Arsenal 3-0 Portsmouth: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 5 March 2005

Result

Arsenal 3-0 Portsmouth

Premier League · Saturday 5 March 2005, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Arsenal 3-0 Portsmouth: match report

Arsenal defeated Portsmouth 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 5 March 2005. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Thierry Henry opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Thierry Henry (39'), Thierry Henry (53') and Thierry Henry (85'). Portsmouth did not score.

Discipline: Arsenal received no yellow cards; Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 3rd on 58 points from 28 and Portsmouth 14th on 30 points from 28. Arsenal went on to finish that season 2nd with 83 points, and Portsmouth 16th with 39.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Arsenal win, 2 draws and 0 for Portsmouth.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 39'Goal · Thierry HenryArsenal · 1-0
  • 43'Yellow card · Linvoy PrimusPortsmouth
  • 45'Yellow card · Dejan StefanovicPortsmouth
  • 53'Goal · Thierry HenryArsenal · 2-0
  • 85'Goal · Thierry HenryArsenal · 3-0

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Arsenal 1, draws 2, Portsmouth 0.

Team news

Portsmouth expected line-up

Shaka Hislop, Dejan Stefanovic, Arjan de Zeeuw, Boris Zivkovic, Nigel Quashie, Patrik Berger, Alexei Smertin, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Lomana Lualua, Steve Stone, Teddy Sheringham