Portsmouth 0-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 27 April 2008
Result
Portsmouth 0-1 Blackburn Rovers
Premier League · Sunday 27 April 2008, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
Portsmouth 0-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report
Portsmouth were beaten by Blackburn Rovers 0-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 27 April 2008. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from R. Santa Cruz of Blackburn Rovers in the 74th minute.
Discipline: Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Portsmouth were 7th on 57 points from 35 and Blackburn Rovers 9th on 52 points from 35. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 8th with 57 points, and Blackburn Rovers 7th with 58.
Portsmouth lined up in a 4-3-3 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Portsmouth wins, 1 draw and 5 for Blackburn Rovers.
Going into the match Portsmouth's last five read L-D-W-W-L and Blackburn Rovers's D-L-D-D-W.
Key events
- 42'Yellow card · Steven Reid
- 71'Yellow card · Jermain Defoe
- 74'Goal · R. Santa Cruz
- 89'Yellow card · Sulzeer Campbell
- 90+3'Yellow card · Stephen Warnock
Head-to-head
Team news
Portsmouth line-up (4-3-3)
Jamie Ashdown, Laurén, Glen Johnson, Sylvain Distin, Lassana Diarra, Papa Diop, Sulley Muntari, John Utaka, Nwankwo Kanu, Jermain Defoe, Sulzeer Campbell
Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-2)
Stephen Warnock, Christopher Samba, Steven Reid, Brett Emerton, Daniel Bentley, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Roque Santa Cruz, Jason Roberts, Brad Friedel, Ryan Nelsen, Johann Vogel