Portsmouth 2-0 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 28 September 2008
Result
Portsmouth 2-0 Tottenham Hotspur
Premier League · Sunday 28 September 2008, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Portsmouth 2-0 Tottenham Hotspur: match report
Portsmouth won against Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 28 September 2008. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Jermain Defoe opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Portsmouth's goals came from Jermain Defoe (32') and Peter Crouch (68'). Tottenham Hotspur did not score.
Discipline: Portsmouth received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Tottenham Hotspur received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Portsmouth were 15th on 6 points from 5 and Tottenham Hotspur 20th on 2 points from 5. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 8th with 51.
Portsmouth lined up in a 4-4-2 and Tottenham Hotspur in a 4-1-4-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Portsmouth wins, 1 draw and 7 for Tottenham Hotspur.
Going into the match Portsmouth's last five read L-W-W-L-L and Tottenham Hotspur's D-L-D-L-L.
Key events
- 26'Yellow card · Jonathan Woodgate
- 32'Goal · Jermain Defoe
- 32'Yellow card · Jamie O'Hara
- 38'Yellow card · Lassana Diarra
- 57'Yellow card · Nadir Belhadj
- 68'Goal · Peter Crouch
- 80'Yellow card · Peter Crouch
- 84'Yellow card · Richard Hughes
- 88'Second yellow · Lassana Diarra
- 90'Yellow card · Aaron Lennon
Head-to-head
Team news
Portsmouth line-up (4-4-2)
Glen Johnson, Sylvain Distin, Armand Traore, Lassana Diarra, Richard Hughes, Nadir Belhadj, Peter Crouch, David James, Jermain Defoe, Sulzeer Campbell, Glen Little
Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-1-4-1)
Heurelho Gomes, Michael Dawson, Vedran Ćorluka, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Didier Zokora, Daniel Bentley, Jermaine Jenas, Gilberto, Roman Pavlyuchenko, Jamie O'Hara, Jonathan Woodgate