Portsmouth 0-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 15 January 2005

Result

Portsmouth 0-1 Blackburn Rovers

Premier League · Saturday 15 January 2005, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Portsmouth 0-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Portsmouth lost to Blackburn Rovers 0-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 15 January 2005. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Morten Gamst Pedersen of Blackburn Rovers in the 55th minute.

Discipline: Portsmouth received 1 yellow card and 2 red cards; Blackburn Rovers received 6 yellow cards.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 12th on 27 points from 22 and Blackburn Rovers 16th on 22 points from 22. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 16th with 39 points, and Blackburn Rovers 15th with 42.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Portsmouth win, 0 draws and 2 for Blackburn Rovers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Yellow card · Ryan NelsenBlackburn Rovers
  • 37'Yellow card · Gary O'NeilPortsmouth
  • 38'Yellow card · Aaron MokoenaBlackburn Rovers
  • 40'Yellow card · Nils-Eric JohanssonBlackburn Rovers
  • 44'Yellow card · Brett EmertonBlackburn Rovers
  • 51'Red card · Trésor Lomana LuaLuaPortsmouth
  • 55'Goal · Morten Gamst PedersenBlackburn Rovers · 0-1
  • 60'Yellow card · Tugay KerimogluBlackburn Rovers
  • 90'Red card · Amdy FayePortsmouth
  • 90'Yellow card · Paul DickovBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Portsmouth 1, draws 0, Blackburn Rovers 2.

Team news

Portsmouth expected line-up

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

Blackburn Rovers line-up

Nils-Eric Johansson, Aaron Mokoena, Brett Emerton, Tugay Kerimoglu, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Paul Gallagher, David Thompson, Brad Friedel, Paul Dickov, Andy Todd, Ryan Nelsen