Arsenal 1-0 Portsmouth: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 28 December 2008
Result
Arsenal 1-0 Portsmouth
Premier League · Sunday 28 December 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Arsenal 1-0 Portsmouth: match report
Arsenal won against Portsmouth 1-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 28 December 2008. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from William Gallas of Arsenal in the 81st minute.
Discipline: Arsenal received no yellow cards; Portsmouth received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Arsenal were 5th on 32 points from 19 and Portsmouth 11th on 23 points from 19. Arsenal went on to finish that season 4th with 72 points, and Portsmouth 14th with 41.
Arsenal 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 4 Arsenal wins, 6 draws and 0 for Portsmouth.
Going into the match Arsenal's last five read D-D-D-W-W and Portsmouth's L-L-L-D-W.
Key events
- 42'Yellow card · Richard Hughes
- 81'Goal · William Gallas
Head-to-head
Team news
Arsenal line-up (4-4-2)
Almunia, Bacary Sagna, William Gallas, Mikaël Silvestre, Gaël Clichy, Emmanuel Eboué, Abou Diaby, Samir Nasri, Denílson, Emmanuel Adebayor, Nicklas Bendtner
Portsmouth line-up (4-4-2)
Sylvain Distin, Marc Wilson, Papa Diop, Niko Kranjčar, Richard Hughes, Sean Davis, Nadir Belhadj, Peter Crouch, David Nugent, David James, Sulzeer Campbell