Liverpool 1-0 Portsmouth: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 29 October 2008

Result

Liverpool 1-0 Portsmouth

Premier League · Wednesday 29 October 2008, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Liverpool 1-0 Portsmouth: match report

Liverpool beat Portsmouth 1-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 29 October 2008. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Steven Gerrard of Liverpool in the 74th minute.

Discipline: Liverpool received no yellow cards; Portsmouth received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Liverpool were 2nd on 23 points from 9 and Portsmouth 7th on 14 points from 9. Liverpool went on to finish that season 2nd with 86 points, and Portsmouth 14th with 41.

Liverpool lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Portsmouth in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Liverpool wins, 3 draws and 2 for Portsmouth.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 50'Yellow card · Lassana DiarraPortsmouth
  • 74'Goal · Steven GerrardLiverpool · 1-0
  • 77'Yellow card · Nadir BelhadjPortsmouth
  • 77'Yellow card · Papa Bouba DiopPortsmouth

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Liverpool 5, draws 3, Portsmouth 2.

Team news

Liverpool line-up (4-2-3-1)

Pepe Reina, Fábio Aurélio, Álvaro Arbeloa, Jamie Carragher, Jermaine Pennant, Lucas Leiva, Dirk Kuyt, Ryan Babel, Sami Hyypia, Steven Gerrard, Xabi Alonso

Portsmouth line-up (4-5-1)

Younès Kaboul, Sylvain Distin, Noé Pamarot, Armand Traore, Lassana Diarra, Papa Diop, Sean Davis, Nadir Belhadj, Peter Crouch, John Utaka, David James