Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Portsmouth: result and report

Premier League · Monday 12 December 2005

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Portsmouth

Premier League · Monday 12 December 2005, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Portsmouth: match report

Tottenham Hotspur defeated Portsmouth 3-1 in the Premier League on Monday 12 December 2005. The half-time score was 0-1.

Trésor Lomana LuaLua opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Ledley King (57'), Mido (85', penalty) and Jermain Defoe (90'). Portsmouth scored through Trésor Lomana LuaLua (24').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 4th on 27 points from 15 and Portsmouth 19th on 10 points from 15. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 5th with 65 points, and Portsmouth 17th with 38.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 0 draws and 2 for Portsmouth.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Goal · Trésor Lomana LuaLuaPortsmouth · 0-1
  • 57'Goal · Ledley KingTottenham Hotspur · 1-1
  • 85'Penalty goal · MidoTottenham Hotspur · 2-1
  • 90'Goal · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur · 3-1

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 3, draws 0, Portsmouth 2.

Team news

Tottenham Hotspur line-up

Paul Robinson, Paul Stalteri, Young-Pyo Lee, Michael Dawson, Ledley King, Michael Carrick, Jermaine Jenas, Edgar Davids, Teemu Tainio, R. Keane, Mido

Portsmouth expected line-up

Shaka Hislop, Dejan Stefanovic, Arjan de Zeeuw, Nigel Quashie, Patrik Berger, Richard Hughes, Alexei Smertin, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Lomana Lualua, Steve Stone, Teddy Sheringham