Liverpool 1-0 Portsmouth: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 29 October 2008
Result
Liverpool 1-0 Portsmouth
Premier League · Wednesday 29 October 2008, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Liverpool 1-0 Portsmouth: match report
Liverpool beat Portsmouth 1-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 29 October 2008. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Steven Gerrard of Liverpool in the 74th minute.
Discipline: Liverpool received no yellow cards; Portsmouth received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Liverpool were 2nd on 23 points from 9 and Portsmouth 7th on 14 points from 9. Liverpool went on to finish that season 2nd with 86 points, and Portsmouth 14th with 41.
Liverpool lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Portsmouth in a 4-5-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Liverpool wins, 3 draws and 2 for Portsmouth.
Going into the match Liverpool's last five read W-W-W-W-D and Portsmouth's D-D-W-W-L.
Key events
- 50'Yellow card · Lassana Diarra
- 74'Goal · Steven Gerrard
- 77'Yellow card · Nadir Belhadj
- 77'Yellow card · Papa Bouba Diop
Head-to-head
Team news
Liverpool line-up (4-2-3-1)
Pepe Reina, Fábio Aurélio, Álvaro Arbeloa, Jamie Carragher, Jermaine Pennant, Lucas Leiva, Dirk Kuyt, Ryan Babel, Sami Hyypia, Steven Gerrard, Xabi Alonso
Portsmouth line-up (4-5-1)
Younès Kaboul, Sylvain Distin, Noé Pamarot, Armand Traore, Lassana Diarra, Papa Diop, Sean Davis, Nadir Belhadj, Peter Crouch, John Utaka, David James