Portsmouth 0-0 Newcastle United: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 12 April 2008
Result
Portsmouth 0-0 Newcastle United
Premier League · Saturday 12 April 2008, 16:15 UTC · half-time 0-0
Portsmouth 0-0 Newcastle United: match report
Portsmouth drew with Newcastle United 0-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 12 April 2008. The half-time score was 0-0.
Neither side found the net.
Discipline: Portsmouth received 1 yellow card; Newcastle United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Portsmouth were 6th on 56 points from 33 and Newcastle United 12th on 38 points from 33. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 8th with 57 points, and Newcastle United 12th with 43.
Portsmouth lined up in a 4-4-2 and Newcastle United in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Portsmouth wins, 4 draws and 3 for Newcastle United.
Going into the match Portsmouth's last five read W-W-L-W-W and Newcastle United's W-W-W-D-L.
Key events
- 42'Yellow card · Glen Johnson
- 90+2'Yellow card · Joey Barton
Head-to-head
Team news
Portsmouth line-up (4-4-2)
Glen Johnson, Sylvain Distin, Papa Diop, Sulley Muntari, Niko Kranjčar, Sean Davis, Nwankwo Kanu, David James, Hermann Hreidarsson, Jermain Defoe, Sulzeer Campbell
Newcastle United line-up (4-3-3)
Steve Harper, José Enrique, Abdoulaye Faye, Steven Taylor, Geremi N'Djitap Fotso, Obafemi Martins, Michael Owen, Mark Viduka, Joey Barton, Habib Beye, Nicky Butt