West Ham United 2-0 Portsmouth: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 26 December 2009
Result
West Ham United 2-0 Portsmouth
Premier League · Saturday 26 December 2009, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
West Ham United 2-0 Portsmouth: match report
West Ham United won against Portsmouth 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 26 December 2009. The half-time score was 1-0.
Alessandro Diamanti opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. West Ham United's goals came from Alessandro Diamanti (23', penalty) and R. Kováč (89'). Portsmouth did not score.
Discipline: West Ham United received no yellow cards; Portsmouth received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game West Ham United were 19th on 15 points from 18 and Portsmouth 20th on 14 points from 18. West Ham United went on to finish that season 17th with 35 points, and Portsmouth 20th with 28.
West Ham United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Portsmouth in a 4-3-2-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 West Ham United win, 3 draws and 4 for Portsmouth.
Going into the match West Ham United's last five read D-L-L-L-W and Portsmouth's W-L-D-W-L.
Key events
- 19'Yellow card · Aruna Dindane
- 21'Yellow card · Michael Brown
- 23'Penalty goal · Alessandro Diamanti
- 63'Yellow card · Jamie O'Hara
- 89'Goal · R. Kováč
Head-to-head
Team news
West Ham United expected line-up (4-4-2)
Robert Green, Matthew Upson, James Collins, Julien Faubert, Luis Jiménez, Carlton Cole, Junior Stanislas, Mark Noble, Scott Parker, Jack Collison
Portsmouth line-up (4-3-2-1)
Asmir Begović, Younès Kaboul, Steve Finnan, Tal Ben Haim, Nadir Belhadj, Frédéric Piquionne, Aruna Dindane, Jamie O'Hara, Hayden Mullins, Hermann Hreidarsson, Michael Brown