West Ham United 1-2 Portsmouth: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 26 December 2006

Result

West Ham United 1-2 Portsmouth

Premier League · Tuesday 26 December 2006, 13:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

West Ham United · Portsmouth · Premier League predictions

West Ham United 1-2 Portsmouth: match report

West Ham United lost to Portsmouth 1-2 in the Premier League on Tuesday 26 December 2006. The half-time score was 0-2.

Linvoy Primus opened the scoring in the 16th minute. West Ham United's goal came from Teddy Sheringham (80'). Portsmouth scored through Linvoy Primus (16') and Linvoy Primus (37').

Discipline: West Ham United received 2 yellow cards; Portsmouth received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game West Ham United were 18th on 18 points from 19 and Portsmouth 6th on 32 points from 19. West Ham United went on to finish that season 15th with 41 points, and Portsmouth 9th with 54.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 West Ham United wins, 1 draw and 2 for Portsmouth.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · Linvoy PrimusPortsmouth · 0-1
  • 37'Goal · Linvoy PrimusPortsmouth · 0-2
  • 40'Yellow card · Anton FerdinandWest Ham United
  • 80'Yellow card · Nwankwo KanuPortsmouth
  • 80'Goal · Teddy SheringhamWest Ham United · 1-2
  • 83'Yellow card · Nigel Reo-CokerWest Ham United

Head-to-head

3 meetings: West Ham United 0, draws 1, Portsmouth 2.

Team news

West Ham United line-up

Robert Green, Paul Konchesky, Danny Gabbidon, Anton Ferdinand, Jonathan Spector, Yossi Benayoun, Nigel Reo-Coker, Marlon Harewood, Bobby Zamora, Matthew Etherington, Hayden Mullins

Portsmouth expected line-up

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