Portsmouth 7-4 Reading: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 29 September 2007
Result
Portsmouth 7-4 Reading
Premier League · Saturday 29 September 2007, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Portsmouth 7-4 Reading: match report
Portsmouth beat Reading 7-4 in the Premier League on Saturday 29 September 2007. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Benjamin Mwaruwari opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Portsmouth's goals came from Benjamin Mwaruwari (7'), Benjamin Mwaruwari (37'), H. Hreiðarsson (55'), Benjamin Mwaruwari (70'), Niko Kranjčar (75'), Sean Davis (81') and Sulley Muntari (90+2', penalty). Reading scored through Noel Hunt (45'), Dave Kitson (48'), Ingo Goetze (79') and Nicky Shorey (90+4').
Discipline: Portsmouth received 1 yellow card; Reading received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Portsmouth were 11th on 9 points from 7 and Reading 16th on 7 points from 7. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 8th with 57 points, and Reading 18th with 36.
Portsmouth lined up in a 4-4-2 and Reading in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Portsmouth win, 1 draw and 0 for Reading.
Going into the match Portsmouth's last five read W-D-L-L-W and Reading's W-L-L-L-W.
Key events
- 7'Goal · Benjamin Mwaruwari
- 37'Goal · Benjamin Mwaruwari
- 45'Goal · Noel Hunt
- 48'Goal · Dave Kitson
- 55'Goal · H. Hreiðarsson
- 66'Yellow card · Matthew Taylor
- 70'Goal · Benjamin Mwaruwari
- 75'Goal · Niko Kranjčar
- 79'Goal · Ingo Goetze
- 81'Goal · Sean Davis
- 90+2'Penalty goal · Sulley Muntari
- 90+3'Yellow card · Michael Duberry
- 90+4'Goal · Nicky Shorey
Head-to-head
Team news
Portsmouth line-up (4-4-2)
Glen Johnson, Sylvain Distin, Papa Diop, Sulley Muntari, Niko Kranjčar, Sean Davis, John Utaka, Benjamin Mwaruwari, David James, Hermann Hreidarsson, Sulzeer Campbell
Reading line-up (4-4-2)
Marcus Hahnemann, Nicky Shorey, Ivar Ingimarsson, Michael Duberry, Noel Hunt, James Harper, Kevin Doyle, Dave Kitson, Graeme Murty, Brynjar Björn Gunnarsson, Liam Rosenior