Portsmouth 1-4 West Ham United: result and report
Premier League · Friday 26 December 2008
Result
Portsmouth 1-4 West Ham United
Premier League · Friday 26 December 2008, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Portsmouth 1-4 West Ham United: match report
Portsmouth were beaten by West Ham United 1-4 in the Premier League on Friday 26 December 2008. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Nadir Belhadj opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Portsmouth's goal came from Nadir Belhadj (7'). West Ham United scored through Jack Collison (19'), Carlton Cole (66'), Craig Bellamy (69') and Craig Bellamy (82').
Discipline: Portsmouth received 1 yellow card; West Ham United received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Portsmouth were 10th on 23 points from 18 and West Ham United 17th on 19 points from 18. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and West Ham United 9th with 51.
Portsmouth lined up in a 4-4-2 and West Ham United in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Portsmouth wins, 3 draws and 0 for West Ham United.
Going into the match Portsmouth's last five read L-L-D-W-D and West Ham United's L-D-L-D-W.
Key events
- 7'Goal · Nadir Belhadj
- 19'Goal · Jack Collison
- 44'Yellow card · Marc Wilson
- 45+2'Yellow card · Mark Noble
- 65'Yellow card · Valon Behrami
- 66'Goal · Carlton Cole
- 69'Goal · Craig Bellamy
- 82'Goal · Craig Bellamy
- 86'Yellow card · Scott Parker
Head-to-head
Team news
Portsmouth line-up (4-4-2)
Sylvain Distin, Marc Wilson, Niko Kranjčar, Richard Hughes, Sean Davis, Nadir Belhadj, Peter Crouch, David James, Jermain Defoe, Sulzeer Campbell, Glen Little
West Ham United expected line-up (4-4-2)
Robert Green, George McCartney, Lucas Neill, James Tomkins, Joseph Paintsil, Julien Faubert, Bobby Zamora, Dean Ashton, Scott Parker, Mark Noble