Portsmouth 1-1 Chelsea: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 2 February 2008
Result
Portsmouth 1-1 Chelsea
Premier League · Saturday 2 February 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Portsmouth 1-1 Chelsea: match report
Portsmouth drew with Chelsea 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 2 February 2008. The half-time score was 0-0.
Nicolas Anelka opened the scoring in the 55th minute. Portsmouth's goal came from Jermain Defoe (64'). Chelsea scored through Nicolas Anelka (55').
Discipline: Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards; Chelsea received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Portsmouth were 9th on 37 points from 24 and Chelsea 3rd on 53 points from 24. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 8th with 57 points, and Chelsea 3rd with 83.
Portsmouth lined up in a 4-4-2 and Chelsea in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Portsmouth wins, 0 draws and 9 for Chelsea.
Going into the match Portsmouth's last five read L-W-L-W-L and Chelsea's W-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 22'Yellow card · Sean Davis
- 33'Yellow card · Noé Pamarot
- 55'Goal · Nicolas Anelka
- 64'Goal · Jermain Defoe
Head-to-head
Team news
Portsmouth line-up (4-4-2)
Glen Johnson, Noé Pamarot, Lassana Diarra, Niko Kranjčar, Richard Hughes, Sean Davis, Milan Baros, David James, Hermann Hreidarsson, Jermain Defoe, Sulzeer Campbell
Chelsea line-up (4-3-3)
Petr Čech, Ashley Cole, Tal Ben Haim, Alex, Juliano Haus Belletti, Michael Ballack, Florent Malouda, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Nicolas Anelka, Claude Makélélé, Joe Cole