Birmingham City 1-0 Portsmouth: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 19 August 2009
Result
Birmingham City 1-0 Portsmouth
Premier League · Wednesday 19 August 2009, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Birmingham City 1-0 Portsmouth: match report
Birmingham City beat Portsmouth 1-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 19 August 2009. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from James McFadden of Birmingham City in the 90th minute, from the penalty spot.
Discipline: Birmingham City received no yellow cards; Portsmouth received 5 yellow cards.
Birmingham City went on to finish that season 9th with 50 points, and Portsmouth 20th with 28.
Birmingham City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Portsmouth in a 4-5-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Birmingham City wins, 3 draws and 3 for Portsmouth.
Key events
- 51'Yellow card · Angelos Basinas
- 78'Yellow card · Frédéric Piquionne
- 90'Penalty goal · James McFadden
- 90'Yellow card · David James
- 90'Yellow card · Younès Kaboul
- 90'Yellow card · Hayden Mullins
Head-to-head
Team news
Birmingham City line-up (4-4-2)
Joe Hart, Stephen Carr, Roger Johnson, Franck Queudrue, Sebastian Larsson, Keith Fahey, Garry O'Connor, Cameron Jerome, James McFadden, Barry Ferguson, Gregory Vignal
Portsmouth line-up (4-5-1)
Younès Kaboul, Aaron Mokoena, Sylvain Distin, Anthony Vanden Borre, Marc Wilson, Papa Diop, Niko Kranjčar, Nadir Belhadj, Frédéric Piquionne, David James, Hayden Mullins