Newcastle United 1-4 Portsmouth: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 3 November 2007

Result

Newcastle United 1-4 Portsmouth

Premier League · Saturday 3 November 2007, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-3

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Newcastle United 1-4 Portsmouth: match report

Newcastle United were beaten by Portsmouth 1-4 in the Premier League on Saturday 3 November 2007. It was 1-3 at half-time.

Noé Pamarot opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Newcastle United's goal came from an own goal by Sulzeer Campbell (16'). Portsmouth scored through Noé Pamarot (8'), Benjamin Mwaruwari (9'), John Utaka (11') and Niko Kranjčar (71').

Discipline: Newcastle United received 2 yellow cards; Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Newcastle United were 8th on 17 points from 10 and Portsmouth 7th on 19 points from 11. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 12th with 43 points, and Portsmouth 8th with 57.

Newcastle United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Portsmouth in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Newcastle United wins, 4 draws and 1 for Portsmouth.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Noé PamarotPortsmouth · 0-1
  • 9'Goal · Benjamin MwaruwariPortsmouth · 0-2
  • 11'Goal · John UtakaPortsmouth · 0-3
  • 16'Own goal · Sulzeer CampbellNewcastle United · 1-3
  • 33'Yellow card · Sylvain DistinPortsmouth
  • 37'Yellow card · Alan SmithNewcastle United
  • 40'Yellow card · Nicky ButtNewcastle United
  • 57'Yellow card · Sean DavisPortsmouth
  • 71'Goal · Niko KranjčarPortsmouth · 1-4

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Newcastle United 3, draws 4, Portsmouth 1.

Team news

Newcastle United line-up (4-4-2)

Steve Harper, José Enrique, Cláudio Caçapa, Abdoulaye Faye, Steven Taylor, Charles N'Zogbia, James Milner, Michael Owen, Joey Barton, Alan Smith, Nicky Butt

Portsmouth line-up (4-3-3)

Glen Johnson, Sylvain Distin, Noé Pamarot, Papa Diop, Sulley Muntari, Niko Kranjčar, Sean Davis, John Utaka, Benjamin Mwaruwari, David James, Sulzeer Campbell