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Saturday September 29, 2007 Finished Fratton Park

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Portsmouth

  • Benjani 7’, 37’, 70’
  • Hreidarsson 56’
  • Kranjcar 73’
  • Davis 81’
  • Muntari 90’ (pen.)

Reading

  • Hunt 45’
  • Kitson 48’
  • Long 79’
  • Shorey 90’
  1. Portsmouth go goal crazy

    Portsmouth go goal crazy

    Benjani scored a hat-trick in an amazing game as Portsmouth beat Reading 7-4 at Fratton Park in the highest scoring game in Premier League history. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Portsmouth
    • Reading
    • FT And it is finally all over - well what a match - Portsmouth win 7-4 - CRAZY!
    • 90' Nicky Shorey has a shot - it is deflected and it goes in 7-4!!!! amazing stuff!!!
    • 90' Kranjcar is tripped in the box and we have a penalty!!! And Muntari takes it!!! Pompey in seventh heaven - they have scored again.
    • 86' Doyle and Hunt bit nearly get a sight at goal from Reading and then Utaka sees a shot blocked - pheew you can't keep your eyes off this one.
    • 83' I kid you not when I say that Hahnermann has been Reading's best player today - he has made another great save this time from Nugent.
    • 81' ANOTHER GOAL!!!! Amazing Sean Davis with a shot from 30 yards and it hits off the head Ingimarssson (what a shocker he is having) and goes in!!!
    • 77 Reading now back in it again - Harper shots from outside the box - it comes off Long who has just come on and it goes in!
    • 75' Game over now - another shocker from Inigmarsson who puts a clearance straight to Davis he just puts up a cross to the backpost that Kranjcar bundles home
    • 70' BENJANI HAS HIS HAT-TRICK - Muntari nicks the ball off Ingimarsson at half-way and then plays Benjani clear and the striker calmly rounds Hahnemann and places home!
    • 68' Reading looking much better going forward in this half, Portsmouth have just had all sorts of problems trying to clear an corner but Campbell eventually get it away.
    • 66' PENALTY FOR READING - Diop is adjudged to have handled the ball in the box - Shorey takes the penalty but a SUPERB save from James - he has gone from zero to hero!!!
    • 60' Still end to end stuff here - the bigger holes are in the Reading defence though.
    • 56' NOW PORTSMOUTH HAVE THE LEAD!!! - Distin charges down the left wing and Hreidarsson gets in between Hahnemann and Ingimarsson to head home.
    • 53' Diop at the back post thinks that he has put Portsmouth back in front with a header but that was offside.
    • 52' Harper fires just over after timing a run to perfection and side footing with power Kevin Doyle's great cross over.
    • 50' Portsmouth nearly level things up straight away - Utaka breaks clear and nearly chips Hahnemann - good save again though, then it falls to Kranjcar and AGAIN Hahnemann.
    • 48' READING ARE LEVEL!!!! The ball was played to Kitson down the right wing but who is this??? David James comes out for a stroll for no reason, Kitson gets there first, nicks the ball past the keeper and from a really tough angle manages to fire home - great goal.
    • 47' Decent start to the half by Reading - a good move sees Hunt put in a cross towards Kitson but Distin gets in first to clear the danger.
    • 46' Back underway in this second-half - can Reading show more going forward?
    • HT And there goes the half-time whistle - Harry Redknapp will be annoyed - his side have controlled this match but have let Reading back into just before the break. 2-1 Pompey.
    • 45' From nowhere Reading are back in the game - Rosenior gets his boot onto a cross - the ball hits the underside of the bar and the linesman flagged that it was over the line - the players played on though with Kitson first seeing a shot saved before Hunt finally headed in. Looks like Rosenior and not Hunt will get the goal though.
    • 44' Hahnemann has just produced an amazing save from point blank range to deny Johnson who had got on the end of a Benjani header across the box. Sean Davis then just fired over when the ball fell to him just outside the box.
    • 37' Benjani makes it two!!!! Woeful defending by Reading, Utaka just played the ball to Benjani near the half-way line and the Zimbabwean just ran and ran without so much of a challenge before putting a low drive into the corner of the net.
    • 36' Diop with a cracking low drive from distance that Hahnemann does well to get down and save.
    • 32' Kranjcar again does well to find himself in some space after a one-two with Utaka but then scuffs his shot high and wide - his final product is letting him down.
    • 29' Kranjcar with a very weak shot from a decent position.
    • 27' James has to rush out to punch away a Reading free swung into the box. No big panic but that is about as worrisome as it has got so far for the England number two.
    • 22' Portsmouth look to be in control here - they are just striking the ball around while Reading can't seem to get anything going.
    • 17' Great low cross swung in by Diop - Benjani from six yards out tries to turn and control the ball all in one movement - it sort of flies off his foot and could have gone anywhere but Reading are relieved to see it go wide.
    • 13' The game has failed to come to life since the goal - I'm not sure if Reading fans will consider that a good thing or a bad thing - let's just say they have settled into things.
    • 7' Pompey have the lead and it is Benjani who has got it - he played a ball in for Utaka who had sprung the offside trap - Utaka then ran to the by-line and crossed to the back post - where Benjani had continued his run to, and he taps home for the opener.
    • 4' Just hearing that five of Portsmouth players were stuck in traffic on the way to the match and didn't arrive until 2.15. Pompey have just had a free in a decent spot but Muntari pulls it wide.
    • 3' Lively start by Reading, Kevin Doyle has just put Stephen Hunt into a position down the left but his Irish team-mate makes a mess aof the cross.
    • 1' And we are underway here at Fratton Park...
    • - Welcome to Fratton Park for LIVE coverage of this Premier League encouter - it is 11th playing 16th today.

  • Team Stats

    Portsmouth Stats Reading
    62% Possession 37%
    23 Shots 12
    11 Shots on target 6
    2 Saves 2
    8 Corners 4
    8 Fouls 5
    3 Offsides 0
    1 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    22 Tackles 17
    295 Accurate passes 126
    53 Bad passes 65

  • 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 14 5 0
      23 Sol Campbell 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 0 1
      7 Hermann Hreidarsson 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 28 14 1
      5 Glen Johnson 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 19 1 2
      15 Sylvain Distin 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 38 8 2
      17 John Utaka 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 14 0 1
      28 Sean Davis 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 38 2 7
      8 Papa Bouba Diop 0 3 1 1 1 1 1 28 3 3
      19 Niko Kranjcar 1 6 3 0 1 0 0 39 10 2
      11 Sulley Ali Muntari 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 44 6 3
      25 Benjamin Mwaruwari 3 3 3 1 5 2 0 14 4 0
      16 Noe Pamarot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 Matthew Taylor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      10 David Nugent 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
      30 Pedro Mendes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Jamie Ashdown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Reading
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Marcus Hahnemann 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 0
      29 Michael Duberry 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 9 0 0
      3 Nicky Shorey 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 14 10 0
      19 Liam Rosenior 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 1
      2 Graeme Murty 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1
      16 Ivar Ingimarsson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 7 2
      6 Brynjar Gunnarsson 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 2 7
      15 James Harper 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 12 3 1
      10 Stephen Hunt 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 17 15 3
      9 Kevin Doyle 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 9 1
      12 Dave Kitson 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 16 9 0
      22 André Stéphane Bikey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Emerse Fae 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 0
      8 Leroy Lita 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      32 Adam Federici 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 Shane Long 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

  • Summary

    • 90' Nicky Shorey has a shot - it is deflected and it goes in 7-4!!!! amazing stuff!!!
    • 90' Kranjcar is tripped in the box and we have a penalty!!! And Muntari takes it!!! Pompey in seventh heaven - they have scored again.
    • 81' ANOTHER GOAL!!!! Amazing Sean Davis with a shot from 30 yards and it hits off the head Ingimarssson (what a shocker he is having) and goes in!!!
    • 77 Reading now back in it again - Harper shots from outside the box - it comes off Long who has just come on and it goes in!
    • 70' BENJANI HAS HIS HAT-TRICK - Muntari nicks the ball off Ingimarsson at half-way and then plays Benjani clear and the striker calmly rounds Hahnemann and places home!
    • 66' PENALTY FOR READING - Diop is adjudged to have handled the ball in the box - Shorey takes the penalty but a SUPERB save from James - he has gone from zero to hero!!!
    • 56' NOW PORTSMOUTH HAVE THE LEAD!!! - Distin charges down the left wing and Hreidarsson gets in between Hahnemann and Ingimarsson to head home.
    • 53' Diop at the back post thinks that he has put Portsmouth back in front with a header but that was offside.
    • 52' Harper fires just over after timing a run to perfection and side footing with power Kevin Doyle's great cross over.
    • 50' Portsmouth nearly level things up straight away - Utaka breaks clear and nearly chips Hahnemann - good save again though, then it falls to Kranjcar and AGAIN Hahnemann.
    • 48' READING ARE LEVEL!!!! The ball was played to Kitson down the right wing but who is this??? David James comes out for a stroll for no reason, Kitson gets there first, nicks the ball past the keeper and from a really tough angle manages to fire home - great goal.
    • 45' From nowhere Reading are back in the game - Rosenior gets his boot onto a cross - the ball hits the underside of the bar and the linesman flagged that it was over the line - the players played on though with Kitson first seeing a shot saved before Hunt finally headed in. Looks like Rosenior and not Hunt will get the goal though.
    • 44' Hahnemann has just produced an amazing save from point blank range to deny Johnson who had got on the end of a Benjani header across the box. Sean Davis then just fired over when the ball fell to him just outside the box.
    • 37' Benjani makes it two!!!! Woeful defending by Reading, Utaka just played the ball to Benjani near the half-way line and the Zimbabwean just ran and ran without so much of a challenge before putting a low drive into the corner of the net.
    • 36' Diop with a cracking low drive from distance that Hahnemann does well to get down and save.
    • 7' Pompey have the lead and it is Benjani who has got it - he played a ball in for Utaka who had sprung the offside trap - Utaka then ran to the by-line and crossed to the back post - where Benjani had continued his run to, and he taps home for the opener.
    • - Welcome to Fratton Park for LIVE coverage of this Premier League encouter - it is 11th playing 16th today.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Mark Halsey

  • Portsmouth

    Manager: Harry Redknapp

    Captain: Sol Campbell

    On the Field

    • James
    • Johnson
    • Campbell
    • Distin
    • Hreidarsson
    • Muntari
    • Bouba Diop
    • Utaka
    • Davis
    • Kranjcar
    • Benjani

    Subs

    • Pamarot
    • Ashdown
    • Taylor
    • Mendes
    • Nugent

    Injured

    • Kanu

    Suspended

    None

  • Reading

    Manager: Steve Coppell

    Captain: Graeme Murty

    On the Field

    • Hahnemann
    • Murty
    • Ingimarsson
    • Duberry
    • Shorey
    • Rosenior
    • Gunnarsson
    • Harper
    • Hunt
    • Kitson
    • Doyle

    Subs

    • Bikey
    • Lita
    • Long
    • Federici
    • Fae

    Injured

    • Oster
    • Little
    • Sonko
    • Convey
    • Maté

    Suspended

    None