Reading 0-2 Portsmouth: result and report
Premier League · Tuesday 1 January 2008
Result
Reading 0-2 Portsmouth
Premier League · Tuesday 1 January 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Reading 0-2 Portsmouth: match report
Reading lost to Portsmouth 0-2 in the Premier League on Tuesday 1 January 2008. The half-time score was 0-1.
Sulzeer Campbell opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Reading did not score. Portsmouth scored through Sulzeer Campbell (9') and John Utaka (66').
Discipline: Reading received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Portsmouth received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Reading were 13th on 22 points from 20 and Portsmouth 8th on 31 points from 20. Reading went on to finish that season 18th with 36 points, and Portsmouth 8th with 57.
Reading lined up in a 4-4-2 and Portsmouth in a 4-5-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Reading wins, 1 draw and 2 for Portsmouth.
Going into the match Reading's last five read L-D-W-D-W and Portsmouth's L-D-L-L-W.
Key events
- 3'Missed penalty · Niko Kranjčar
- 3'Red card · I. Sonko
- 9'Goal · Sulzeer Campbell
- 23'Yellow card · G. Murty
- 58'Yellow card · Richard Hughes
- 63'Yellow card · Kalifa Cisse
- 66'Goal · John Utaka
- 81'Yellow card · Andre Bikey
Head-to-head
Team news
Reading line-up (4-4-2)
Marcus Hahnemann, Nicky Shorey, Kalifa Cisse, Ibrahima Sonko, Ivar Ingimarsson, Noel Hunt, James Harper, Kevin Doyle, Dave Kitson, Bobby Convey, Graeme Murty
Portsmouth line-up (4-5-1)
Glen Johnson, Sylvain Distin, Papa Diop, Sulley Muntari, Niko Kranjčar, Richard Hughes, John Utaka, Benjamin Mwaruwari, David James, Hermann Hreidarsson, Sulzeer Campbell