Portsmouth 1-4 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 30 December 2009

Result

Portsmouth 1-4 Arsenal

Premier League · Wednesday 30 December 2009, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Portsmouth 1-4 Arsenal: match report

Portsmouth were beaten by Arsenal 1-4 in the Premier League on Wednesday 30 December 2009. It was 0-2 at half-time.

Eduardo da Silva opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Portsmouth's goal came from N. Belhadj (74'). Arsenal scored through Eduardo da Silva (28'), Samir Nasri (42'), Aaron Ramsey (69') and A. Song (81').

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

Going into the game Portsmouth were 20th on 14 points from 19 and Arsenal 3rd on 38 points from 18. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 20th with 28 points, and Arsenal 3rd with 75.

Portsmouth lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Arsenal in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Portsmouth wins, 4 draws and 6 for Arsenal.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Goal · Eduardo da SilvaArsenal · 0-1
  • 42'Goal · Samir NasriArsenal · 0-2
  • 44'Yellow card · Aaron MokoenaPortsmouth
  • 69'Goal · Aaron RamseyArsenal · 0-3
  • 74'Goal · N. BelhadjPortsmouth · 1-3
  • 81'Goal · A. SongArsenal · 1-4
  • 86'Yellow card · Richard HughesPortsmouth

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Portsmouth 0, draws 4, Arsenal 6.

Team news

Portsmouth line-up (4-4-1-1)

Asmir Begović, Younès Kaboul, Aaron Mokoena, Steve Finnan, Tal Ben Haim, Richard Hughes, Kevin-Prince Boateng, Hassan Yebda, Nadir Belhadj, Frédéric Piquionne, Hermann Hreidarsson

Arsenal line-up (4-3-3)

Almunia, Bacary Sagna, William Gallas, Armand Traore, Abou Diaby, Samir Nasri, Aaron Ramsey, Alex Song, Eduardo da Silva, Andrey Arshavin, Thomas Vermaelen