Sunderland 1-2 Portsmouth: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 8 November 2008

Result

Sunderland 1-2 Portsmouth

Premier League · Saturday 8 November 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Sunderland 1-2 Portsmouth: match report

Sunderland were beaten by Portsmouth 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 8 November 2008. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Djibril Cissé opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Sunderland's goal came from Djibril Cissé (4'). Portsmouth scored through Nadir Belhadj (51') and Jermain Defoe (90').

Discipline: Sunderland received 2 yellow cards; Portsmouth received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Sunderland were 16th on 12 points from 11 and Portsmouth 10th on 14 points from 11. Sunderland went on to finish that season 16th with 36 points, and Portsmouth 14th with 41.

Sunderland lined up in a 4-4-2 and Portsmouth in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sunderland win, 0 draws and 3 for Portsmouth.

Going into the match Sunderland's last five read L-L-W-D-D and Portsmouth's L-L-D-D-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Djibril CisséSunderland · 1-0
  • 51'Goal · Nadir BelhadjPortsmouth · 1-1
  • 82'Yellow card · Danny CollinsSunderland
  • 85'Yellow card · Lassana DiarraPortsmouth
  • 89'Yellow card · Dean WhiteheadSunderland
  • 90'Goal · Jermain DefoePortsmouth · 1-2

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Sunderland 1, draws 0, Portsmouth 3.

Team news

Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)

Marton Fulop, Phil Bardsley, Nyron Nosworthy, Kieran Richardson, Danny Collins, Anton Ferdinand, Dean Whitehead, Steed Malbranque, Andy Reid, Djibril Cissé, Daryl Murphy

Portsmouth line-up (4-4-2)

Glen Johnson, Sylvain Distin, Noé Pamarot, Lassana Diarra, Niko Kranjčar, Sean Davis, Nadir Belhadj, Peter Crouch, David James, Jermain Defoe, Sulzeer Campbell