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

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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.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Yellow card · Jermaine JenasTottenham Hotspur
  • 29'Goal · Ledley KingTottenham Hotspur · 0-1
  • 45'Goal · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur · 0-2
  • 51'Yellow card · Aaron MokoenaPortsmouth
  • 60'Goal · Kevin-Prince BoatengPortsmouth · 1-2
  • 61'Red card · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur
  • 72'Yellow card · Hassan YebdaPortsmouth
  • 89'Yellow card · Wilson PalaciosTottenham Hotspur
  • 90'Second yellow · Michael BrownPortsmouth
  • 90'Yellow card · Benoît Assou-EkottoTottenham Hotspur
  • 90'Yellow card · Michael BrownPortsmouth

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Portsmouth 2, draws 2, Tottenham Hotspur 6.

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