Portsmouth 3-2 Hull City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 20 March 2010

Result

Portsmouth 3-2 Hull City

Premier League · Saturday 20 March 2010, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Portsmouth 3-2 Hull City: match report

Portsmouth beat Hull City 3-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 20 March 2010. The half-time score was 1-1.

Caleb Folan opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Portsmouth's goals came from Mark Smith (37'), Jamie O'Hara (88') and Nwankwo Kanu (89'). Hull City scored through Caleb Folan (27') and Caleb Folan (73').

Discipline: Portsmouth received 1 yellow card; Hull City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 20th on 19 points from 29 and Hull City 19th on 24 points from 29. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 20th with 28 points, and Hull City 19th with 30.

Portsmouth lined up in a 4-5-1 and Hull City in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Portsmouth wins, 3 draws and 0 for Hull City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Goal · Caleb FolanHull City · 0-1
  • 33'Yellow card · David JamesPortsmouth
  • 37'Goal · Mark SmithPortsmouth · 1-1
  • 73'Goal · Caleb FolanHull City · 1-2
  • 83'Yellow card · Boaz MyhillHull City
  • 88'Goal · Jamie O'HaraPortsmouth · 2-2
  • 89'Goal · Nwankwo KanuPortsmouth · 3-2

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Portsmouth 0, draws 3, Hull City 0.

Team news

Portsmouth line-up (4-5-1)

Ricardo Rocha, Aaron Mokoena, Marc Wilson, Nadir Belhadj, Frédéric Piquionne, Quincy Owusu-Abeyie, Tommy Smith, David James, Jamie O'Hara, Hayden Mullins, Hermann Hreidarsson

Hull City line-up (4-4-2)

Boaz Myhill, Paul McShane, Bernard Mendy, Steven Mouyokolo, Kevin Kilbane, Jimmy Bullard, Dean Marney, Craig Fagan, Caleb Folan, Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, Stephen Dawson