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Portsmouth 3-0 Reading - April 21, 2003 / First Division 2002/2003

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First Division 2002/2003 - Round 44

Fratton Park - Portsmouth - England

April 21, 2003

19 535

Portsmouth

3 - 0

Reading

Vincent Péricard

19'

Vincent Péricard

45'

Svetoslav Todorov

71'

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16' - Substitution Steve Brownis substituted by John Mackie

19' - Goal Vincent Péricard19

45' - Goal Vincent Péricard45

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57' - Substitution Luke Chadwickis substituted by Darius Henderson

71' - Goal Svetoslav Todorov71

76' - Substitution Andy Hughesis substituted by John Salako

85' - Substitution Kevin Harperis substituted by Arjan de Zeeuw85

88' - Substitution Paul Mersonis substituted by Lassina Diabaté88

89' - Substitution Nigel Quashieis substituted by Gary O'Neil89

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Portsmouth

3 - 0

Reading

Portsmouth Reading

Team line-ups

Portsmouth

Hislop

Shaka Hislop

Trinidad and Tobago

B.date22/02/1969

Age34 years

H1m98

positionGoalkeeper

Foxe

Hayden Foxe

Australia

B.date23/06/1977

Age25 years

H1m92

positionCentral defender

Festa

Gianluca Festa

Italy

B.date12/03/1969

Age34 years

H1m84

positionRight central defender

Primus

Linvoy Primus

England

B.date14/09/1973

Age29 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

Quashie89

Nigel Quashie

Scotland

B.date20/07/1978

Age24 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

Sherwood

Tim Sherwood

England

B.date06/02/1969

Age34 years

H1m86

positionCentre Midfield

Stone

Steve Stone

England

B.date20/08/1971

Age31 years

H1m75

positionRight Midfielder

Merson88

Paul Merson

England

B.date20/03/1968

Age35 years

H1m78

positionPlaymaker

Harper85

Kevin Harper

Scotland

B.date15/01/1976

Age27 years

H1m68

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Péricard4519

Vincent Péricard

France

B.date03/10/1982

Age20 years

H1m86

positionStriker

Todorov71

Svetoslav Todorov

Bulgaria

B.date30/08/1978

Age24 years

H1m80

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Shaka Hislop		34	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Hayden Foxe		25	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gianluca Festa		34	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Linvoy Primus		29	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Nigel Quashie	89	24	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tim Sherwood		34	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve Stone		31	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Merson	88	35	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin Harper	85	27	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Vincent Péricard	4519	20	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Svetoslav Todorov	71	24	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Reading

Hahnemann

Marcus Hahnemann

United States

B.date15/06/1972

Age30 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Brown16

Steve Brown

England

B.date13/05/1972

Age30 years

positionDefender

Newman

Ricky Newman

England

B.date05/08/1970

Age32 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

Williams

Ady Williams

Wales

B.date16/08/1971

Age31 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Murty

Graeme Murty

Scotland

B.date13/11/1974

Age28 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Shorey

Nicky Shorey

England

B.date19/02/1981

Age22 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Chadwick57

Luke Chadwick

England

B.date18/11/1980

Age22 years

H1m80

positionRight Midfielder

Hughes76

Andy Hughes

England

B.date02/01/1978

Age25 years

H1m80

positionRight Midfielder

Harper

James Harper

England

B.date09/11/1980

Age22 years

H1m77

positionCentre Midfield

Little

Glen Little

England

B.date15/10/1975

Age27 years

H1m91

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Forster

Nicky Forster

England

B.date08/09/1973

Age29 years

H1m73

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Marcus Hahnemann		30	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Brown	16	30	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ricky Newman		32	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ady Williams		31	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graeme Murty		28	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nicky Shorey		22	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Luke Chadwick	57	22	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andy Hughes	76	25	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	James Harper		22	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Glen Little		27	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nicky Forster		29	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Arjan de Zeeuw	85	33	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lassina Diabaté	88	28	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gary O'Neil	89	19	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	John Mackie	16	26	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Salako	76	34	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Darius Henderson	57	21	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Vincent Péricard

Lee Bradbury

OUT

Kevin Harper

Arjan de Zeeuw

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ricky Newman

John Mackie

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Harry Redknapp

Success rate in this team:

54 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Redknapp vs Reading

8 victories

3 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on April 21, 2003

Redknapp vs Pardew

1 victory

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on April 21, 2003

Manager

Age

Match num

Alan Pardew

194

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Pardew vs Portsmouth

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 21, 2003

Pardew vs Redknapp

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 21, 2003

Referee

George Cain

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Portsmouth1 match	General total	Reading2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Portsmouth1 match	Season total	Reading2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 21, 2003					Latest figure on April 21, 2003

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Key figures

Portsmouth keeps its 9 consecutive matches without a draw at home running (since 13/01/2003).

It's the first time Svetoslav Todorov scores 1 goal vs Reading in his professional career

No Portsmouth manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Harry Redknapp has reached 1.85 goals scored per game .

Read the next 9 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VPortsmouth 6-2 Derby County08/02/2003

VPortsmouth 1-0 Gillingham22/02/2003

VPortsmouth 3-2 Norwich City12/03/2003

VPortsmouth 1-0 Wolverhampton15/03/2003

LPortsmouth 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday12/04/2003

VPortsmouth 1-0 Burnley15/04/2003

Overall

VCoventry 0-4 Portsmouth19/03/2003

DPreston North End 1-1 Portsmouth22/03/2003

VWalsall 1-2 Portsmouth05/04/2003

LPortsmouth 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday12/04/2003

VPortsmouth 1-0 Burnley15/04/2003

LIpswich Town 3-0 Portsmouth18/04/2003

Current form

Away

VMillwall 0-2 Reading15/02/2003

VSheffield United 1-3 Reading18/02/2003

LWimbledon FC 2-0 Reading01/03/2003

VNorwich City 0-1 Reading05/03/2003

LIpswich Town 3-1 Reading18/03/2003

VBradford 0-1 Reading22/03/2003

Overall

VReading 2-1 Crystal Palace15/03/2003

LIpswich Town 3-1 Reading18/03/2003

VBradford 0-1 Reading22/03/2003

LReading 1-2 Brighton & Hove04/04/2003

VReading 5-1 Preston North End15/04/2003

VReading 1-0 Nottingham Forest18/04/2003

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	8	4
Scoring streak	12	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	8	15
Scoring streak	3	6
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

43	Number of games (Competition total)	42
21	Number of games (Home / Away)	20
26	Victories (Competition total)	23
15	Victories (Home / Away)	11
11	Draws (Competition total)	4
3	Draws (Home / Away)	1
6	Losses (Competition total)	15
3	Losses (Home / Away)	8

Goals

86	Goals scored (Competition total)	56
46	Goals scored (Home / Away)	25
43	Goals conceded (Competition total)	41
20	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	21
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.33
2.19	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.25
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.98
0.95	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.05

Betting aid

25	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	18
12	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
14	Clean sheets (Competition total)	18
9	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	10
4	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	12
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	6
26	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	15
11	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	5
3-0 (4 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-0 (6 times)

Bookings

72	Yellow cards (Competition total)	64
30	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	36
0	Red cards (Competition total)	3
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Svetoslav Todorov	20 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	16 goals	Nicky Forster
Svetoslav Todorov	12 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	8 goals	Nicky Forster
Paul Merson	5 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Jamie Cureton
Paul Merson	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Jamie Cureton
Svetoslav Todorov	2 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	5 goals during the last 5 matches	Nicky Forster

Historical head to head

Home

9 matches

4 v

3 d

2 l

13 gf

6 ga

Away

9 matches

4 v

4 d

1 l

9 gf

7 ga

Total

18 matches

8 v

7 d

3 l

22 gf

13 ga

Historical head to head

Home

9 matches

1 v

4 d

4 l

7 gf

9 ga

Away

9 matches

2 v

3 d

4 l

6 gf

13 ga

Total

18 matches

3 v

7 d

8 l

13 gf

22 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	March 30, 1927
Home	5 - 0	March 30, 1927

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	September 27, 1997
Away	2 - 0	September 27, 1997

Latest head to head

December 07, 2002 - First Division 2002/2003

Reading

0 - 0

Portsmouth logo Portsmouth

February 21, 1998 - First Division 1997/1998

Reading

0 - 1

Portsmouth logo Portsmouth

September 27, 1997 - First Division 1997/1998

Portsmouth

0 - 2

Reading

March 25, 1997 - First Division 1996/1997

Portsmouth

1 - 0

Reading

January 25, 1997 - FA Cup 1996/1997

Portsmouth

3 - 0

Reading

Best historical scorers against Reading

David Hillier	1 goal	1997 - 1997
Lee Bradbury	1 goal	1997 - 1997
Paul Hall	1 goal	1997 - 1997

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/01/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Portsmouth

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/01/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Reading

Fitzroy Simpson	1 match	1997 - 1997
Linvoy Primus	1 match	2002 - 2002
Paul Hall	1 match	1997 - 1997
Hayden Foxe	1 match	2002 - 2002
Matthias Svensson	1 match	1997 - 1997
Matthew Taylor	1 match	2002 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/01/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Portsmouth

Marcus Hahnemann	1 match	2002 - 2002
Ady Williams	1 match	2002 - 2002
Nicky Shorey	1 match	2002 - 2002
Barry Hunter	1 match	1997 - 1997
Andy Hughes	1 match	2002 - 2002
Andrew Bernal	1 match	1997 - 1997