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 · Portsmouth · Premier League predictions

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.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Yellow card · Dejan StefanovicPortsmouth
  • 32'Goal · Trésor Lomana LuaLuaPortsmouth · 0-1
  • 57'Yellow card · Liam RoseniorFulham
  • 63'Goal · Andy ColeFulham · 1-1
  • 79'Yellow card · Alain GomaFulham
  • 80'Yellow card · Giannis SkopelitisPortsmouth
  • 81'Goal · Brian McBrideFulham · 2-1
  • 82'Yellow card · Boa MorteFulham
  • 83'Yellow card · Gary O'NeilPortsmouth
  • 90'Goal · Boa MorteFulham · 3-1

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Fulham 1, draws 1, Portsmouth 1.

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