Portsmouth 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 15 December 2007

Result

Portsmouth 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League · Saturday 15 December 2007, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Portsmouth 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur: match report

Portsmouth lost to Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 15 December 2007. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Dimitar Berbatov of Tottenham Hotspur in the 81st minute.

Discipline: Portsmouth received 3 yellow cards; Tottenham Hotspur received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 5th on 30 points from 16 and Tottenham Hotspur 13th on 15 points from 16. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 8th with 57 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 11th with 46.

Portsmouth lined up in a 4-5-1 and Tottenham Hotspur in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Portsmouth wins, 1 draw and 5 for Tottenham Hotspur.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Yellow card · Pedro MendesPortsmouth
  • 61'Yellow card · S. MalbranqueTottenham Hotspur
  • 74'Yellow card · Niko KranjčarPortsmouth
  • 81'Goal · Dimitar BerbatovTottenham Hotspur · 0-1
  • 82'Yellow card · Dimitar BerbatovTottenham Hotspur
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Sylvain DistinPortsmouth

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Portsmouth 2, draws 1, Tottenham Hotspur 5.

Team news

Portsmouth line-up (4-5-1)

Glen Johnson, Sylvain Distin, Noé Pamarot, Papa Diop, Sulley Muntari, Niko Kranjčar, Pedro Mendes, John Utaka, Benjamin Mwaruwari, David James, Sulzeer Campbell

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-4-2)

Paul Robinson, Pascal Chimbonda, Young-Pyo Lee, Younès Kaboul, Didier Zokora, Jermaine Jenas, Steed Malbranque, Kevin-Prince Boateng, Dimitar Berbatov, Darren Bent, Aaron Lennon