Everton 3-0 Portsmouth: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 5 May 2007

Result

Everton 3-0 Portsmouth

Premier League · Saturday 5 May 2007, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Everton · Portsmouth · Premier League predictions

Everton 3-0 Portsmouth: match report

Everton defeated Portsmouth 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 5 May 2007. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Mikel Arteta opened the scoring in the 59th minute. Everton's goals came from Mikel Arteta (59', penalty), Joseph Yobo (62') and G. Naysmith (90+4'). Portsmouth did not score.

Discipline: Everton received 3 yellow cards; Portsmouth received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Everton were 6th on 54 points from 36 and Portsmouth 8th on 53 points from 36. Everton went on to finish that season 6th with 58 points, and Portsmouth 9th with 54.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Everton wins, 0 draws and 2 for Portsmouth.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Yellow card · Noé PamarotPortsmouth
  • 33'Yellow card · Manuel FernandesEverton
  • 47'Yellow card · Sean DavisPortsmouth
  • 58'Yellow card · Glen JohnsonPortsmouth
  • 59'Penalty goal · Mikel ArtetaEverton · 1-0
  • 62'Goal · Joseph YoboEverton · 2-0
  • 72'Yellow card · James VaughanEverton
  • 75'Yellow card · Joseph YoboEverton
  • 90+4'Goal · G. NaysmithEverton · 3-0

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Everton 5, draws 0, Portsmouth 2.

Team news

Everton expected line-up

Tim Howard, Joseph Yobo, Joleon Lescott, Leon Osman, James Beattie, James McFadden, Andy Johnson, Nuno Valente, Alan Stubbs, Lee Kevin Carsley

Portsmouth expected line-up

Linvoy Primus, Dejan Stefanovic, Glen Johnson, Noé Pamarot, Pedro Mendes, Richard Hughes, Nwankwo Kanu, David James, Sulzeer Campbell