Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Portsmouth: result and report
Premier League · Monday 12 December 2005
Result
Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Portsmouth
Premier League · Monday 12 December 2005, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Portsmouth: match report
Tottenham Hotspur defeated Portsmouth 3-1 in the Premier League on Monday 12 December 2005. The half-time score was 0-1.
Trésor Lomana LuaLua opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Ledley King (57'), Mido (85', penalty) and Jermain Defoe (90'). Portsmouth scored through Trésor Lomana LuaLua (24').
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 4th on 27 points from 15 and Portsmouth 19th on 10 points from 15. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 5th with 65 points, and Portsmouth 17th with 38.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 0 draws and 2 for Portsmouth.
Going into the match Tottenham Hotspur's last five read W-W-D-L-D and Portsmouth's L-L-L-L-W.
Key events
- 24'Goal · Trésor Lomana LuaLua
- 57'Goal · Ledley King
- 85'Penalty goal · Mido
- 90'Goal · Jermain Defoe
Head-to-head
Team news
Tottenham Hotspur line-up
Paul Robinson, Paul Stalteri, Young-Pyo Lee, Michael Dawson, Ledley King, Michael Carrick, Jermaine Jenas, Edgar Davids, Teemu Tainio, R. Keane, Mido
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