Yellow card · Alain Goma
- 80'Yellow card · Giannis Skopelitis
- 81'Goal · Brian McBride
- 82'Yellow card · Boa Morte
- 83'Yellow card · Gary O'Neil
- 90'Goal · Boa Morte
Head-to-head
Team news
Fulham expected line-up
Edwin van der Sar, Carlos Bocanegra, Zat Knight, Moritz Volz, Alain Goma, Steed Malbranque, Boa Morte, Sean Davis, Sylvain Legwinski, Mark Pembridge, Martin Djetou
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