Portsmouth 2-1 Watford: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 18 November 2006
Result
Portsmouth 2-1 Watford
Premier League · Saturday 18 November 2006, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Portsmouth 2-1 Watford: match report
Portsmouth defeated Watford 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 18 November 2006. The half-time score was 1-1.
Jay DeMerit opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Portsmouth's goals came from Nwankwo Kanu (44') and Trésor Lomana LuaLua (89', penalty). Watford scored through Jay DeMerit (32').
Discipline: Portsmouth received 1 yellow card; Watford received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Portsmouth were 6th on 20 points from 12 and Watford 19th on 9 points from 12. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 9th with 54 points, and Watford 20th with 28.
Going into the match Portsmouth's last five read D-L-W-L-W and Watford's L-W-D-D-L.
Key events
- 14'Yellow card · David Thompson
- 32'Goal · Jay DeMerit
- 44'Goal · Nwankwo Kanu
- 46'Yellow card · Jordan Stewart
- 89'Penalty goal · Trésor Lomana LuaLua
- 89'Yellow card · Jay DeMerit
- 90+1'Yellow card · T. Priskin
Team news
Portsmouth line-up
Linvoy Primus, Dejan Stefanovic, Noé Pamarot, David Thompson, Niko Kranjčar, Sean Davis, Pedro Mendes, Nwankwo Kanu, Lomana Lualua, David James, Sulzeer Campbell
Watford line-up
Ben Foster, Jordan Stewart, Jay DeMerit, Lloyd Doyley, Ashley Young, Gavin Mahon, Matthew Spring, Darius Henderson, Hameur Bouazza, Tommy Smith, Malky Mackay