Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Portsmouth: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 22 March 2008

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Portsmouth

Premier League · Saturday 22 March 2008, 12:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Portsmouth: match report

Tottenham Hotspur won against Portsmouth 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 22 March 2008. The half-time score was 0-0.

Darren Bent opened the scoring in the 80th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Darren Bent (80') and Jamie O'Hara (82'). Portsmouth did not score.

Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received no yellow cards; Portsmouth received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 11th on 36 points from 30 and Portsmouth 6th on 50 points from 30. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 11th with 46 points, and Portsmouth 8th with 57.

Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 4-4-2 and Portsmouth in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 1 draw and 2 for Portsmouth.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 58'Yellow card · John UtakaPortsmouth
  • 80'Goal · Darren BentTottenham Hotspur · 1-0
  • 82'Goal · Jamie O'HaraTottenham Hotspur · 2-0

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 6, draws 1, Portsmouth 2.

Team news

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-4-2)

Paul Robinson, Pascal Chimbonda, Michael Dawson, Alan Hutton, Didier Zokora, Steed Malbranque, Tom Huddlestone, Dimitar Berbatov, R. Keane, Aaron Lennon, Jonathan Woodgate

Portsmouth line-up (4-5-1)

Lucien Aubey, Glen Johnson, Sylvain Distin, Niko Kranjčar, Richard Hughes, Sean Davis, Pedro Mendes, John Utaka, Nwankwo Kanu, David James, Hermann Hreidarsson