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Portsmouth 0-0 Arsenal - December 26, 2007 / Premier League 2007/2008

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Premier League 2007/2008 - Journée 19

Fratton Park - Portsmouth - England

December 26, 2007

20 556

Portsmouth

0 - 0

Arsenal

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65' - Substitution Emmanuel Ebouéis substituted by Abou Diaby

75' - Substitution Niko Kranjcaris substituted by Matthew Taylor75

81' - Substitution Benjaniis substituted by John Utaka81

81' - Substitution Alexander Hlebis substituted by Nicklas Bendtner

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Portsmouth

0 - 0

Arsenal

Portsmouth Arsenal

Team line-ups

Portsmouth

James

David James

England

B.date01/08/1970

Age37 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Distin

Sylvain Distin

France

B.date16/12/1977

Age30 years

H1m91

positionLeft central defender

Hreidarsson

Hermann Hreidarsson

Iceland

B.date11/07/1974

Age33 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Campbell

Sol Campbell

England

B.date18/09/1974

Age33 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Lauren

Cameroon

B.date19/01/1977

Age30 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Diop

Papa Bouba Diop

Senegal

B.date28/01/1978

Age29 years

H1m93

positionDefensive Midfielder

Kranjcar75

Niko Kranjcar

Croatia

B.date13/08/1984

Age23 years

H1m86

positionMidfield

Hughes

Richard Hughes

Scotland

B.date25/06/1979

Age28 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

Muntari

Sulley Ali Muntari

Ghana

B.date27/08/1984

Age23 years

H1m79

positionLeft central midfielder

Benjani81

Benjani

Zimbabwe

B.date13/08/1978

Age29 years

H1m82

positionStriker

Kanu

Nwankwo Kanu

Nigeria

B.date01/08/1976

Age31 years

H1m96

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	David James		37	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sylvain Distin		30	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Hermann Hreidarsson		33	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sol Campbell		33	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lauren		30	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Papa Bouba Diop		29	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Niko Kranjcar	75	23	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Richard Hughes		28	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sulley Ali Muntari		23	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Benjani	81	29	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nwankwo Kanu		31	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Arsenal

Almunia

Manuel Almunia

Spain

B.date19/05/1977

Age30 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Touré

Kolo Touré

Ivory Coast

B.date19/03/1981

Age26 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Gallas

William Gallas

France

B.date17/08/1977

Age30 years

H1m81

positionLeft central defender

Eboué65

Emmanuel Eboué

Ivory Coast

B.date04/06/1983

Age24 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

Clichy

Gaël Clichy

France

B.date26/07/1985

Age22 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Sagna

Bacary Sagna

France

B.date14/02/1983

Age24 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

Fàbregas

Cesc Fàbregas

Spain

B.date04/05/1987

Age20 years

H1m79

positionRight central midfielder

Flamini

Mathieu Flamini

France

B.date07/03/1984

Age23 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Hleb81

Alexander Hleb

Belarus

B.date01/05/1981

Age26 years

H1m85

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

Rosicky

Tomas Rosicky

Czech Republic

B.date04/10/1980

Age27 years

H1m79

positionPlaymaker

Adebayor

Emmanuel Adebayor

Togo

B.date26/02/1984

Age23 years

H1m93

positionCentre forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Manuel Almunia		30	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kolo Touré		26	268	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	William Gallas		30	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Emmanuel Eboué	65	24	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gaël Clichy		22	122	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bacary Sagna		24	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Cesc Fàbregas		20	174	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mathieu Flamini		23	133	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alexander Hleb	81	26	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tomas Rosicky		27	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Emmanuel Adebayor		23	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25 years

Average number of matches played for the team

106

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Matthew Taylor	75	26	202	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		John Utaka	81	25	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Abou Diaby	65	21	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Nicklas Bendtner	81	19	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Nwankwo Kanu

John Utaka

OUT

Lauren

Glen Johnson

OUT

Richard Hughes

Pedro Mendes

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Harry Redknapp

205

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Redknapp vs Arsenal

2 victories

10 draws

16 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2007

Redknapp vs Wenger

1 victory

10 draws

11 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2007

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

645

Success rate in this team:

58 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Wenger vs Portsmouth

5 victories

6 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 2007

Wenger vs Redknapp

11 victories

10 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 2007

Referee

Steve Bennett

4 victories	11 draws	5 losses	Portsmouth20 matches	General total	Arsenal28 matches	17 victories	9 draws	2 losses
0 victory	2 draws	0 loss	Portsmouth2 matches	Season total	Arsenal2 matches	1 victory	1 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on April 03, 2010					Latest figure on February 20, 2010

Videos

July 09, 2023

Comments

Key figures

Only back at the time of Herbert Chapman head of Arsenal (01/07/1925-06/01/1934), you can see a manager go over Arsène Wenger with 1.86 goals scored per game in Premier League (2.16).

Portsmouth keeps its 14 consecutive matches without a win vs Arsenal in Premier League running (since 06/12/1958). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 21/04/1948 (10 matches)

Arsène Wenger has registered 250 clean sheet since the 30/09/1996 as the manager of Arsenal next after this match..

Read the next 15 key stats

General ranking

-1	5	Manchester City	34 pts	18 rd
	6	Everton	33 pts	19 rd
	7	Portsmouth	31 pts	19 rd
	8	Aston Villa	30 pts	19 rd
+2	9	West Ham	26 pts	18 rd

General ranking

+1	1	Manchester United	45 pts	19 rd
-1	2	Arsenal	44 pts	19 rd
	3	Chelsea	38 pts	19 rd
+1	4	Liverpool	36 pts	18 rd
-1	5	Manchester City	34 pts	18 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VPortsmouth 7-4 Reading29/09/2007

DPortsmouth 0-0 West Ham27/10/2007

LPortsmouth 1-2 Blackburn31/10/2007

DPortsmouth 0-0 Manchester City11/11/2007

DPortsmouth 0-0 Everton01/12/2007

LPortsmouth 0-1 Tottenham15/12/2007

Overall

DPortsmouth 0-0 Manchester City11/11/2007

VBirmingham City 0-2 Portsmouth24/11/2007

DPortsmouth 0-0 Everton01/12/2007

VAston Villa 1-3 Portsmouth08/12/2007

LPortsmouth 0-1 Tottenham15/12/2007

LLiverpool 4-1 Portsmouth22/12/2007

Current form

Away

VReading 1-3 Arsenal12/11/2007

LSevilla FC 3-1 Arsenal27/11/2007

VAston Villa 1-2 Arsenal01/12/2007

DNewcastle United 1-1 Arsenal05/12/2007

LMiddlesbrough 2-1 Arsenal09/12/2007

VBlackburn 2-3 Arsenal18/12/2007

Overall

DNewcastle United 1-1 Arsenal05/12/2007

LMiddlesbrough 2-1 Arsenal09/12/2007

VArsenal 2-1 FCSB12/12/2007

VArsenal 1-0 Chelsea16/12/2007

VBlackburn 2-3 Arsenal18/12/2007

VArsenal 2-1 Tottenham22/12/2007

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	5	2
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	3	0
Conceding streak	1	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	4
Unbeaten streak	1	4
Drawless streak	2	5
Scoring streak	6	10
Conceding streak	6	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

7	General ranking (Competition total)	1
13	General ranking (Home / Away)	5
60	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	4
10	FBDB index ranking (National)	3

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

18	Number of games (Competition total)	18
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	8
8	Victories (Competition total)	13
2	Victories (Home / Away)	4
6	Draws (Competition total)	4
5	Draws (Home / Away)	3
4	Losses (Competition total)	1
1	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

29	Goals scored (Competition total)	36
11	Goals scored (Home / Away)	13
19	Goals conceded (Competition total)	15
7	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	8
1.61	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
1.38	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.63
1.06	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.83
0.88	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

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

Bookings

34	Yellow cards (Competition total)	29
12	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	18
1	Red cards (Competition total)	1
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Benjani	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	10 goals	Emmanuel Adebayor
Benjani	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	5 goals	Emmanuel Adebayor
Matthew Taylor	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Emmanuel Adebayor
Matthew Taylor	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
-		Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Cesc Fàbregas
-		Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Cesc Fàbregas
Benjani	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 7 matches	Emmanuel Adebayor

Historical head to head

Home

33 matches

8 v

14 d

11 l

43 gf

52 ga

Away

32 matches

6 v

9 d

17 l

35 gf

71 ga

Total

65 matches

14 v

23 d

28 l

78 gf

123 ga

Historical head to head

Home

32 matches

17 v

9 d

6 l

71 gf

35 ga

Away

33 matches

11 v

14 d

8 l

52 gf

43 ga

Total

65 matches

28 v

23 d

14 l

123 gf

78 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 2	January 21, 1956
Home	5 - 2	January 21, 1956

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	August 29, 1987
Away	5 - 1	March 06, 2004

Latest head to head

September 02, 2007 - Premier League 2007/2008

Arsenal

3 - 1

Portsmouth logo Portsmouth

May 13, 2007 - Premier League 2006/2007

Portsmouth

0 - 0

Arsenal

December 16, 2006 - Premier League 2006/2007

Arsenal

2 - 2

Portsmouth logo Portsmouth

April 12, 2006 - Premier League 2005/2006

Portsmouth

1 - 1

Arsenal

December 28, 2005 - Premier League 2005/2006

Arsenal

4 - 0

Portsmouth logo Portsmouth

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Teddy Sheringham	2 goals	2003 - 2004
Terry Connor	1 goal	1988 - 1988
Yakubu Ayegbeni	1 goal	2004 - 2004
Nwankwo Kanu	1 goal	2007 - 2007
Noé Pamarot	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Lomana Trésor LuaLua	1 goal	2006 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/08/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Portsmouth

Thierry Henry	9 goals	2003 - 2006
Alan Smith	4 goals	1987 - 1988
Freddie Ljungberg	2 goals	2004 - 2004
Ted Drake	2 goals	1934 - 1934
José Antonio Reyes	2 goals	2004 - 2005
Emmanuel Adebayor	2 goals	2006 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/08/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Matthew Taylor	8 matches	2004 - 2007
Linvoy Primus	6 matches	2004 - 2007
Richard Hughes	6 matches	2004 - 2007
Lomana Trésor LuaLua	6 matches	2004 - 2007
Yakubu Ayegbeni	5 matches	2003 - 2005
Gary O'Neil	5 matches	2004 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/08/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Portsmouth

Kolo Touré	10 matches	2003 - 2007
Jens Lehmann	7 matches	2003 - 2006
Thierry Henry	7 matches	2003 - 2006
Lauren	6 matches	2003 - 2005
Gaël Clichy	6 matches	2004 - 2007
Freddie Ljungberg	6 matches	2003 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 25/08/1934. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Nwankwo Kanu

51 matches

198 matches

1999 - 2007

Sol Campbell

50 matches

197 matches

2001 - 2007

Paul Merson

48 matches

425 matches

1986 - 2003

Jason Crowe

46 matches

3 matches

1997 - 2003

Paul Mariner

23 matches

70 matches

1984 - 1988

Andy Cole

22 matches

2 matches

1990 - 2007

Total : 10 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/02/1984. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Paul Merson

48 matches

425 matches

1986 - 2003

Lauren

16 matches

241 matches

2000 - 2007

Nwankwo Kanu

51 matches

198 matches

1999 - 2007

Sol Campbell

50 matches

197 matches

2001 - 2007

David Hillier

7 matches

137 matches

1990 - 1998

Paul Mariner

23 matches

70 matches

1984 - 1988

Total : 10 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/02/1984. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

December 26, 2007

Birmingham City

3 0

Middlesbrough

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Chelsea

4 4

Aston Villa

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Derby County

1 2

Liverpool

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Everton

2 0

Bolton Wanderers

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Sunderland

0 4

Man United

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Tottenham

5 1

Fulham

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West Ham

1 1

Reading

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Wigan

1 0

Newcastle United

Line-ups available

December 27, 2007

Manchester City

2 2

Blackburn

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
+11	Manchester United	45	19	14	3	2	36	9	+27
-12	Arsenal	44	19	13	5	1	36	15	+21
3	Chelsea	38	19	11	5	3	29	14	+15
+14	Liverpool	36	18	10	6	2	33	12	+21
-15	Manchester City	34	18	10	4	4	25	20	+5
6	Everton	33	19	10	3	6	34	18	+16
7	Portsmouth	31	19	8	7	4	29	19	+10
8	Aston Villa	30	19	8	6	5	33	25	+8
+29	West Ham	26	18	7	5	6	23	16	+7
10	Blackburn	26	18	7	5	6	23	25	-2
-211	Newcastle United	26	19	7	5	7	26	29	-3
12	Reading	22	19	6	4	9	25	36	-11
13	Tottenham	21	19	5	6	8	35	32	+3
+214	Birmingham City	18	19	5	3	11	21	30	-9
-115	Bolton Wanderers	17	19	4	5	10	21	29	-8
-116	Middlesbrough	17	19	4	5	10	17	33	-16
+217	Wigan	16	19	4	4	11	19	34	-15
-118	Fulham	14	19	2	8	9	20	34	-14
-119	Sunderland	14	19	3	5	11	17	38	-21
20	Derby County	7	19	1	4	14	9	43	-34

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Portsmouth 0-0 Arsenal - December 26, 2007 / Premier League 2007/2008

Portsmouth

0 - 0

Arsenal

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Redknapp vs Arsenal

Redknapp vs Wenger

Manager

Wenger vs Portsmouth

Wenger vs Redknapp

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Portsmouth

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Players with most games played vs Portsmouth

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking