Portsmouth F.C. 7–4 Reading F.C.

Portsmouth 7–4 Reading
Event 2007–08 Premier League
Portsmouth Reading
7 4
Date 29 September 2007
Venue Fratton Park, Portsmouth
Referee Mark Halsey (Lancashire)
Attendance 20,102

The 2007–08 Premier League match between Portsmouth and Reading on set a record as the highest scoring match in Premier League history.[1][2] The match was played at Fratton Park in Portsmouth on 29 September 2007. Eleven goals were scored in the match, leaving a final scoreline of 7–4 in Portsmouth's favour. This included six goals during the last twenty minutes of the match, including two scored in injury time.

Match

Summary

Two Benjani goals had the home side, Portsmouth, leading 2–0 before Stephen Hunt struck on the stroke of half-time and David James then gifted Dave Kitson an equaliser. Hermann Hreidarsson restored the lead before James atoned for his error by keeping out a Nicky Shorey penalty. Benjani restored the two-goal lead and Niko Kranjcar, Sean Davis (later credited to Ivar Ingimarsson via a huge deflection) and Sulley Muntari sealed victory, with Shane Long responding between that and a deflected Nicky Shorey strike was the final goal (this was also later credited as an own goal by Portsmouth defender Sol Campbell). With nine different scorers, the match also holds the record for the most goal scorers in a Premier League match, jointly held with Arsenal's 5–4 win at Tottenham in 2004–05.[3]

Details

Portsmouth7 – 4Reading
Benjani  7', 37', 70'
Hreiðarsson  55'
Kranjčar  75'
Ingimarsson  81' (o.g.)
Muntari  90+2' (pen.)		 Report Hunt  45'
Kitson  48'
Long  79'
Campbell  90+4' (o.g.)
Attendance: 20,102
Portsmouth
Reading
PORTSMOUTH:
GK1England David James
RB5England Glen Johnson
CB23England Sol Campbell
CB15France Sylvain Distin
LB7Iceland Hermann Hreiðarsson
RCM8Senegal Papa Bouba Diop
CM28England Sean Davis
LCM11Ghana Sulley Muntari
RW17Nigeria John Utaka
CF25Zimbabwe Benjani Mwaruwari 80'
LW19Croatia Niko Kranjčar
Substitutes:
GK13England Jamie Ashdown
DF16France Noé Pamarot
MF14England Matthew TaylorYellow card
MF30Portugal Pedro Mendes
FW10England David Nugent 80'
Manager:
England Harry Redknapp
READING:
GK1United States Marcus Hahnemann
RB2Scotland Graeme Murty 77'
CB29England Michael DuberryYellow card
CB28Iceland Ívar Ingimarsson
LB3England Nicky Shorey
RM19England Liam Rosenior
CM6Iceland Brynjar Gunnarsson 77'
CM15England James Harper
LM10Republic of Ireland Stephen Hunt
CF9Republic of Ireland Kevin Doyle
CF12England Dave Kitson
Substitutes:
GK32Australia Adam Federici
DF22Cameroon André Bikey
MF20Ivory Coast Emerse Faé 77'
FW24Republic of Ireland Shane Long 77'
FW8England Leroy Lita
Manager:
England Steve Coppell

Post-match reaction

"The first half was probably our best 45 minutes this season, but to come in having conceded in the last minute of the half allowed them back in... people say we only play one up front but today proved that it's really three and no-one deserves a hat-trick more than Benji." Portsmouth coach Joe Jordan[1]

"It's difficult to analyse a match like that and if you try you will be there a very long time ...we scored four goals away from home and had a chance for another with a penalty. We played a full part in the game - I don't think many teams will come here this season and score four." Reading manager Steve Coppell[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Roach, Stuart (29 September 2007). "Portsmouth 7–4 Reading". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
  2. ↑ "Portsmouth beat Reading 7–4 in record goal spree". Reuters. 29 September 2007. Archived from the original on 11 December 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
  3. ↑ "Tottenham 4–5 Arsenal". BBC Sport. 13 November 2004. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
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