Stoke City 2-2 Portsmouth: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 21 February 2009
Result
Stoke City 2-2 Portsmouth
Premier League · Saturday 21 February 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Stoke City 2-2 Portsmouth: match report
Stoke City drew with Portsmouth 2-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 21 February 2009. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Niko Kranjčar opened the scoring in the 75th minute. Stoke City's goals came from James Beattie (78') and James Beattie (80'). Portsmouth scored through Niko Kranjčar (75') and an own goal by Ryan Shawcross (90').
Discipline: Stoke City received 1 yellow card; Portsmouth received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Stoke City were 17th on 24 points from 25 and Portsmouth 15th on 27 points from 25. Stoke City went on to finish that season 12th with 45 points, and Portsmouth 14th with 41.
Stoke City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Portsmouth in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Stoke City wins, 0 draws and 1 for Portsmouth.
Going into the match Stoke City's last five read L-W-L-L-D and Portsmouth's W-L-L-L-D.
Key events
- 58'Yellow card · Hermann Hreidarsson
- 58'Yellow card · Liam Lawrence
- 75'Goal · Niko Kranjčar
- 77'Yellow card · Glen Johnson
- 78'Goal · James Beattie
- 79'Yellow card · Sean Davis
- 80'Goal · James Beattie
- 90'Own goal · Ryan Shawcross
Head-to-head
Team news
Stoke City expected line-up (4-4-2)
Thomas Sorensen, Andy Griffin, Abdoulaye Faye, Danny Higginbotham, Ibrahima Sonko, Salif Diao, Amdy Faye, Mamady Sidibé, Dave Kitson, Rory Delap
Portsmouth line-up (4-4-2)
Glen Johnson, Sylvain Distin, Jermaine Pennant, Niko Kranjčar, Sean Davis, Angelos Basinas, Peter Crouch, David Nugent, David James, Hermann Hreidarsson, Sulzeer Campbell