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
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.
Key events
- 29'Yellow card · Pedro Mendes
- 61'Yellow card · S. Malbranque
- 74'Yellow card · Niko Kranjčar
- 81'Goal · Dimitar Berbatov
- 82'Yellow card · Dimitar Berbatov
- 90+1'Yellow card · Sylvain Distin
Head-to-head
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