Liverpool 4-1 Portsmouth: result and report

Premier League · Monday 15 March 2010

Result

Liverpool 4-1 Portsmouth

Premier League · Monday 15 March 2010, 20:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Liverpool 4-1 Portsmouth: match report

Liverpool won against Portsmouth 4-1 in the Premier League on Monday 15 March 2010. The half-time score was 3-0.

Fernando Torres opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Fernando Torres (26'), R. Babel (28'), A. Aquilani (32') and Fernando Torres (77'). Portsmouth scored through N. Belhadj (88').

Discipline: Liverpool received no yellow cards; Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Liverpool were 6th on 48 points from 29 and Portsmouth 20th on 19 points from 28. Liverpool went on to finish that season 7th with 63 points, and Portsmouth 20th with 28.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Liverpool wins, 2 draws and 2 for Portsmouth.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Goal · Fernando TorresLiverpool · 1-0
  • 28'Goal · R. BabelLiverpool · 2-0
  • 32'Goal · A. AquilaniLiverpool · 3-0
  • 77'Yellow card · Aruna DindanePortsmouth
  • 77'Yellow card · Aaron MokoenaPortsmouth
  • 77'Goal · Fernando TorresLiverpool · 4-0
  • 88'Goal · N. BelhadjPortsmouth · 4-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Liverpool 6, draws 2, Portsmouth 2.

Team news

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

Pepe Reina, Glen Johnson, Daniel Agger, Javier Mascherano, Emiliano Insúa, Jamie Carragher, Alberto Aquilani, Fernando Torres, Ryan Babel, Steven Gerrard, Maxi Rodríguez

Portsmouth line-up (4-3-3)

Jamie Ashdown, Ricardo Rocha, Steve Finnan, Marc Wilson, Papa Diop, Nadir Belhadj, Frédéric Piquionne, Aruna Dindane, Jamie O'Hara, Hermann Hreidarsson, Michael Brown