• Date: Fri 26 December 2008
  • Venue: Fratton Park
  • Ref: Bennett, S
  • Attendance: 20,102
Portsmouth

Portsmouth

Belhadj (8)

1 - 4
West Ham United

West Ham United

Collison (20)

Cole (67)

Bellamy (70)

Bellamy (83)

Portsmouth vs West Ham United

Team Lineups

Portsmouth

David James
Sol Campbell
Sylvain Distin
Nadir Belhadj
Niko Kranjcar
Marc Wilson
Richard Hughes
Glen Little (Armand Traore, 71)
Sean Davis
Peter Crouch
Jermain Defoe (Nwankwo Kanu, 73)

West Ham United

Robert Green
Herita Ilunga
Matthew Upson
Lucas Neill (Julien Faubert, 46)
Calum Davenport
Valon Behrami
Jack Collison
Scott Parker
Mark Noble (Luis Boa Morte, 73)
Craig Bellamy
Carlton Cole (Diego Tristan, 87)


Live Text Commentary
Full time
 

Full-Time: PORTSMOUTH 1-4 WEST HAM.

89

David James comfortably saves Tristan's long-range effort.

86
Yellow Card
 

Scott Parker's name goes into the book.

86
Substitution
 

Diego Tristan replaces Carlton Cole for West Ham.

82
Goal
 

PORTSMOUTH 1-4 WEST HAM: Dear oh dear, you have to feel for Tony Adams here. BELLAMY gets his second of the game, very harsh scoreline Pompey have played better than this.

79

West Ham are awarded a free-kick after Hughes fouled Boa Morte. Bellamy takes a shot directly from the free-kick and James is forced to make a decent save.

77

Boa Morte has a shot but Distin blocks for Portsmouth who look like a beaten side.

72
Substitution
 

The Hammers also make a change as Mark Noble makes way for Luis Boa Morte.

72
Substitution
 

Adams also decides to bring Kanu on for Defoe.

70
Substitution
 

Pompey make a change as Glen Little is replaced by Armand Traore.

69
Goal
 

PORTSMOUTH 1-3 WEST HAM: Well that could be it now, BELLAMY has just beaten James with a powerful strike into the roof of the net.

67
Goal
 

PORTSMOUTH 1-2 WEST HAM: It was always going to happen, Portsmouth wasted so many chances and then Behrami pops up to set up COLE who slides the ball past James from close range.

66
Yellow Card
 

Behrami collects a yellow card and concedes a free kick. Kranjcar has a shot but Green saves the Croat's attempt easily

63

Davis has a go from distance but Green gathers at the second attempt.

61

Defoe has a shot from 20 yards Green gathers easily, you get the feeling that if Portsmouth don't make the most of this pressure West Ham could punish them, they still look dangerous on the break.

60

Upson heads onto the bar from Noble's corner, let off for Pompey.

58

James saves Collison's shot and West Ham win a corner, an outswinging corner is taken by Noble, Upson gets a shot in but it's off target.

57

Short corner taken by Jack Collison, but Portsmouth regain possession and break, Crouch gets a shot in but it's wide.

54

Little takes a corner for Pompey, I was wondering when Kranjcar was going to stop taking them his deliveries have been poor, but Davenport makes the clearance.

53

Noble has just shot over the Portsmouth bar, moments earlier Krajcar did the same at the other end. Great end-to-end game.

51

Crouch has a shot but it's well wide, then Little crosses into the West Ham box forceing a decent catch from Rob Green. Portsmouth really dominating proceedings at the moment.

49

Kranjcar has a shot fort Portsmouth but Rob Green saves comfortably in the West Ham goal.

47

Defoe and Crouch both see efforts blocked as Portsmouth start the second half the way they ended the first, Kranjcar takes another corner but it comes to nothing.

46
Substitution
 

Julien Faubert replaced Lucas Neill at half time.

Second half
 

The second half is underway, I'm hoping the second half is as good as the first - this has been a real Christmas cracker (I'm sorry I had to that) so far.

Half time
 

Half-Time: PORTSMOUTH 1-1 WEST HAM.

45

Craig Bellamy fires wide from close range for West Ham.

45
Yellow Card
 

Mark Noble is booked for dissent.

45

It's all go now, Lucas Neill brought down Peter Crouch in the box and Jermain Defoe stepped up to take the penalty but he missed the target against his old club.

45

Kranjcar takes a corner in frst half stoppage time but West Ham clear.

44
Yellow Card
 

Marc Wilson is booked for a foul on Craig Bellamy. The first yellow card of the game goes to the home side.

43

Noble has a go for West Ham from the edge of the box but Hughes blocks.

40

James catches Cole's cross, decent catch from England's number one there.

38

Upson clears Belhadj's cross for a corner, Kranjcar takes but Davenport clears for West Ham.

36

Crouch has a shot from just insider the area, its a wild one and it clears the crossbar.

33

Defoe has a shot which Upson blocks, but the ball comes back to Davis who fires an effort goalwards forceing a decent save from Rob Green.

31

End to end stuff here, Pompey move forward and Peter Crouch gets a shot in from Little's cross but it's an easy save for Rob Green.

30

Carlton Cole has a glorious opportunity to put the visitors ahead but his shot from 12 yards is blocked by Distin.

28

Defoe has an effort from the edge of the box for Pompey but it's way off target.

25

Little takes a corner for Portsmouth but West Ham clear easily.

20
Goal
 

PORSTMOUTH 1-1 WEST HAM: COLLISON equalises for the away side after being set up by Cole, he was just inside the area and it was a powerful shot past David james.

16

Kranjcar takes a shot from about 25-yeards out but Lucas Neill gets a block in for the Hammers, Kranjcar takes the resulting corner but Noble clears.

13

Great chance for West Ham, Noble's corner is met by Davenport but his header is way off target - he should have done better there, it could easily be 1-1.

13

Bellamy swings a cross in but Wilson blocks for Pompey. This is turning into a decent game and I can see a few more goals in this.

9

West Ham try to get back on level terms straigh away, Distin blocks Collison's effort which results in a corner, Noble takes the corner but it's cleared.

8
Goal
 

PORTSMOUTH 1-0 WEST HAM: The home side take an early lead, Peter Crouch set up BELHADJ who scores from the edge of the penalty box, decent finish.

5

Portsmouth win a corner which Kranjcar takes, but Davenport makes a decent clearance for West Ham.

3

Quite scrappy play in these opening stages, Defoe and Davis have both given away free kicks but they've come to nothing for West Ham.

1

Sol Campbell brings down Collison and concedes a free-kick. Bellamy has a shot from the free-kick but his attempt is poor.

1
Kickoff
 

It's underway at Fratton Park.

Awaiting Kickoff
 

Bellamy has been linked with a move to Spurs today, he still starts for West Ham though. Portsmouth boss Tony Adams will be hoping for a better performance than his players gave at Bolton last week, they were two down inside 5 minutes.

Awaiting Kickoff
 

WEST HAM: Green, Neill, Davenport, Upson, Ilunga, Collison, Noble, Parker, Behrami, Cole, Bellamy SUBS: Lastuvka, Boa Morte, Mullins, Collins, Faubert, Tristan, Di Michelle

Awaiting Kickoff
 

PORTSMOUTH: James, Wilson, Campbell, Distin, Belhadj, Little, Davis, Hughes, Kranjcar, Crouch, Defoe SUBS: Ashdown, Hreidarsson, Diop, Nugent, Pamarot, Kanu, Traore