Portsmouth 3-0 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 19 August 2006

Result

Portsmouth 3-0 Blackburn Rovers

Premier League · Saturday 19 August 2006, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Portsmouth 3-0 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Portsmouth defeated Blackburn Rovers 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 19 August 2006. The half-time score was 1-0.

Svetoslav Todorov opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Portsmouth's goals came from Svetoslav Todorov (26'), Nwankwo Kanu (62') and Nwankwo Kanu (84'). Blackburn Rovers did not score.

Discipline: Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card and 2 red cards.

Portsmouth went on to finish that season 9th with 54 points, and Blackburn Rovers 10th with 52.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Portsmouth win, 1 draw and 4 for Blackburn Rovers.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · Matthew TaylorPortsmouth
  • 26'Goal · Svetoslav TodorovPortsmouth · 1-0
  • 27'Yellow card · Lucas NeillBlackburn Rovers
  • 45'Yellow card · Dejan StefanovicPortsmouth
  • 62'Goal · Nwankwo KanuPortsmouth · 2-0
  • 65'Second yellow · Lucas NeillBlackburn Rovers
  • 84'Goal · Nwankwo KanuPortsmouth · 3-0
  • 90'Missed penalty · Nwankwo KanuPortsmouth
  • 90'Red card · Andy ToddBlackburn Rovers

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Portsmouth 1, draws 1, Blackburn Rovers 4.

Team news

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

Blackburn Rovers line-up

Lucas Neill, Steven Reid, Aaron Mokoena, Michael Gray, Robbie Savage, Daniel Bentley, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Jason Roberts, Brad Friedel, Andy Todd, B. McCarthy