Portsmouth 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 17 October 2009
Result
Portsmouth 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur
Premier League · Saturday 17 October 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Portsmouth 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur: match report
Portsmouth were beaten by Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 17 October 2009. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Ledley King opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Portsmouth's goal came from Kevin-Prince Boateng (60'). Tottenham Hotspur scored through Ledley King (29') and Jermain Defoe (45').
Discipline: Portsmouth received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Tottenham Hotspur received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Portsmouth were 20th on 3 points from 8 and Tottenham Hotspur 3rd on 16 points from 8. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 20th with 28 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 4th with 70.
Portsmouth lined up in a 4-3-3 and Tottenham Hotspur in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Portsmouth wins, 2 draws and 6 for Tottenham Hotspur.
Going into the match Portsmouth's last five read W-L-L-L-L and Tottenham Hotspur's D-W-L-L-W.
Key events
- 23'Yellow card · Jermaine Jenas
- 29'Goal · Ledley King
- 45'Goal · Jermain Defoe
- 51'Yellow card · Aaron Mokoena
- 60'Goal · Kevin-Prince Boateng
- 61'Red card · Jermain Defoe
- 72'Yellow card · Hassan Yebda
- 89'Yellow card · Wilson Palacios
- 90'Second yellow · Michael Brown
- 90'Yellow card · Benoît Assou-Ekotto
- 90'Yellow card · Michael Brown
Head-to-head
Team news
Portsmouth line-up (4-3-3)
Younès Kaboul, Aaron Mokoena, Steve Finnan, Tal Ben Haim, Marc Wilson, Kevin-Prince Boateng, Hassan Yebda, Tommy Smith, Aruna Dindane, David James, Michael Brown
Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-4-2)
Heurelho Gomes, Sebastien Bassong, Vedran Ćorluka, Ledley King, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Tom Huddlestone, Jermaine Jenas, Niko Kranjčar, Aaron Lennon, R. Keane, Jermain Defoe