Portsmouth 3-1 Sunderland: result and report

Premier League · Monday 18 May 2009

Result

Portsmouth 3-1 Sunderland

Premier League · Monday 18 May 2009, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Portsmouth 3-1 Sunderland: match report

Portsmouth beat Sunderland 3-1 in the Premier League on Monday 18 May 2009. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Kenwyne Jones opened the scoring in the 59th minute. Portsmouth's goals came from John Utaka (60'), an own goal by Phil Bardsley (68') and Armand Traore (88'). Sunderland scored through Kenwyne Jones (59').

Discipline: Portsmouth received 1 yellow card; Sunderland received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 15th on 38 points from 36 and Sunderland 16th on 36 points from 36. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and Sunderland 16th with 36.

Portsmouth lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sunderland in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Portsmouth wins, 0 draws and 1 for Sunderland.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 59'Goal · Kenwyne JonesSunderland · 0-1
  • 60'Yellow card · John UtakaPortsmouth
  • 60'Goal · John UtakaPortsmouth · 1-1
  • 68'Own goal · Phil BardsleyPortsmouth · 2-1
  • 88'Goal · Armand TraorePortsmouth · 3-1

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Portsmouth 4, draws 0, Sunderland 1.

Team news

Portsmouth line-up (4-4-2)

Asmir Begović, Glen Johnson, Sylvain Distin, Richard Hughes, Sean Davis, Peter Crouch, John Utaka, Nwankwo Kanu, Hayden Mullins, Hermann Hreidarsson, Sulzeer Campbell

Sunderland line-up (4-5-1)

Marton Fulop, Phil Bardsley, Kieran Richardson, Danny Collins, Calum Davenport, Anton Ferdinand, Dean Whitehead, Steed Malbranque, Grant Leadbitter, Kenwyne Jones, Teemu Tainio