English Premier League

FT Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Birmingham City LDDDW 2
–
Portsmouth WWWLW 4
Fratton Park · 20,138 att.

Team Stats

10
Fouls
8
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
3
Corner Kicks
4
5
Saves
3
44
Possession
56
7
SHOTS
13
5
ON GOAL
9
0.7
On Target %
0.7
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
0
Accurate Passes
3
0
Passes
3
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
1
Accurate Crosses
2
5
Crosses
2
0.2
Cross %
1.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
1
Blocked Shots
0
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
4
Effective Clearances
6
4
Clearances
6

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1-3

Lineups

POR

  1. 1David JamesG
  2. 5Glen JohnsonD
  3. 23Sol CampbellD
  4. 15Sylvain DistinD
  5. 7Hermann HreidarssonD
  6. 8Papa Bouba DiopM
  7. 11Sulley MuntariM
  8. 30Pedro MendesM
  9. 19Niko KranjcarM
  10. 9Milan BarosF
  11. 14Jermain DefoeF

Substitutes

  1. 21Jamie AshdownG
  2. 4LaurenD
  3. 6Lassana DiarraM
  4. 17John UtakaM
  5. 27KanuF

BIR

  1. 1Maik TaylorG
  2. 2Stephen KellyD
  3. 24Radhi JaidiD
  4. 6Liam RidgewellD
  5. 14David MurphyD
  6. 11Gary McSheffreyM
  7. 22Damien JohnsonM
  8. 26Fabrice MuambaM
  9. 7Sebastian LarssonM
  10. 9Mikael ForssellF
  11. 19Mauro ZárateF

Substitutes

  1. 13Colin DoyleG
  2. 21Stuart ParnabyD
  3. 12Mehdi NaftiM
  4. 10Cameron JeromeF
  5. 16James McFaddenF

Timeline

  1. 6' Jermain Defoe places the penalty kick with his right foot to the lower right corner and scores!! The goalkeeper was nowhere near the shot.
  2. 9' Goal!! Jermain Defoe hits a very good right footed shot low through the middle from the right 6 yard (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! Portsmouth now leads 2 - 0
  3. 10' Goal!! Fabrice Muamba hits a very good right footed shot to the lower left corner from the centre penalty area (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! Birmingham now trails 1 - 2
  4. 14' Mauro Matias Zarate is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  5. 40' Goal!! Sebastian Larsson hits a very good right footed shot to the upper left corner from the right channel (aprox. 20 yards) and scores!! The game is now tied at 2
  6. 49' Goal!! Hermann Hreidarsson hits a very good left footed shot to the lower right corner from the right 6 yard (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! Portsmouth now leads 3 - 2
  7. 61' Birmingham makes a sub: James McFadden enters for Mauro Matias Zarate. Reason: Tactical
  8. 62' Portsmouth makes a sub: Lassana Diarra enters for Papa Bouba Diop. Reason: Tactical
  9. 72' Portsmouth makes a sub: Nwankwo Kanu enters for Milan Baros. Reason: Tactical
  10. 73' Birmingham makes a sub: Cameron Jerome enters for Mikael Forssell. Reason: Tactical
  11. 85' Portsmouth makes a sub: Lauren enters for Jermain Defoe. Reason: Tactical
  12. 90' End of the game
  13. 90'+2' Goal!! Nwankwo Kanu hits a very good header to the upper left corner from the left penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! Portsmouth now leads 4 - 2

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