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Portsmouth's Premier League record

Portsmouth have played 266 Premier League matches across 7 seasons since 2003/04: 79 wins, 65 draws and 122 defeats, scoring 292 goals and conceding 380. Their most recent Premier League season was 2009/10. Before the Premier League they spent 26 seasons in the old First Division and were champions twice.

266

Matches

79

Won

65

Drawn

122

Lost

Portsmouth's scoreline grid

Every Premier League result from Portsmouth's side: goals scored along the bottom, goals conceded up the side. Each square counts the matches that ended that way, and empty squares are results Portsmouth have never had. Select a square to see those matches.

Goals conceded
7
6
1
5
3
4
2611
1
3
15123
1
2
2324934
1
31321810311
0
24181423
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Goals scored

Times it's happened

Never

Once

2

3–4

5–9

10–19

20+

Results Portsmouth have had only once

7 of Portsmouth's Premier League results have happened just once. The most recent new one was Man City 6–0 Portsmouth on September 21, 2008.

September 21, 2008Man City 6–0 PortsmouthHT 2–00–6 defeat
September 29, 2007Portsmouth 7–4 ReadingHT 2–17–4 win
April 9, 2007Watford 4–2 PortsmouthHT 2–12–4 defeat
August 30, 2004Portsmouth 4–3 FulhamHT 3–24–3 win
May 15, 2004Portsmouth 5–1 MiddlesbroughHT 3–15–1 win
February 7, 2004Tottenham 4–3 PortsmouthHT 2–13–4 defeat
November 8, 2003Portsmouth 6–1 Leeds UnitedHT 2–16–1 win

Biggest wins

November 8, 2003Portsmouth 6–1 Leeds UnitedHT 2–15-goal win
May 15, 2004Portsmouth 5–1 MiddlesbroughHT 3–14-goal win
August 26, 2003Portsmouth 4–0 BoltonHT 0–04-goal win
August 28, 2006Middlesbrough 0–4 PortsmouthHT 0–14-goal win
October 31, 2009Portsmouth 4–0 Wigan AthleticHT 2–04-goal win

Heaviest defeats

September 21, 2008Man City 6–0 PortsmouthHT 2–06-goal defeat
January 21, 2006Birmingham 5–0 PortsmouthHT 2–05-goal defeat
February 6, 2010Man United 5–0 PortsmouthHT 2–05-goal defeat
March 24, 2010Portsmouth 0–5 ChelseaHT 0–15-goal defeat
December 28, 2005Arsenal 4–0 PortsmouthHT 4–04-goal defeat

Highest-scoring matches

September 29, 2007Portsmouth 7–4 ReadingHT 2–111 goals
November 8, 2003Portsmouth 6–1 Leeds UnitedHT 2–17 goals
February 7, 2004Tottenham 4–3 PortsmouthHT 2–17 goals
August 30, 2004Portsmouth 4–3 FulhamHT 3–27 goals
January 10, 2004Portsmouth 4–2 Man CityHT 1–26 goals

Comebacks and collapses

In the Premier League, when Portsmouth led at half-time they won 69% of the time (40 of 58); when they were behind, they came back to win 7% (7 of 94). Every Premier League comeback →

November 8, 2008Sunderland 1–2 PortsmouthHT 1–0won from 1 down
September 13, 2008Portsmouth 2–1 MiddlesbroughHT 0–1won from 1 down
December 23, 2006Portsmouth 3–1 Sheffield UtdHT 0–1won from 1 down
April 29, 2006Wigan Athletic 1–2 PortsmouthHT 1–0won from 1 down
October 29, 2005Sunderland 1–4 PortsmouthHT 1–0won from 1 down

And the leads they let slip:

February 20, 2010Portsmouth 1–2 StokeHT 1–0lost a 1-goal lead
November 7, 2009Blackburn 3–1 PortsmouthHT 0–1lost a 1-goal lead
April 17, 2006Charlton 2–1 PortsmouthHT 0–1lost a 1-goal lead
December 12, 2005Tottenham 3–1 PortsmouthHT 0–1lost a 1-goal lead
October 22, 2005Portsmouth 1–2 CharltonHT 1–0lost a 1-goal lead

Portsmouth's most common results

#11–1 draw32 · 12.0%
#20–1 defeat31 · 11.7%
#30–0 draw24 · 9.0%
#41–2 defeat24 · 9.0%
#50–2 defeat23 · 8.6%
#61–0 win18 · 6.8%

Season by season

SeasonPWDLGFGAGDPts
2009/103877243466-3219*
2008/09381011173857-1941
2007/0838169134840+857
2006/07381412124542+354
2005/0638108203762-2538
2004/0538109194359-1639
2003/0438129174754-745

* 2009/10: 9 points deducted for entering administration.

Before the Premier League

Portsmouth spent 26 seasons in the old First Division between 1927/28 and 1987/88 and were champions twice: 1948/49 and 1949/50. They played 1,090 matches there: 405 wins, 257 draws and 428 defeats.

26

Seasons

2

Titles

1,090

Matches

37%

Won

Counting the Premier League, that's 33 top-flight seasons and 1,356 matches: 484 wins, 322 draws and 550 defeats.

Biggest wins before 1992

September 10, 1949Portsmouth 7–0 Everton7-goal win
January 4, 1930Portsmouth 7–1 Burnley6-goal win
April 16, 1932Portsmouth 6–0 Newcastle6-goal win
September 17, 1947Portsmouth 6–0 Sheffield Utd6-goal win
April 14, 1948Portsmouth 6–1 Middlesbrough5-goal win

Heaviest defeats before 1992

October 20, 1928Leicester City 10–0 Portsmouth10-goal defeat
December 27, 1958Wolves 7–0 Portsmouth7-goal defeat
October 1, 1927Liverpool 8–2 Portsmouth6-goal defeat
March 29, 1939Middlesbrough 8–2 Portsmouth6-goal defeat
February 2, 1957Preston North End 7–1 Portsmouth6-goal defeat

Every season in the old First Division

SeasonPosPWDLGFGAPts
1987/8819th of 214071419366635
1958/5922nd of 224269276411221
1957/5820th of 224212822738832
1956/5719th of 2242101319629233
1955/5612th of 224216917788541
1954/553rd of 2242181212746248
1953/5414th of 2242141117818939
1952/5315th of 2242141018748338
1951/524th of 224220814685848
1950/517th of 2242161511716847

Points as awarded at the time: two for a win until 1980/81, three since. Results from engsoccerdata (see the About page).

Head to head

Portsmouth's record against every club they have met in the Premier League, most meetings first. Select an opponent for the full head to head.

OpponentPWDL
v Arsenal14068
v Aston Villa14347
v Blackburn14428
v Bolton14536
v Chelsea140113
v Everton14419
v Fulham14446
v Liverpool14338
v Man City14437
v Man United143110

Also met: Tottenham · Middlesbrough · Newcastle · Birmingham · West Ham · Wigan Athletic · Charlton · Sunderland · West Brom · Hull City · Reading · Southampton · Stoke · Wolves · Burnley · Crystal Palace · Derby County · Leeds United · Leicester City · Norwich · Sheffield Utd · Watford

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