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

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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.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Yellow card · Andre BikeyBurnley
  • 21'Yellow card · Tyrone MearsBurnley
  • 32'Missed penalty · Aruna DindanePortsmouth
  • 61'Yellow card · Kevin-Prince BoatengPortsmouth
  • 65'Goal · H. HreiðarssonPortsmouth · 1-0
  • 67'Yellow card · Jamie O'HaraPortsmouth
  • 79'Yellow card · Steve FinnanPortsmouth
  • 84'Goal · Aruna DindanePortsmouth · 2-0
  • 84'Yellow card · Aruna DindanePortsmouth

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