Fulham 3-1 Portsmouth: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 31 January 2009

Result

Fulham 3-1 Portsmouth

Premier League · Saturday 31 January 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Fulham 3-1 Portsmouth: match report

Fulham beat Portsmouth 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 31 January 2009. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Andy Johnson opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Fulham's goals came from Andy Johnson (14'), Erik Nevland (71') and Erik Nevland (80'). Portsmouth scored through David Nugent (83').

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

Going into the game Fulham were 11th on 26 points from 21 and Portsmouth 15th on 24 points from 22. Fulham went on to finish that season 7th with 53 points, and Portsmouth 14th with 41.

Fulham lined up in a 4-4-2 and Portsmouth in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Fulham wins, 4 draws and 4 for Portsmouth.

Going into the match Fulham's last five read L-L-D-D-W and Portsmouth's L-D-L-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · Andy JohnsonFulham · 1-0
  • 30'Yellow card · Hayden MullinsPortsmouth
  • 71'Goal · Erik NevlandFulham · 2-0
  • 80'Goal · Erik NevlandFulham · 3-0
  • 83'Goal · David NugentPortsmouth · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Fulham 2, draws 4, Portsmouth 4.

Team news

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

Antti Niemi, Paul Konchesky, Carlos Bocanegra, Dejan Stefanovic, Chris Baird, Simon Davies, Steven Davis, Danny Murphy, Clint Dempsey, Diomansy Kamara, David Healy

Portsmouth line-up (4-4-2)

Younès Kaboul, Glen Johnson, Sylvain Distin, Armand Traore, Jermaine Pennant, Sean Davis, Peter Crouch, Nwankwo Kanu, David James, Hayden Mullins, Hermann Hreidarsson