Portsmouth 1-0 Fulham: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 31 December 2005

Result

Portsmouth 1-0 Fulham

Premier League · Saturday 31 December 2005, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Portsmouth 1-0 Fulham: match report

Portsmouth beat Fulham 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 31 December 2005. The half-time score was 1-0.

The only goal came from Gary O'Neil of Portsmouth in the 43rd minute.

Discipline: Portsmouth received 1 yellow card; Fulham received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 18th on 14 points from 19 and Fulham 14th on 20 points from 19. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 17th with 38 points, and Fulham 12th with 48.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Portsmouth win, 1 draw and 2 for Fulham.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 41'Yellow card · Liam RoseniorFulham
  • 43'Goal · Gary O'NeilPortsmouth · 1-0
  • 85'Yellow card · Carlos BocanegraFulham
  • 87'Yellow card · Azar KaradasPortsmouth

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Portsmouth 1, draws 1, Fulham 2.

Team news

Portsmouth expected line-up

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

Fulham line-up

Tony Warner, Zat Knight, Dean Leacock, Alain Goma, Sylvain Legwinski, Boa Morte, Ahmad Elrich, Heidar Helguson, Tomasz Radzinski, Brian McBride, Liam Rosenior