Portsmouth 2-1 Newcastle United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 14 April 2007

Result

Portsmouth 2-1 Newcastle United

Premier League · Saturday 14 April 2007, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Portsmouth 2-1 Newcastle United: match report

Portsmouth defeated Newcastle United 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 14 April 2007. The half-time score was 1-0.

Benjamin Mwaruwari opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Portsmouth's goals came from Benjamin Mwaruwari (7') and Matthew Taylor (59'). Newcastle United scored through Emre Belözoglu (69', penalty).

Discipline: Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards; Newcastle United received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 8th on 46 points from 33 and Newcastle United 10th on 41 points from 33. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 9th with 54 points, and Newcastle United 13th with 43.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Portsmouth wins, 4 draws and 3 for Newcastle United.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Goal · Benjamin MwaruwariPortsmouth · 1-0
  • 53'Yellow card · Dejan StefanovicPortsmouth
  • 59'Goal · Matthew TaylorPortsmouth · 2-0
  • 69'Penalty goal · Emre BelözogluNewcastle United · 2-1
  • 74'Yellow card · Gary O'NeilPortsmouth

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Portsmouth 0, draws 4, Newcastle United 3.

Team news

Portsmouth expected line-up

Linvoy Primus, Dejan Stefanovic, Glen Johnson, Noé Pamarot, Pedro Mendes, Richard Hughes, Nwankwo Kanu, David James, Sulzeer Campbell

Newcastle United line-up

Damien Duff, Steve Harper, Stephen Carr, Craig Moore, Steven Taylor, Charles N'Zogbia, James Milner, Obafemi Martins, N. Solano, Emre Belözoğlu, Nicky Butt