Portsmouth 0-2 Leicester City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 29 November 2003
Result
Portsmouth 0-2 Leicester City
Premier League · Saturday 29 November 2003, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Portsmouth 0-2 Leicester City: match report
Portsmouth were beaten by Leicester City 0-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 29 November 2003. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Leslie Ferdinand opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Portsmouth did not score. Leicester City scored through Leslie Ferdinand (31') and Marcus Bent (59').
Discipline: Portsmouth received 5 yellow cards; Leicester City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Portsmouth were 11th on 15 points from 13 and Leicester City 16th on 12 points from 13. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 13th with 45 points, and Leicester City 18th with 33.
Going into the match Portsmouth's last five read L-W-L-L-W and Leicester City's D-W-W-L-L.
Key events
- 31'Goal · Leslie Ferdinand
- 59'Goal · Marcus Bent
- 72'Yellow card · Arjan de Zeeuw
- 80'Yellow card · Alexei Smertin
- 84'Yellow card · Patrik Berger
- 85'Yellow card · Yakubu Aiyegbeni
- 86'Yellow card · Billy McKinlay
- 87'Yellow card · Teddy Sheringham
Team news
Portsmouth line-up
Harald Wapenaar, Dejan Stefanovic, Boris Zivkovic, Arjan de Zeeuw, Patrik Berger, Alexei Smertin, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Hayden Foxe, Tim Sherwood, Teddy Sheringham, Steve Stone
Leicester City line-up
Ian Walker, Jordan Stewart, Steve Howey, John Curtis, Ben Thatcher, Mustafa Izzet, Riccardo Scimeca, Leslie Ferdinand, Marcus Bent, James Scowcroft, Billy McKinlay