Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Portsmouth: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 18 January 2009
Result
Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Portsmouth
Premier League · Sunday 18 January 2009, 16:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Portsmouth: match report
Tottenham Hotspur drew with Portsmouth 1-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 18 January 2009. The half-time score was 0-0.
David Nugent opened the scoring in the 59th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goal came from Jermain Defoe (70'). Portsmouth scored through David Nugent (59').
Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received no yellow cards; Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 20th on 20 points from 21 and Portsmouth 15th on 23 points from 20. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 8th with 51 points, and Portsmouth 14th with 41.
Tottenham Hotspur 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 7 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 1 draw and 2 for Portsmouth.
Going into the match Tottenham Hotspur's last five read L-L-D-L-D and Portsmouth's L-L-L-L-D.
Key events
- 27'Yellow card · Sean Davis
- 59'Goal · David Nugent
- 70'Goal · Jermain Defoe
- 74'Yellow card · Younès Kaboul
Head-to-head
Team news
Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-4-2)
Heurelho Gomes, Vedran Ćorluka, Ledley King, Didier Zokora, Luka Modrić, Gareth Bale, Roman Pavlyuchenko, Aaron Lennon, Jamie O'Hara, Jermain Defoe, Jonathan Woodgate
Portsmouth line-up (4-4-2)
Younès Kaboul, Glen Johnson, Sylvain Distin, Armand Traore, Niko Kranjčar, Sean Davis, Nadir Belhadj, Peter Crouch, David Nugent, David James, Sulzeer Campbell