Portsmouth 2-0 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 28 September 2008

Result

Portsmouth 2-0 Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League · Sunday 28 September 2008, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Portsmouth 2-0 Tottenham Hotspur: match report

Portsmouth won against Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 28 September 2008. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Jermain Defoe opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Portsmouth's goals came from Jermain Defoe (32') and Peter Crouch (68'). Tottenham Hotspur did not score.

Discipline: Portsmouth received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Tottenham Hotspur received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 15th on 6 points from 5 and Tottenham Hotspur 20th on 2 points from 5. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 8th with 51.

Portsmouth lined up in a 4-4-2 and Tottenham Hotspur in a 4-1-4-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Portsmouth wins, 1 draw and 7 for Tottenham Hotspur.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Yellow card · Jonathan WoodgateTottenham Hotspur
  • 32'Goal · Jermain DefoePortsmouth · 1-0
  • 32'Yellow card · Jamie O'HaraTottenham Hotspur
  • 38'Yellow card · Lassana DiarraPortsmouth
  • 57'Yellow card · Nadir BelhadjPortsmouth
  • 68'Goal · Peter CrouchPortsmouth · 2-0
  • 80'Yellow card · Peter CrouchPortsmouth
  • 84'Yellow card · Richard HughesPortsmouth
  • 88'Second yellow · Lassana DiarraPortsmouth
  • 90'Yellow card · Aaron LennonTottenham Hotspur

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Portsmouth 2, draws 1, Tottenham Hotspur 7.

Team news

Portsmouth line-up (4-4-2)

Glen Johnson, Sylvain Distin, Armand Traore, Lassana Diarra, Richard Hughes, Nadir Belhadj, Peter Crouch, David James, Jermain Defoe, Sulzeer Campbell, Glen Little

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-1-4-1)

Heurelho Gomes, Michael Dawson, Vedran Ćorluka, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Didier Zokora, Daniel Bentley, Jermaine Jenas, Gilberto, Roman Pavlyuchenko, Jamie O'Hara, Jonathan Woodgate