Portsmouth 2-1 Everton: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 21 March 2009

Result

Portsmouth 2-1 Everton

Premier League · Saturday 21 March 2009, 12:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

Portsmouth · Everton · Premier League predictions

Portsmouth 2-1 Everton: match report

Portsmouth beat Everton 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 21 March 2009. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Leighton Baines opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Portsmouth's goals came from Peter Crouch (22') and Peter Crouch (75'). Everton scored through Leighton Baines (4').

Discipline: Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards; Everton received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 17th on 29 points from 28 and Everton 6th on 48 points from 29. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and Everton 5th with 63.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Portsmouth wins, 1 draw and 6 for Everton.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Leighton BainesEverton · 0-1
  • 22'Goal · Peter CrouchPortsmouth · 1-1
  • 32'Yellow card · Leon OsmanEverton
  • 67'Yellow card · Hermann HreidarssonPortsmouth
  • 75'Goal · Peter CrouchPortsmouth · 2-1
  • 80'Yellow card · Younès KaboulPortsmouth

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Portsmouth 3, draws 1, Everton 6.

Team news

Portsmouth line-up (4-4-2)

Younès Kaboul, Glen Johnson, Sylvain Distin, Niko Kranjčar, Sean Davis, Peter Crouch, David Nugent, David James, Hayden Mullins, Hermann Hreidarsson, Sulzeer Campbell

Everton expected line-up

Tim Howard, Joseph Yobo, Joleon Lescott, Leon Osman, James Beattie, James McFadden, Andy Johnson, Nuno Valente, Alan Stubbs, Lee Kevin Carsley