Portsmouth 2-1 Liverpool: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 28 April 2007

Result

Portsmouth 2-1 Liverpool

Premier League · Saturday 28 April 2007, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Portsmouth 2-1 Liverpool: match report

Portsmouth defeated Liverpool 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 28 April 2007. The half-time score was 2-0.

Benjamin Mwaruwari opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Portsmouth's goals came from Benjamin Mwaruwari (27') and Niko Kranjčar (32'). Liverpool scored through Sami Hyypia (59').

Discipline: Portsmouth received 1 yellow card; Liverpool received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 8th on 50 points from 35 and Liverpool 3rd on 67 points from 35. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 9th with 54 points, and Liverpool 3rd with 68.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Portsmouth win, 2 draws and 4 for Liverpool.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Goal · Benjamin MwaruwariPortsmouth · 1-0
  • 32'Goal · Niko KranjčarPortsmouth · 2-0
  • 44'Yellow card · Richard HughesPortsmouth
  • 45'Yellow card · Xabi AlonsoLiverpool
  • 59'Goal · Sami HyypiaLiverpool · 2-1

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Portsmouth 1, draws 2, Liverpool 4.

Team news

Portsmouth expected line-up

Linvoy Primus, Dejan Stefanovic, Glen Johnson, Noé Pamarot, Pedro Mendes, Richard Hughes, Nwankwo Kanu, David James, Sulzeer Campbell

Liverpool line-up

Jerzy Dudek, Álvaro Arbeloa, Gabriel Paletta, Emiliano Insúa, Mark González, Mohamed Sissoko, Boudewijn Zenden, Craig Bellamy, Sami Hyypia, Robbie Fowler, Xabi Alonso