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Saturday April 12, 2008 Finished Fratton Park

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Portsmouth

Newcastle United

  1. Pompey and Newcastle draw

    Pompey and Newcastle draw

    Portsmouth and Newcastle United shared an unremarkable 0-0 draw at Fratton Park, in a game to be remembered for both sides' woeful finishing and a typically contrasting display from David James. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Portsmouth
    • Newcastle United
    • 90+3' It's all over at Fratton Park. Not much to say really. 0-0. No goals. Nothing too exciting happened. Thanks for joining me.
    • 90+1' Joey Barton gets a rare yellow card. Who saw that coming?
    • 86' This game is dying out a little here. Both sides appear content with a point.
    • 80' Alan Smith is on for Newcastle, with Viduka making way. Smith could use a good performance here, his stock has fallen markedly this season.
    • 75' Change for Pompey. David Nugent is on for Kanu, who has barely featured.
    • 74' Defoe breaks free, but fires his shot just wide of Harper's right post.
    • 70' GREAT SAVE FROM JAMES! Owen stabs a volley from no more than three yards, but somehow the PFA PLAYER OF THE YEAR NOMINEE saves.
    • 65' Geremi is fouled by Muntari...free-kick to Newcastle. Wasted.
    • 60' Good stuff from Johnson, who cuts inside and fires a left-foot shot on target...blocked by Defoe.
    • 56' Martins drives forward. Sol Campbell forces him to check, and his shot is saved well by James.
    • 53' DEFOE...SHOULD HAVE SCORED. Muntari with a deep cross and Defoe had time to gather himself before volleying home. He misses.
    • 51' Herman Hreidarsson with a steepling left-foot cross. Harper catches to cheers from the home fans, who thought it was over the line. It wasn't.
    • 49' Kanu's been strangely subdued for Pompey, as has Owen for Newcastle.
    • 46' And we're under way in the second half. Newcastle on the attack immediately. Pompey clear, Papa Diop goes down. And gets back up.
    • 45' Half-time at Fratton Park. A relatively quiet first period ends with a couple of talking points. Was it a penalty? Maybe. Should Viduka have scored? Possibly. Do you want some goals? YES PLEASE.
    • 44' Two chances go begging for Newcastle. Viduka meets Butt's cross and fails to connect with a volley...then Taylor's acrobatic effort flies just wide.
    • 43' PENALTY SHOUT FOR POMPEY! Not given. Steven Taylor's clearance bounced up onto his hand. Deliberate? No. But we've seen them given.
    • 41' Glen Johnson is the first in the book, after scything down Jose Enrique.
    • 40' Muntari with a free-kick for Newcastle - straight into the wall.
    • 38' Martins lets fly with a Roy of the Rovers style piledriver. Whereas Roy's more than often found the net, this one flies into the Pompey fans.
    • 36' Patchy stuff here. Both sides appear to be relaxed, there's not much bite to speak of...nor decent openings.
    • 33' Sulley Muntari with good work for Pompey. He was forced wide, and clipped in a good cross which was almost deflected home.
    • 29' Barton plays in Mark Viduka, who chooses to shoot when he could have carried the ball into a more dangerous area and supplied the onrushing Martins.
    • 27' Abdoulaye Faye is down for United...holding his back. He's going to be ok.
    • 23' Kranjcar chips through and Defoe is almost in for Pompey - who are enjoying the better of the first half here. United have created little.
    • 21' Butt again with a mistake, but Defoe fails to capitalise.
    • 17' Joey Barton releases Martins on the left, but the Nigerian wastes the chance to create something on the break.
    • 15' Kranjcar hits one from just outside the box. Steve Harper saves comfortably.
    • 13' David James with a wonderful comedy moment for Pompey. The PFA PLAYER OF THE YEAR NOMINEE comes to clear in the right-back position and misses his kick completely. Chuckles all round.
    • 11' Nicky Butt gives the ball away to Niko Kranjcar, who cuts inside but can't find the opening to let one fly.
    • 8' Jermain Defoe is ruled offside for Portsmouth. That was tight.
    • 5' Nicky Butt with a little dink in for Michael Owen. It's beyond the England striker and behind for a goalkick.
    • 3' The crowd are lively, no doubt bouyed by last week's FA Cup action. Kevin Keegan looks relaxed on the touchline.
    • 1' And we're under way. Obafemi Martins deciding to blast a shot from 50 yards early on. PFA player of the year nominee David James collected comfortably.
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  • Team Stats

    Portsmouth Stats Newcastle United
    49% Possession 50%
    20 Shots 14
    2 Shots on target 6
    4 Saves 0
    2 Corners 11
    9 Fouls 12
    1 Offsides 2
    1 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    20 Tackles 34
    207 Accurate passes 220
    35 Bad passes 48

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Portsmouth
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 David James 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
      23 Sol Campbell 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 19 0 2
      7 Hermann Hreidarsson 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 21 9 2
      5 Glen Johnson 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 18 0 2
      15 Sylvain Distin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1
      11 Sulley Ali Muntari 0 4 0 2 3 0 0 28 9 6
      28 Sean Davis 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 30 6 2
      8 Papa Bouba Diop 0 3 0 4 1 0 0 25 0 3
      19 Niko Kranjcar 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 21 7 0
      27 Nwankwo Kanu 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 21 3 1
      14 Jermain Defoe 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 9 0 1
      22 Richard Hughes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      10 David Nugent 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0
      4 Bisan Lauren 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      31 Asmir Begovic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      30 Pedro Mendes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Newcastle United
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      13 Steve Harper 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0
      27 Steven Taylor 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 11 1 1
      3 José Enrique Sanchez Diaz 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 26 19 6
      21 Habib Beye 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 2
      25 Abdoulaye Faye 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 15 0 2
      22 Nicky Butt 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 32 9 4
      7 Joey Barton 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 27 13 8
      20 Geremi Nijtap 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 24 1 4
      9 Obafemi Martins 0 7 3 0 2 0 0 20 2 3
      36 Mark Viduka 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 15 2 2
      10 Michael Owen 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 26 0 2
      30 David Edgar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Alan Smith 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0
      11 Damien Duff 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      39 Andy Carroll 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      34 Fraser Forster 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 53' DEFOE...SHOULD HAVE SCORED. Muntari with a deep cross and Defoe had time to gather himself before volleying home. He misses.
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Live Team Line-Up

  • Portsmouth

    Manager: Harry Redknapp

    Captain: David James

    On the Field

    • James
    • Johnson Yellow Card
    • Distin
    • Campbell
    • Hreidarsson
    • Muntari
    • Bouba Diop
    • Davis
    • Kranjcar
    • Defoe
    • Kanu Substitution Out (75′)

    Subs

    • Lauren
    • Hughes
    • Mendes
    • Nugent Substitution In (75′)
    • Begovic

    Injured

    • Pamarot
    • Primus
    • Baros
    • Utaka
    • Diarra

    Suspended

    None

  • Newcastle United

    Manager: Kevin Keegan

    Captain: Michael Owen

    On the Field

    • Harper
    • Beye
    • Taylor
    • Diagne-Faye
    • Enrique
    • Butt
    • Barton Yellow Card
    • Geremi
    • Owen
    • Martins
    • Viduka Substitution Out (82′)

    Subs

    • Smith Substitution In (82′)
    • Duff
    • Carroll
    • Edgar
    • Forster

    Injured

    • Emre
    • Given
    • Ramage
    • Caçapa
    • Carr
    • Milner
    • N'Zogbia

    Suspended

    None