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

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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.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Yellow card · Sean DavisPortsmouth
  • 59'Goal · David NugentPortsmouth · 0-1
  • 70'Goal · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur · 1-1
  • 74'Yellow card · Younès KaboulPortsmouth

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 7, draws 1, Portsmouth 2.

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