Portsmouth 0-3 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 2 May 2009

Result

Portsmouth 0-3 Arsenal

Premier League · Saturday 2 May 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Portsmouth 0-3 Arsenal: match report

Portsmouth lost to Arsenal 0-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 2 May 2009. The half-time score was 0-2.

Nicklas Bendtner opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Portsmouth did not score. Arsenal scored through Nicklas Bendtner (13'), Nicklas Bendtner (39') and Carlos Vela (56').

Discipline: Portsmouth received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Arsenal received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 14th on 38 points from 34 and Arsenal 4th on 65 points from 34. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and Arsenal 4th with 72.

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

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · Nicklas BendtnerArsenal · 0-1
  • 21'Yellow card · Andrey ArshavinArsenal
  • 39'Goal · Nicklas BendtnerArsenal · 0-2
  • 39'Yellow card · Sol CampbellPortsmouth
  • 56'Goal · Carlos VelaArsenal · 0-3
  • 65'Yellow card · Nwankwo KanuPortsmouth
  • 78'Red card · Noe Elías PamarotPortsmouth
  • 81'Yellow card · Sean DavisPortsmouth

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Portsmouth 0, draws 5, Arsenal 5.

Team news

Portsmouth line-up (4-5-1)

Sylvain Distin, Noé Pamarot, Jermaine Pennant, Richard Hughes, Sean Davis, Nadir Belhadj, Peter Crouch, David James, Hayden Mullins, Hermann Hreidarsson, Sulzeer Campbell

Arsenal line-up (4-4-2)

Lukasz Fabianski, Bacary Sagna, Johan Djourou, Emmanuel Eboué, Denílson, Aaron Ramsey, Alex Song, Carlos Vela, Theo Walcott, Andrey Arshavin, Nicklas Bendtner