Portsmouth 1-1 West Ham United: result and report
Premier League · Monday 26 December 2005
Result
Portsmouth 1-1 West Ham United
Premier League · Monday 26 December 2005, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Portsmouth 1-1 West Ham United: match report
Portsmouth drew with West Ham United 1-1 in the Premier League on Monday 26 December 2005. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Gary O'Neil opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Portsmouth's goal came from Gary O'Neil (17'). West Ham United scored through James Collins (56').
Discipline: Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards; West Ham United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Portsmouth were 18th on 13 points from 17 and West Ham United 9th on 25 points from 17. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 17th with 38 points, and West Ham United 9th with 55.
Going into the match Portsmouth's last five read W-L-L-L-L and West Ham United's L-W-L-W-L.
Key events
- 17'Goal · Gary O'Neil
- 33'Yellow card · Matthew Taylor
- 56'Goal · James Collins
- 63'Yellow card · Richard Hughes
- 64'Yellow card · Nigel Reo-Coker
Team news
Portsmouth expected line-up
Shaka Hislop, Dejan Stefanovic, Arjan de Zeeuw, Nigel Quashie, Patrik Berger, Richard Hughes, Alexei Smertin, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Lomana Lualua, Steve Stone, Teddy Sheringham
West Ham United line-up
Roy Carroll, Tomas Repka, Paul Konchesky, Anton Ferdinand, James Collins, Nigel Reo-Coker, Shaun Newton, Marlon Harewood, Bobby Zamora, Matthew Etherington, Hayden Mullins