Portsmouth 1-2 Birmingham City: result and report
Premier League · Tuesday 9 March 2010
Result
Portsmouth 1-2 Birmingham City
Premier League · Tuesday 9 March 2010, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-2
Portsmouth 1-2 Birmingham City: match report
Portsmouth lost to Birmingham City 1-2 in the Premier League on Tuesday 9 March 2010. The half-time score was 0-2.
Cameron Jerome opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Portsmouth's goal came from Nwankwo Kanu (90'). Birmingham City scored through Cameron Jerome (16') and Cameron Jerome (42').
Discipline: Portsmouth received 1 yellow card; Birmingham City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Portsmouth were 20th on 19 points from 27 and Birmingham City 9th on 40 points from 27. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 20th with 28 points, and Birmingham City 9th with 50.
Portsmouth lined up in a 4-3-3 and Birmingham City in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Portsmouth wins, 3 draws and 3 for Birmingham City.
Going into the match Portsmouth's last five read W-L-D-L-L and Birmingham City's W-L-L-W-D.
Key events
- 16'Goal · Cameron Jerome
- 19'Yellow card · Christian Benitez Betancourt
- 32'Yellow card · Michel
- 42'Goal · Cameron Jerome
- 79'Yellow card · N. Belhadj
- 90'Goal · Nwankwo Kanu
Head-to-head
Team news
Portsmouth line-up (4-3-3)
Steve Finnan, Tal Ben Haim, Marc Wilson, Nadir Belhadj, Frédéric Piquionne, Danny Webber, Aruna Dindane, David James, Jamie O'Hara, Hermann Hreidarsson, Michael Brown
Birmingham City line-up (4-4-2)
Joe Hart, Liam Ridgewell, Roger Johnson, Scott Dann, Stuart Parnaby, Michel, Keith Fahey, Craig Gardner, Cameron Jerome, Christian Benitez Betancourt, Barry Ferguson