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Blackburn 2-0 Portsmouth - May 09, 2009 / Premier League 2008/2009

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Premier League 2008/2009 - Round 36

Ewood Park - Blackburn - England

May 09, 2009

24 234

Blackburn

2 - 0

Portsmouth

Morten Gamst Pedersen

31'

(penalty) Benni McCarthy

57'

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31' - Goal Morten Gamst Pedersen31

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53' - Substitution Nadir Belhadjis substituted by Nwankwo Kanu photo John Utaka

53' - Substitution Richard Hughesis substituted by John Utaka

57' - Goal Benni McCarthy57

64' - Substitution Younes Kaboulis substituted by Jermaine Pennant

83' - Substitution Benni McCarthyis substituted by Aaron Mokoena83

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Blackburn

2 - 0

Portsmouth

Blackburn Portsmouth

Team line-ups

Blackburn

Robinson

Paul Robinson

England

B.date15/10/1979

Age29 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Nelsen

Ryan Nelsen

New Zealand

B.date18/10/1977

Age31 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Givet

Gaël Givet

France

B.date09/10/1981

Age27 years

H1m81

positionCentral defender

Samba

Christopher Samba

Congo

B.date28/03/1984

Age25 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Warnock

Stephen Warnock

England

B.date12/12/1981

Age27 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Grella

Vincenzo Grella

Australia

B.date05/10/1979

Age29 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

Pedersen31

Morten Gamst Pedersen

Norway

B.date08/09/1981

Age27 years

H1m83

positionLeft Midfielder

Tugay

Kerimoglu Tugay

Turkey

B.date24/08/1970

Age38 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

Andrews

Keith Andrews

Republic of Ireland

B.date13/09/1980

Age28 years

H1m83

positionMidfield

McCarthy5783

Benni McCarthy

South Africa

B.date12/11/1977

Age31 years

H1m82

positionStriker

Diouf

El-Hadji Diouf

Senegal

B.date15/01/1981

Age28 years

H1m80

positionVersatile Forward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Paul Robinson		29	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ryan Nelsen		31	143	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gaël Givet		27	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Christopher Samba		25	97	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Stephen Warnock		27	106	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Vincenzo Grella		29	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Morten Gamst Pedersen	31	27	199	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kerimoglu Tugay		38	290	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Keith Andrews		28	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Benni McCarthy	5783	31	119	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	El-Hadji Diouf		28	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

29.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Portsmouth

James

David James

England

B.date01/08/1970

Age38 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Kaboul64

Younes Kaboul

France

B.date04/01/1986

Age23 years

H1m90

positionLeft central defender

Campbell

Sol Campbell

England

B.date18/09/1974

Age34 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Distin

Sylvain Distin

France

B.date16/12/1977

Age31 years

H1m91

positionLeft central defender

Hreidarsson

Hermann Hreidarsson

Iceland

B.date11/07/1974

Age34 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Belhadj53

Nadir Belhadj

Algeria

B.date18/06/1982

Age26 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

Johnson

Glen Johnson

England

B.date23/08/1984

Age24 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

Hughes53

Richard Hughes

Scotland

B.date25/06/1979

Age29 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

Mullins

Hayden Mullins

England

B.date27/03/1979

Age30 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

Davis

Sean Davis

England

B.date20/09/1979

Age29 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Crouch

Peter Crouch

England

B.date30/01/1981

Age28 years

H2m101

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	David James		38	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Younes Kaboul	64	23	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sol Campbell		34	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sylvain Distin		31	91	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Hermann Hreidarsson		34	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nadir Belhadj	53	26	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Glen Johnson		24	99	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Richard Hughes	53	29	132	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Hayden Mullins		30	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sean Davis		29	115	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Crouch		28	86	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

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Aaron Mokoena	83	28	137	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Jermaine Pennant	64	26	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	John Utaka	53	27	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nwankwo Kanu	53	32	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Keith Andrews

André Ooijer

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Glen Johnson

Noé Pamarot

OUT

Younes Kaboul

Jermaine Pennant

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Sam Allardyce

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Allardyce vs Portsmouth

8 victories

3 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on May 09, 2009

Allardyce vs Hart

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on May 09, 2009

Manager

Age

Match num

Paul Hart

Ian Woan

Success rate in this team:

25 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

30 %

Hart vs Blackburn

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on May 09, 2009

Hart vs Allardyce

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on May 09, 2009

Referee

Mike Riley

8 victories	7 draws	13 losses	Blackburn28 matches	General total	Portsmouth20 matches	4 victories	6 draws	10 losses
1 victory	0 draw	2 losses	Blackburn3 matches	Season total	Portsmouth4 matches	1 victory	2 draws	1 loss
Latest figure on May 09, 2009					Latest figure on May 09, 2009

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Key figures

It's the first time Morten Gamst Pedersen scores a goal in his professional career with Blackburn since the 11/05/2008 (with Blackburn vs Birmingham City )

It's the first time Benni McCarthy scores a goal vs Portsmouth in his professional career since the 31/10/2007 (with Blackburn vs Portsmouth )

Blackburn keeps its 4 matches with at least one goal scored at home running (since 21/03/2009).

Read the next 6 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LBlackburn 0-2 Aston Villa07/02/2009

DBlackburn 2-2 Coventry14/02/2009

DBlackburn 0-0 Everton04/03/2009

DBlackburn 1-1 West Ham21/03/2009

VBlackburn 2-1 Tottenham04/04/2009

VBlackburn 2-0 Wigan26/04/2009

Overall

DBlackburn 1-1 West Ham21/03/2009

VBlackburn 2-1 Tottenham04/04/2009

LLiverpool 4-0 Blackburn11/04/2009

LStoke City 1-0 Blackburn18/04/2009

VBlackburn 2-0 Wigan26/04/2009

LManchester City 3-1 Blackburn02/05/2009

Current form

Away

LFulham 3-1 Portsmouth31/01/2009

DStoke City 2-2 Portsmouth21/02/2009

DMiddlesbrough 1-1 Portsmouth14/03/2009

DHull City 0-0 Portsmouth04/04/2009

LManchester United 2-0 Portsmouth22/04/2009

DNewcastle United 0-0 Portsmouth27/04/2009

Overall

DHull City 0-0 Portsmouth04/04/2009

DPortsmouth 2-2 West Bromwich Albion11/04/2009

VPortsmouth 1-0 Bolton Wanderers18/04/2009

LManchester United 2-0 Portsmouth22/04/2009

DNewcastle United 0-0 Portsmouth27/04/2009

LPortsmouth 0-3 Arsenal02/05/2009

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	5	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	2	5
Scoring streak	3	2
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	1	0
Winless streak	7	3
Drawless streak	0	1
Goalless streak	3	3
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

137	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	132
13	FBDB index ranking (National)	12

Results

35	Number of games (Competition total)	35
17	Number of games (Home / Away)	17
9	Victories (Competition total)	9
5	Victories (Home / Away)	2
10	Draws (Competition total)	11
6	Draws (Home / Away)	8
16	Losses (Competition total)	15
6	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

38	Goals scored (Competition total)	35
20	Goals scored (Home / Away)	12
58	Goals conceded (Competition total)	53
23	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	25
1.09	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
1.18	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.71
1.66	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.51
1.35	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.47

Betting aid

21	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	18
8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	7
8	Clean sheets (Competition total)	8
5	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	5
13	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	14
5	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	9
18	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	17
8	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	7
1-1 (3 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (4 times)

Bookings

71	Yellow cards (Competition total)	54
27	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	25
3	Red cards (Competition total)	5
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Benni McCarthy	9 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	11 goals	Peter Crouch
Benni McCarthy	8 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Peter Crouch
Benni McCarthy	3 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Jermain Defoe
Benni McCarthy	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Jermain Defoe
-		Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Jermain Defoe
-		Player with most assists (Home / Away)	2 assists	Jermain Defoe
Keith Andrews	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 8 matches	Peter Crouch

Historical head to head

Home

39 matches

23 v

8 d

8 l

76 gf

42 ga

Away

40 matches

11 v

11 d

18 l

48 gf

70 ga

Total

79 matches

34 v

19 d

26 l

124 gf

112 ga

Historical head to head

Home

40 matches

18 v

11 d

11 l

70 gf

48 ga

Away

39 matches

8 v

8 d

23 l

42 gf

76 ga

Total

79 matches

26 v

19 d

34 l

112 gf

124 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	April 24, 1928
Home	6 - 0	April 24, 1928

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	November 16, 1929
Away	3 - 0	February 21, 1976

Latest head to head

November 30, 2008 - Premier League 2008/2009

Portsmouth

3 - 2

Blackburn

April 27, 2008 - Premier League 2007/2008

Portsmouth

0 - 1

Blackburn

October 31, 2007 - League Cup 2007/2008

Portsmouth

1 - 2

Blackburn

September 23, 2007 - Premier League 2007/2008

Blackburn

0 - 1

Portsmouth logo Portsmouth

February 25, 2007 - Premier League 2006/2007

Blackburn

3 - 0

Portsmouth logo Portsmouth

Best historical scorers against Portsmouth

Matt Jansen	3 goals	1999 - 2004
Morten Gamst Pedersen	3 goals	2005 - 2007
Shabani Nonda	2 goals	2007 - 2007
Alan Shearer	2 goals	1994 - 1994
James Thomas	2 goals	2000 - 2000
David Dunn	2 goals	1999 - 2000

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/09/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Blackburn

Alan McLoughlin	5 goals	1994 - 1999
Nwankwo Kanu	4 goals	2006 - 2007
Svetoslav Todorov	2 goals	2006 - 2006
Ron Saunders	2 goals	1958 - 1958
Matthew Taylor	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Lomana Trésor LuaLua	1 goal	2006 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/09/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Portsmouth

Brett Emerton	12 matches	2003 - 2008
Brad Friedel	11 matches	2003 - 2008
Morten Gamst Pedersen	10 matches	2004 - 2008
David Dunn	8 matches	1999 - 2008
David Bentley	7 matches	2006 - 2008
Lucas Neill	6 matches	2003 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/09/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Blackburn

Matthew Taylor	8 matches	2004 - 2007
Dejan Stefanovic	7 matches	2003 - 2006
Linvoy Primus	7 matches	2000 - 2007
Glen Johnson	6 matches	2006 - 2008
Nwankwo Kanu	6 matches	2006 - 2008
Sean Davis	6 matches	2006 - 2008