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Full-Time: EVERTON 0-3 PORTSMOUTH. Pompey claim the three points with a fine display of finishing that Everton will envy. They missed a penalty and a host of other chances. Louis Saha's signing can't come soon enough.
Sean Davis makes way for Arnold Mvuemba.
Both teams are going through the motions now. Pompey are off the bottom of the table in style.
Leighton Baines is the first man to be booked.
Papa Bouba Diop fouls Yakubu but Arteta's free kick flies over.
Even Phil Neville is trying his luck now but James catches his left footed effort from 20 yards.
Jagielka feeds Yakubu on the edge of the area but the former Pompey man can't get his shot away properly and the balls drifts harmlessly wide.
Many of the home fans have seen enough. Everton have had plenty of chances today but have been punished for their wastefulness.
Hermann Hreidarsson replaces Armand Traore.
Yakubu fires a firm volley low to James' left, but the Pompey keeper is equal to it and pushes the shot wide.
Jermain Defoe gets a fine ovation from the travelling support. John Utaka replaces him.
Baxter's scuffed shot falls kindly to Anichebe but his first touch lets him down and James gathers.
Jose Baxter comes on for Leon Osman.
EVERTON 0-3 PORTSMOUTH. Game over. DEFOE latches on to Sean Davis' pass and places a lovely chip over Howard from the edge of tha area. His 100th league goal.
Yakubu tries his luck from distance but it is an easy stop for James.
The Toffees look threatening down the left but no one is in the box to meet Baines' inviting cross.
Everton continue to boss possession but they appear to be running short of ideas and seem deflated by Yakubu's missed penalty.
Rodwell bursts into the box again but heads Arteta's cross over.
Traore skips away from Neville and cuts back for Defoe, but Joseph Yobo intervenes to clear.
Pompey make a rare foray into Everton's defensive third but Diarra's corner evades everyone and the danegr passes.
Victor Anichebe replaces James Vaughan.
Leon Osman fires at goal but it will take something better than that to beat James, who makes a regulation save.
Another penalty shout from Everton as James and Yakubu tangle, but the referee gives a corner. Everton are well on top but need to make the pressure count.
Baines makes good progress down the left and nearly picks out the arriving Rodwell, but James gathers .
Everton are showing the necessary urgency to get back into the game, but that missed spot kick rather sums up their profligacy in front of goal.
Johnson bundles over James Vaughan and referee Halsey points to the spot. Yakubu steps up but his effort is weak and easily palmed away by the apparently unbeatable James.
There were no changes at the break, although David Moyes will be thinking about introducing Victor Anichebe at some stage as his team chase the game.
Everton start the second half and surely need an early goal if they are to salvage anything from this game.
Half-Time: EVERTON 0-2 PORTSMOUTH. Sol Campbell throws himself in the way of a Phil Jagielka shot and Pompey end the half well in charge.
Yakubu holds up the ball well and slides in Leon Osman, but the shot is too near James.
A good save from James prevents Joleon Lescott's header from going into the top corner.
EVERTON 0-2 PORTSMOUTH. Everton have a mountain to climb now. Defoe turns provider, releasing Glen JOHNSON inside the box. He shows great calmness to beat Howard with the outside of his foot.
Pompey play some neat short passes in midfield but fail to make progress into Everton's half. Crouch and Defoe are currently a little isolated.
Everton are suddenly looking dangerous, Yakubu slicing a half-volley wide and Rodwell heading off target from Arteta's free kick.
A great goal line intervention by Younes Kaboul denies Yakubu, who was about to nod into an empty net after James got caught out by a deflected cross.
Portsmouth appear to have weathered Everton's storm and are again showing more threat in attack. The home crowd is getting restless as half time approaches.
Defoe is looking sharp today and tries his luck from 25 yards, but it is a comfortable save for Howard.
Pompey are now content to play on the break, hoping to utilise the pace of Defoe.
Leighton Baines bursts down the Everton left and finds Yakubu, but the big striker's effort is well off target.
Everton are building the pressure on the away side's defence, with Jack Rodwell showing some nice touches in the middle of the park.
Arteta swings in a corner from the right but Crouch clears the danger from the near post.
Arteta does get into the action and is unlucky not to level the game. Yakubu picks him out near the penalty spot and the Spaniard seems set to score, but David James turns his shot onto the post.
Everton are gradually improving but are yet to create a clear chance, with playmaker Mikel Arteta still on the game's fringes.
Portsmouth nearly double their advantage as Everton fail to clear Traore's free kick. Crouch nodded down inside the box but Defoe couldn't convert this time.
EVERTON 0-1 PORTSMOUTH. DEFOE strikes for Pompey, gathering Peter Crouch's flick-on and rifling past Tim Howard from ten yards.
Armand Traore nearly gets behind the home defence down the left hand side but the ball runs out of play.
Portsmouth look the most likely team to open the scoring, with Lassana Diarra prominent in midfield.
Jermain Defoe thinks he has sprung the Everton offside trap but the flag is up.
Former Liverpool man Peter Crouch is getting some stick from the home crowd, whilst the visiting support think better of booing their former hitman Yakubu - he has four goals in his last three league games.
The visitors continue to have the better of the opening exchanges as the Toffees struggle to keep hold of the ball.
Pompey make a bright start and win a corner from the right. Everton clear.
Referee Mark Halsey gets the game underway at Goodison Park.
Portsmouth have lost their last six Premier League matches. Defeat today would see them remain rock bottom. Everton have won four of their five home Premier League clashes with Pompey.
None of Everton's recent signings start, although Lars Jacobsen is on the bench. Jermain Defoe is fit to take his place in attack for Portsmouth after recovering from a virus.
Everton were given a goalscoring lesson by a visiting Portsmouth side that put three past David Moyes' men as they scraped themselves off the bottom of the Premier League table. Opening the Portsmouth scoring for the season, Harry Redknapp's strikeforce of Jermaine Defoe and Peter Crouch as well as defender Glen Johnson all put in a loud shout for an England place after netting against the Toffees. Forced into fielding another young and inexperienced side, Moyes' men left the field to a chorus of boos from a frustrated Everton crowd after they were easily out-matched by a well-organised Pompey team. Despite having the majority of the possession in the first half, Everton could not break through the towering Portsmouth side who were happy to sit deep and catch the Toffees on the break. Everton started brightly, testing David James in the Pompey goal after four minutes with a clever free-kick form Mikel Arteta that caught the back line napping and found Yakubu in the box but the Nigerian's shot was easily smothered by a well-placed James at his near post. The visitors seemed intent on sitting deep and getting the ball to the wing-backs and catching their opponents on the break. The game-plan worked with the opening goal coming on 12 minutes through a predictable Crouch flick and a Defoe finish. A long throw by Sylvain Distin found 6ft 7in striker Crouch who flicked the ball unchallenged to his partner Defoe who looked to have missed his shooting opportunity, but a clever drag-back and quick feet fooled the Everton defence and his low shot crept inside Tim Howard's goal. The lead could have been doubled just a few minutes later after another flick-on by Crouch found Defoe in an almost identical position but his right-footed effort fell the wrong side of the same post. Everton's best chance came midway through the first half when Yakubu's cross found Arteta six yards out, but the Spaniard's six-yard volley brought the best out of the Pompey shot-stopper who brilliantly pushed the ball onto the post before gathering the rebound. Everton tried to get back on level terms and pressed the visitors' goal with efforts from James Vaughan, Yakubu and young Jack Rodwell but none could force James into a save. The missed chances weighted on the minds of the Everton players and Portsmouth added to their troubles by doubling their lead on 40 minutes after a neat one-two between Johnson and Defoe easily opened the home side's back line. A surging run by the left-back created space to lay a pass to Defoe's feet inside the box and, with no pressure, the forward had time to turn and give the ball back to Johnson who had continued his run into the six-yard box and he easily slid the ball past a stranded Howard. Everton responded to the frustrated shouts from the crowd and almost pulled a goal back at the start of the second period when Vaughan was adjudged to have been bundled over in the box. Yakubu hoped to take his top-flight tally to 101 goals but, after stumbling in his run-up to try and fool James, the striker hit a weak shot which was easily saved by the England number one. Desperate for a foothold in the game, Everton threw everything they had at the Portsmouth side but long-range efforts from Phil Neville on 55 minutes and Yakubu on the hour mark never troubled the veteran shot-stopper. The game was put out of Everton's reach on 69 minutes after a clever back-heel from Sean Davis rolled neatly into the path of man-of-the-match Defoe, who chipped the ball from outside the box onto the crossbar. It bounced down and over the line before Crouch headed home to make sure.
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