Liverpool 4-1 Portsmouth: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 22 December 2007

Result

Liverpool 4-1 Portsmouth

Premier League · Saturday 22 December 2007, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Liverpool · Portsmouth · Premier League predictions

Liverpool 4-1 Portsmouth: match report

Liverpool defeated Portsmouth 4-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 22 December 2007. The half-time score was 2-0.

Yossi Benayoun opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Yossi Benayoun (13'), an own goal by Sylvain Distin (16'), Fernando Torres (67') and Fernando Torres (85'). Portsmouth scored through Benjamin Mwaruwari (57').

Discipline: Liverpool received 1 yellow card; Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Liverpool were 5th on 30 points from 16 and Portsmouth 7th on 30 points from 17. Liverpool went on to finish that season 4th with 76 points, and Portsmouth 8th with 57.

Liverpool lined up in a 4-4-2 and Portsmouth in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Liverpool wins, 3 draws and 2 for Portsmouth.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Yossi BenayounLiverpool · 1-0
  • 16'Own goal · Sylvain DistinLiverpool · 2-0
  • 21'Yellow card · Papa DiopPortsmouth
  • 34'Yellow card · H. HreiðarssonPortsmouth
  • 45'Yellow card · ArbeloaLiverpool
  • 57'Goal · Benjamin MwaruwariPortsmouth · 2-1
  • 67'Goal · Fernando TorresLiverpool · 3-1
  • 85'Goal · Fernando TorresLiverpool · 4-1

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Liverpool 4, draws 3, Portsmouth 2.

Team news

Liverpool line-up (4-4-2)

Pepe Reina, John Arne Semundseth Riise, Álvaro Arbeloa, Javier Mascherano, Jamie Carragher, Yossi Benayoun, Fernando Torres, Dirk Kuyt, Sami Hyypia, Harry Kewell, Steven Gerrard

Portsmouth line-up (4-5-1)

Glen Johnson, Sylvain Distin, Papa Diop, Sulley Muntari, Niko Kranjčar, Pedro Mendes, John Utaka, Benjamin Mwaruwari, David James, Hermann Hreidarsson, Sulzeer Campbell