Southampton 2-2 Portsmouth: result and report

Championship · Saturday 7 April 2012

Result

Southampton 2-2 Portsmouth

Championship · Saturday 7 April 2012, 12:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Southampton 2-2 Portsmouth: match report

Southampton drew with Portsmouth 2-2 in the Championship on Saturday 7 April 2012. The half-time score was 1-1.

Billy Sharp opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Southampton's goals came from Billy Sharp (27') and Billy Sharp (90'). Portsmouth scored through Chris Maguire (36') and D. Norris (90+4').

Discipline: Southampton received 2 yellow cards; Portsmouth received 6 yellow cards.

Going into the game Southampton were 2nd on 78 points from 40 and Portsmouth 19th on 43 points from 40. Southampton went on to finish that season 3rd with 88 points, and Portsmouth 18th with 50.

Southampton lined up in a 4-4-2 and Portsmouth in a 4-3-3.

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

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Yellow card · Morgan SchneiderlinSouthampton
  • 7'Yellow card · Chris MaguirePortsmouth
  • 27'Goal · Billy SharpSouthampton · 1-0
  • 27'Yellow card · Ricardo RochaPortsmouth
  • 28'Yellow card · Billy SharpSouthampton
  • 34'Yellow card · S. AllanPortsmouth
  • 36'Goal · Chris MaguirePortsmouth · 1-1
  • 68'Yellow card · Kelvin EtuhuPortsmouth
  • 90'Goal · Billy SharpSouthampton · 2-1
  • 90+4'Goal · D. NorrisPortsmouth · 2-2
  • 90+7'Yellow card · Jamie AshdownPortsmouth
  • 90+7'Yellow card · Luke VarneyPortsmouth

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Southampton 2, draws 1, Portsmouth 2.

Team news

Southampton line-up (4-4-2)

Frazer Richardson, José Fonte, Danny Fox, Jos Hooiveld, Morgan Schneiderlin, Dean Hammond, Adam Lallana, Guly, Patrick McCarthy, Kelvin Davis, Rickie Lambert

Portsmouth line-up (4-3-3)

Jamie Ashdown, Joel Ward, Ricardo Rocha, Jason Pearce, Greg Halford, Karim Rekik, Kelvin Etuhu, Scott Allan, David Norris, Luke Varney, Chris Maguire