Portsmouth 2-0 Liverpool: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 19 December 2009

Result

Portsmouth 2-0 Liverpool

Premier League · Saturday 19 December 2009, 12:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Portsmouth 2-0 Liverpool: match report

Portsmouth beat Liverpool 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 19 December 2009. The half-time score was 1-0.

N. Belhadj opened the scoring in the 33rd minute. Portsmouth's goals came from N. Belhadj (33') and Frédéric Piquionne (82'). Liverpool did not score.

Discipline: Portsmouth received 3 yellow cards; Liverpool received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 20th on 11 points from 17 and Liverpool 6th on 27 points from 17. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 20th with 28 points, and Liverpool 7th with 63.

Portsmouth lined up in a 4-4-2 and Liverpool in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Portsmouth win, 3 draws and 6 for Liverpool.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 33'Goal · N. BelhadjPortsmouth · 1-0
  • 44'Yellow card · Tal Ben HaimPortsmouth
  • 44'Red card · J. MascheranoLiverpool
  • 44'Yellow card · Hassan YebdaPortsmouth
  • 47'Yellow card · Lucas LeivaLiverpool
  • 56'Yellow card · Fernando TorresLiverpool
  • 60'Yellow card · Glen JohnsonLiverpool
  • 82'Goal · Frédéric PiquionnePortsmouth · 2-0
  • 83'Yellow card · Frédéric PiquionnePortsmouth

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Portsmouth 1, draws 3, Liverpool 6.

Team news

Portsmouth line-up (4-4-2)

Asmir Begović, Younès Kaboul, Steve Finnan, Tal Ben Haim, Kevin-Prince Boateng, Hassan Yebda, Nadir Belhadj, Frédéric Piquionne, Jamie O'Hara, Hermann Hreidarsson, Michael Brown

Liverpool line-up (4-2-3-1)

Pepe Reina, Glen Johnson, Daniel Agger, Javier Mascherano, Emiliano Insúa, Jamie Carragher, Andrea Dossena, Lucas Leiva, Fernando Torres, Dirk Kuyt, Steven Gerrard