Portsmouth 3-1 Derby County: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 19 January 2008

Result

Portsmouth 3-1 Derby County

Premier League · Saturday 19 January 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Portsmouth 3-1 Derby County: match report

Portsmouth defeated Derby County 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 19 January 2008. The half-time score was 2-1.

Lewin Nyatanga opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Portsmouth's goals came from Benjamin Mwaruwari (38'), Benjamin Mwaruwari (42') and Benjamin Mwaruwari (55'). Derby County scored through Lewin Nyatanga (4').

Discipline: Portsmouth received 1 yellow card; Derby County received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 9th on 34 points from 22 and Derby County 20th on 7 points from 22. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 8th with 57 points, and Derby County 20th with 11.

Portsmouth lined up in a 4-4-2 and Derby County in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Portsmouth wins, 1 draw and 0 for Derby County.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Lewin NyatangaDerby County · 0-1
  • 38'Goal · Benjamin MwaruwariPortsmouth · 1-1
  • 40'Yellow card · Lassana DiarraPortsmouth
  • 42'Goal · Benjamin MwaruwariPortsmouth · 2-1
  • 53'Yellow card · Craig FaganDerby County
  • 55'Goal · Benjamin MwaruwariPortsmouth · 3-1
  • 59'Yellow card · Emanuel VillaDerby County

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Portsmouth 0, draws 1, Derby County 0.

Team news

Portsmouth line-up (4-4-2)

Laurén, Glen Johnson, Sylvain Distin, Noé Pamarot, Lassana Diarra, Niko Kranjčar, Pedro Mendes, David Nugent, Benjamin Mwaruwari, David James, Hermann Hreidarsson

Derby County line-up (4-4-2)

Lewis Price, Danny Mills, Lewin Nyatanga, Laurent Robert, Hossam Ghaly, Robbie Savage, Emanuel Villa, Craig Fagan, Kenny Miller, Andy Todd, Darren Moore