Portsmouth 1-3 Liverpool: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 7 May 2006
Result
Portsmouth 1-3 Liverpool
Premier League · Sunday 7 May 2006, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Portsmouth 1-3 Liverpool: match report
Portsmouth were beaten by Liverpool 1-3 in the Premier League on Sunday 7 May 2006. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Robbie Fowler opened the scoring in the 52nd minute. Portsmouth's goal came from Ognjen Koroman (85'). Liverpool scored through Robbie Fowler (52'), Peter Crouch (84') and Djibril Cissé (89').
Discipline: Portsmouth received 1 yellow card; Liverpool received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Portsmouth were 17th on 38 points from 37 and Liverpool 3rd on 79 points from 37. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 17th with 38 points, and Liverpool 3rd with 82.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Portsmouth win, 1 draw and 3 for Liverpool.
Going into the match Portsmouth's last five read W-W-L-W-D and Liverpool's W-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 40'Yellow card · Matthew Taylor
- 52'Goal · Robbie Fowler
- 84'Goal · Peter Crouch
- 85'Goal · Ognjen Koroman
- 89'Goal · Djibril Cissé
Head-to-head
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
Liverpool line-up
Jerzy Dudek, Steve Finnan, John Arne Semundseth Riise, Jamie Carragher, Mohamed Sissoko, Morientes, Sami Hyypia, Harry Kewell, Steven Gerrard, Robbie Fowler, Xabi Alonso