Portsmouth 2-2 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 8 April 2006
Result
Portsmouth 2-2 Blackburn Rovers
Premier League · Saturday 8 April 2006, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Portsmouth 2-2 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Portsmouth drew with Blackburn Rovers 2-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 8 April 2006. The half-time score was 1-1.
Craig Bellamy opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Portsmouth's goals came from Trésor Lomana LuaLua (41') and Svetoslav Todorov (78'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Craig Bellamy (32') and Craig Bellamy (62').
Discipline: Portsmouth received 1 yellow card; Blackburn Rovers received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Portsmouth were 19th on 27 points from 31 and Blackburn Rovers 6th on 53 points from 32. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 17th with 38 points, and Blackburn Rovers 6th with 63.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Portsmouth win, 0 draws and 4 for Blackburn Rovers.
Going into the match Portsmouth's last five read W-W-W-L-L and Blackburn Rovers's D-W-W-W-L.
Key events
- 32'Goal · Craig Bellamy
- 41'Goal · Trésor Lomana LuaLua
- 54'Yellow card · P. Dickov
- 54'Yellow card · Pedro Mendes
- 62'Goal · Craig Bellamy
- 73'Yellow card · Craig Bellamy
- 78'Goal · Svetoslav Todorov
- 90'Yellow card · Brett Emerton
Head-to-head
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
Blackburn Rovers line-up
Lucas Neill, Zurab Khizanishvili, Steven Reid, Michael Gray, Robbie Savage, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Daniel Bentley, Craig Bellamy, Brad Friedel, Ryan Nelsen, Paul Dickov