Newcastle United 3-0 Portsmouth: result and report

Newcastle United 3-0 Portsmouth

Premier League · Saturday 25 October 2003, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Newcastle United · Portsmouth · Premier League predictions

Newcastle United defeated Portsmouth 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 25 October 2003. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Gary Speed opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Newcastle United's goals came from Gary Speed (17'), Alan Shearer (28', penalty) and Shola Ameobi (61'). Portsmouth did not score.

Discipline: Newcastle United received no yellow cards; Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Newcastle United were 11th on 12 points from 9 and Portsmouth 10th on 12 points from 9. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 5th with 56 points, and Portsmouth 13th with 45.

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