Portsmouth 1-1 Birmingham City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 17 September 2005

Result

Portsmouth 1-1 Birmingham City

Premier League · Saturday 17 September 2005, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Portsmouth · Birmingham City · Premier League predictions

Portsmouth 1-1 Birmingham City: match report

Portsmouth drew with Birmingham City 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 17 September 2005. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Trésor Lomana LuaLua opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Portsmouth's goal came from Trésor Lomana LuaLua (4'). Birmingham City scored through Jiri Jarosik (6').

Discipline: Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards; Birmingham City received no yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 15th on 4 points from 5 and Birmingham City 16th on 4 points from 5. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 17th with 38 points, and Birmingham City 18th with 34.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Portsmouth win, 2 draws and 1 for Birmingham City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Trésor Lomana LuaLuaPortsmouth · 1-0
  • 6'Goal · Jiri JarosikBirmingham City · 1-1
  • 45'Yellow card · Debray Silva PereiraPortsmouth
  • 45'Red card · Nicky ButtBirmingham City
  • 74'Yellow card · Salif DiaoPortsmouth

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Portsmouth 1, draws 2, Birmingham City 1.

Team news

Portsmouth expected line-up

Shaka Hislop, Dejan Stefanovic, Arjan de Zeeuw, Nigel Quashie, Patrik Berger, Richard Hughes, Alexei Smertin, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Lomana Lualua, Steve Stone, Teddy Sheringham

Birmingham City line-up

Maik Taylor, Kenny Cunningham, Matthew Upson, Olivier Tebily, Jermaine Pennant, Julian Gray, Mikael Forssell, Emile Heskey, Jirí Jarosík, Nicky Butt, Damien Johnson