Portsmouth 2-0 Burnley: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 5 December 2009
Result
Portsmouth 2-0 Burnley
Premier League · Saturday 5 December 2009, 12:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Portsmouth 2-0 Burnley: match report
Portsmouth beat Burnley 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 5 December 2009. The half-time score was 0-0.
H. Hreiðarsson opened the scoring in the 65th minute. Portsmouth's goals came from H. Hreiðarsson (65') and Aruna Dindane (84'). Burnley did not score.
Discipline: Portsmouth received 4 yellow cards; Burnley received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Portsmouth were 20th on 7 points from 14 and Burnley 12th on 17 points from 14. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 20th with 28 points, and Burnley 18th with 30.
Going into the match Portsmouth's last five read L-L-L-W-D and Burnley's L-D-D-W-L.
Key events
- 19'Yellow card · Andre Bikey
- 21'Yellow card · Tyrone Mears
- 32'Missed penalty · Aruna Dindane
- 61'Yellow card · Kevin-Prince Boateng
- 65'Goal · H. Hreiðarsson
- 67'Yellow card · Jamie O'Hara
- 79'Yellow card · Steve Finnan
- 84'Goal · Aruna Dindane
- 84'Yellow card · Aruna Dindane
Team news
Portsmouth line-up (4-3-1-2)
Asmir Begović, Steve Finnan, Tal Ben Haim, Marc Wilson, Kevin-Prince Boateng, Hassan Yebda, Tommy Smith, Aruna Dindane, Jamie O'Hara, Hermann Hreidarsson, Michael Brown