Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Portsmouth: result and report

Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Portsmouth

Premier League · Sunday 1 October 2006, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Tottenham Hotspur defeated Portsmouth 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 1 October 2006. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Danny Murphy opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Danny Murphy (2') and Jermain Defoe (35', penalty). Portsmouth scored through Nwankwo Kanu (40').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 18th on 4 points from 6 and Portsmouth 4th on 13 points from 6. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 5th with 60 points, and Portsmouth 9th with 54.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 0 draws and 2 for Portsmouth.

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