Portsmouth 1-1 Norwich City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 1 January 2005

Result

Portsmouth 1-1 Norwich City

Premier League · Saturday 1 January 2005, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Portsmouth 1-1 Norwich City: match report

Portsmouth drew with Norwich City 1-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 1 January 2005. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Damien Francis opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Portsmouth's goal came from Yakubu Aiyegbeni (61', penalty). Norwich City scored through Damien Francis (9').

Discipline: Portsmouth received 3 yellow cards; Norwich City received no yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 10th on 26 points from 20 and Norwich City 18th on 15 points from 20. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 16th with 39 points, and Norwich City 19th with 33.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Portsmouth wins, 1 draw and 0 for Norwich City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Red card · Marc EdworthyNorwich City
  • 9'Goal · Damien FrancisNorwich City · 0-1
  • 32'Yellow card · Andy GriffinPortsmouth
  • 35'Yellow card · Yakubu AiyegbeniPortsmouth
  • 43'Yellow card · Matthew TaylorPortsmouth
  • 61'Penalty goal · Yakubu AiyegbeniPortsmouth · 1-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Portsmouth 0, draws 1, Norwich City 0.

Team news

Portsmouth expected line-up

Shaka Hislop, Dejan Stefanovic, Arjan de Zeeuw, Boris Zivkovic, Nigel Quashie, Patrik Berger, Alexei Smertin, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Lomana Lualua, Steve Stone, Teddy Sheringham