Portsmouth 2-0 Everton: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 9 December 2006

Result

Portsmouth 2-0 Everton

Premier League · Saturday 9 December 2006, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Portsmouth · Everton · Premier League predictions

Portsmouth 2-0 Everton: match report

Portsmouth beat Everton 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 9 December 2006. The half-time score was 2-0.

Matthew Taylor opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Portsmouth's goals came from Matthew Taylor (14') and Nwankwo Kanu (26'). Everton did not score.

Discipline: Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards; Everton received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 4th on 25 points from 16 and Everton 7th on 24 points from 16. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 9th with 54 points, and Everton 6th with 58.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Portsmouth win, 0 draws and 5 for Everton.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · Matthew TaylorPortsmouth · 1-0
  • 26'Goal · Nwankwo KanuPortsmouth · 2-0
  • 41'Yellow card · James BeattieEverton
  • 45'Yellow card · Glen JohnsonPortsmouth
  • 60'Yellow card · Sean DavisPortsmouth
  • 63'Yellow card · Andy van der MeydeEverton
  • 69'Yellow card · Andy JohnsonEverton
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Alan StubbsEverton

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Portsmouth 1, draws 0, Everton 5.

Team news

Portsmouth expected line-up

Shaka Hislop, Dejan Stefanovic, Arjan de Zeeuw, Linvoy Primus, Richard Hughes, Nigel Quashie, Alexei Smertin, Patrik Berger, Lomana Lualua, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Steve Stone

Everton line-up

Tim Howard, Joseph Yobo, Joleon Lescott, Simon Davies, Andy van der Meyde, Andy Johnson, James Beattie, David Weir, Alan Stubbs, Nuno Valente, Lee Kevin Carsley