Portsmouth 1-0 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 23 February 2008

Result

Portsmouth 1-0 Sunderland

Premier League · Saturday 23 February 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Portsmouth 1-0 Sunderland: match report

Portsmouth defeated Sunderland 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 23 February 2008. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Jermain Defoe of Portsmouth in the 69th minute, from the penalty spot.

Discipline: Portsmouth received 1 yellow card; Sunderland received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 8th on 41 points from 26 and Sunderland 14th on 26 points from 26. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 8th with 57 points, and Sunderland 15th with 39.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Portsmouth wins, 0 draws and 1 for Sunderland.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 38'Yellow card · Glen JohnsonPortsmouth
  • 69'Penalty goal · Jermain DefoePortsmouth · 1-0
  • 85'Yellow card · Danny CollinsSunderland
  • 88'Yellow card · Dwight YorkeSunderland

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Portsmouth 2, draws 0, Sunderland 1.

Team news

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

Glen Johnson, Sylvain Distin, Lassana Diarra, Papa Diop, Sulley Muntari, Niko Kranjčar, Milan Baros, David James, Hermann Hreidarsson, Jermain Defoe, Sulzeer Campbell

Sunderland line-up (4-4-2)

Craig Gordon, Nyron Nosworthy, Danny Collins, Phil Bardsley, Jonny Evans, Dickson Etuhu, Dean Whitehead, Grant Leadbitter, Andy Reid, Daryl Murphy, Kenwyne Jones