Newcastle United 2-0 Portsmouth: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 4 February 2006
Result
Newcastle United 2-0 Portsmouth
Premier League · Saturday 4 February 2006, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Newcastle United 2-0 Portsmouth: match report
Newcastle United beat Portsmouth 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 4 February 2006. The half-time score was 1-0.
Charles N'Zogbia opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Newcastle United's goals came from Charles N'Zogbia (41') and A. Shearer (64'). Portsmouth did not score.
Discipline: Newcastle United received no yellow cards; Portsmouth received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Newcastle United were 15th on 26 points from 23 and Portsmouth 19th on 18 points from 24. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 7th with 58 points, and Portsmouth 17th with 38.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Newcastle United win, 4 draws and 0 for Portsmouth.
Going into the match Newcastle United's last five read L-L-L-D-L and Portsmouth's D-L-L-L-W.
Key events
- 31'Yellow card · Andy Griffin
- 41'Goal · Charles N'Zogbia
- 64'Goal · A. Shearer
Head-to-head
Team news
Newcastle United line-up
Shay Given, Jean-Alain Boumsong Somkong, Titus Bramble, Peter Ramage, Celestine Babayaro, Charles N'Zogbia, Shola Ameobi, N. Solano, Emre Belözoğlu, Alan Shearer, Scott Parker
Portsmouth expected line-up
Shaka Hislop, Dejan Stefanovic, Arjan de Zeeuw, Nigel Quashie, Patrik Berger, Richard Hughes, Alexei Smertin, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Lomana Lualua, Steve Stone, Teddy Sheringham