Birmingham City 2-0 Portsmouth: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 27 September 2003

Result

Birmingham City 2-0 Portsmouth

Premier League · Saturday 27 September 2003, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Birmingham City 2-0 Portsmouth: match report

Birmingham City beat Portsmouth 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 27 September 2003. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Stephen Clemence opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Birmingham City's goals came from Stephen Clemence (21') and Stan Lazaridis (50'). Portsmouth did not score.

Discipline: Birmingham City received 1 yellow card; Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Birmingham City were 7th on 11 points from 5 and Portsmouth 8th on 9 points from 6. Birmingham City went on to finish that season 10th with 50 points, and Portsmouth 13th with 45.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Goal · Stephen ClemenceBirmingham City · 1-0
  • 33'Yellow card · Amdy FayePortsmouth
  • 50'Goal · Stan LazaridisBirmingham City · 2-0
  • 74'Yellow card · Aliou CisséBirmingham City
  • 83'Yellow card · Tim SherwoodPortsmouth

Team news

Birmingham City line-up

Maik Taylor, Kenny Cunningham, Jamie Clapham, Matthew Upson, Robbie Savage, Stephen Clemence, Mikael Forssell, Stan Lazaridis, Christophe Dugarry, David Dunn, Damien Johnson