Southampton 3-0 Portsmouth: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 21 December 2003
Result
Southampton 3-0 Portsmouth
Premier League · Sunday 21 December 2003, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Southampton 3-0 Portsmouth: match report
Southampton won against Portsmouth 3-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 21 December 2003. The half-time score was 1-0.
Southampton's goals came from an own goal by S. Schemmel (34'), Marians Pahars (67') and James Beattie (90'). Portsmouth did not score.
Discipline: Southampton received no yellow cards; Portsmouth received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Southampton were 7th on 23 points from 16 and Portsmouth 18th on 16 points from 16. Southampton went on to finish that season 12th with 47 points, and Portsmouth 13th with 45.
Going into the match Southampton's last five read W-W-L-L-D and Portsmouth's L-D-L-L-W.
Key events
- 34'Own goal · S. Schemmel
- 53'Yellow card · S. Schemmel
- 67'Goal · Marians Pahars
- 79'Yellow card · Tim Sherwood
- 84'Yellow card · Hayden Foxe
- 90'Goal · James Beattie
Team news
Portsmouth expected line-up
Harald Wapenaar, Dejan Stefanovic, Arjan de Zeeuw, Boris Zivkovic, Patrik Berger, Alexei Smertin, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Teddy Sheringham, Steve Stone, Tim Sherwood, Hayden Foxe