West Ham United 4-3 Portsmouth: result and report

Championship · Saturday 10 September 2011

Result

West Ham United 4-3 Portsmouth

Championship · Saturday 10 September 2011, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

West Ham United · Portsmouth · Championship predictions

West Ham United 4-3 Portsmouth: match report

West Ham United won against Portsmouth 4-3 in the Championship on Saturday 10 September 2011. The half-time score was 1-1.

Luke Varney opened the scoring in the 8th minute. West Ham United's goals came from Matthew Taylor (9'), Nicolás Frutos (53'), Mark Noble (72', penalty) and Carlton Cole (77'). Portsmouth scored through Luke Varney (8'), D. Norris (60') and Greg Halford (90+7', penalty).

Discipline: West Ham United received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Portsmouth received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game West Ham United were 5th on 10 points from 5 and Portsmouth 12th on 6 points from 5. West Ham United went on to finish that season 1st with 95 points, and Portsmouth 18th with 50.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 West Ham United wins, 4 draws and 4 for Portsmouth.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Luke VarneyPortsmouth · 0-1
  • 9'Goal · Matthew TaylorWest Ham United · 1-1
  • 14'Yellow card · Joey O'BrienWest Ham United
  • 20'Yellow card · Aaron MokoenaPortsmouth
  • 27'Yellow card · Liam LawrencePortsmouth
  • 40'Yellow card · Luke VarneyPortsmouth
  • 48'Yellow card · Kevin NolanWest Ham United
  • 53'Goal · Nicolás FrutosWest Ham United · 2-1
  • 57'Yellow card · Hayden MullinsPortsmouth
  • 60'Goal · D. NorrisPortsmouth · 2-2
  • 67'Second yellow · Liam LawrencePortsmouth
  • 72'Penalty goal · Mark NobleWest Ham United · 3-2
  • 77'Goal · Carlton ColeWest Ham United · 4-2
  • 90'Red card · Frédéric PiquionneWest Ham United
  • 90+7'Penalty goal · Greg HalfordPortsmouth · 4-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: West Ham United 2, draws 4, Portsmouth 4.

Team news

West Ham United line-up

Robert Green, Winston Reid, George McCartney, James Tomkins, Joey O'Brien, Julien Faubert, Henri Lansbury, Carlton Cole, Kevin Nolan, Matthew Taylor, Mark Noble

Portsmouth line-up

Jamie Ashdown, Aaron Mokoena, Jason Pearce, Greg Halford, Tal Ben Haim, Liam Lawrence, David Norris, Erik Huseklepp, Luke Varney, Benjamin Mwaruwari, Hayden Mullins