Portsmouth 2-1 Stoke City: result and report

Portsmouth 2-1 Stoke City

Premier League · Sunday 5 October 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Portsmouth beat Stoke City 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 5 October 2008. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Peter Crouch opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Portsmouth's goals came from Peter Crouch (25') and Jermain Defoe (51'). Stoke City scored through Ricardo Fuller (48').

Discipline: Portsmouth received no yellow cards; Stoke City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 12th on 9 points from 6 and Stoke City 18th on 4 points from 6. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and Stoke City 12th with 45.

Portsmouth lined up in a 4-4-2 and Stoke City in a 4-4-2.

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