Portsmouth 4-2 Birmingham City: result and report

Portsmouth 4-2 Birmingham City

Premier League · Wednesday 12 March 2008, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-2

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Portsmouth defeated Birmingham City 4-2 in the Premier League on Wednesday 12 March 2008. It was 2-2 at half-time.

Jermain Defoe opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Portsmouth's goals came from Jermain Defoe (6', penalty), Jermain Defoe (8'), H. Hreiðarsson (49') and Nwankwo Kanu (90+1'). Birmingham City scored through Fabrice Muamba (9') and Sebastian Larsson (40').

Discipline: Portsmouth received no yellow cards; Birmingham City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 9th on 44 points from 28 and Birmingham City 17th on 26 points from 28. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 8th with 57 points, and Birmingham City 19th with 35.

Portsmouth lined up in a 4-4-2 and Birmingham City in a 4-4-1-1.

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

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