Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Portsmouth: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 1 October 2006

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Portsmouth

Premier League · Sunday 1 October 2006, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Portsmouth: match report

Tottenham Hotspur defeated Portsmouth 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 1 October 2006. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Danny Murphy opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Danny Murphy (2') and Jermain Defoe (35', penalty). Portsmouth scored through Nwankwo Kanu (40').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 18th on 4 points from 6 and Portsmouth 4th on 13 points from 6. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 5th with 60 points, and Portsmouth 9th with 54.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 0 draws and 2 for Portsmouth.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Danny MurphyTottenham Hotspur · 1-0
  • 35'Penalty goal · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur · 2-0
  • 40'Goal · Nwankwo KanuPortsmouth · 2-1

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 4, draws 0, Portsmouth 2.

Team news

Tottenham Hotspur line-up

Paul Robinson, Pascal Chimbonda, Michael Dawson, Ledley King, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Didier Zokora, Jermaine Jenas, Danny Murphy, Hossam Ghaly, Dimitar Berbatov, Jermain Defoe

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