Portsmouth 0-3 Newcastle United: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 14 December 2008
Result
Portsmouth 0-3 Newcastle United
Premier League · Sunday 14 December 2008, 13:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
Portsmouth 0-3 Newcastle United: match report
Portsmouth lost to Newcastle United 0-3 in the Premier League on Sunday 14 December 2008. The half-time score was 0-0.
Michael Owen opened the scoring in the 52nd minute. Portsmouth did not score. Newcastle United scored through Michael Owen (52'), Obafemi Martins (76') and Danny Guthrie (89').
Discipline: Portsmouth received 4 yellow cards; Newcastle United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Portsmouth were 8th on 23 points from 16 and Newcastle United 18th on 16 points from 16. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and Newcastle United 18th with 34.
Portsmouth lined up in a 4-4-2 and Newcastle United in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Portsmouth wins, 5 draws and 3 for Newcastle United.
Going into the match Portsmouth's last five read D-W-D-D-W and Newcastle United's D-D-D-D-L.
Key events
- 38'Yellow card · Sylvain Distin
- 52'Goal · Michael Owen
- 70'Yellow card · Jonás Gutiérrez
- 76'Goal · Obafemi Martins
- 78'Yellow card · David James
- 85'Yellow card · Sean Davis
- 88'Yellow card · Jermain Defoe
- 89'Goal · Danny Guthrie
Head-to-head
Team news
Portsmouth line-up (4-4-2)
Sylvain Distin, Noé Pamarot, Arnold Mvuemba, Niko Kranjčar, Richard Hughes, Sean Davis, Nadir Belhadj, Peter Crouch, David James, Jermain Defoe, Sulzeer Campbell
Newcastle United line-up (4-4-2)
Shay Given, José Enrique, Sebastien Bassong, Danny Guthrie, Charles N'Zogbia, Jonás Gutiérrez, Obafemi Martins, Michael Owen, Fabricio Coloccini, Habib Beye, Nicky Butt