Portsmouth 0-2 Chelsea: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 26 November 2005

Result

Portsmouth 0-2 Chelsea

Premier League · Saturday 26 November 2005, 17:15 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Portsmouth 0-2 Chelsea: match report

Portsmouth lost to Chelsea 0-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 26 November 2005. The half-time score was 0-1.

H. Crespo opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Portsmouth did not score. Chelsea scored through H. Crespo (27') and Frank Lampard (67', penalty).

Discipline: Portsmouth received 5 yellow cards; Chelsea received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 17th on 10 points from 13 and Chelsea 1st on 34 points from 13. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 17th with 38 points, and Chelsea 1st with 91.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Portsmouth wins, 0 draws and 4 for Chelsea.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Goal · H. CrespoChelsea · 0-1
  • 52'Yellow card · Salif DiaoPortsmouth
  • 58'Yellow card · Carlton ColeChelsea
  • 60'Yellow card · Richard HughesPortsmouth
  • 64'Yellow card · Andy GriffinPortsmouth
  • 66'Yellow card · Dejan StefanovicPortsmouth
  • 67'Penalty goal · Frank LampardChelsea · 0-2
  • 87'Yellow card · Matthew TaylorPortsmouth

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Portsmouth 0, draws 0, Chelsea 4.

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

Chelsea expected line-up (3-4-2-1)

Petr Čech, Del Horno, William Gallas, John Terry, Michael Essien, Geremi N'Djitap Fotso, F. Lampard, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Arjen Robben, Hernán Jorge Crespo, Eiður Guðjohnsen