Premier League
West Ham vs Portsmouth
Stadium Upton Park
Sat, Dec 26 2009
kick off:13:00 GMT
Referee: Lee Probert
Hi quality video highlights will be available here Sunday after 20PM
West Ham: Green, Kurucz, Faubert, Da Costa, Upson, Tomkins, Ilunga, Spector, Kovac, Noble, Parker, Collison, Behrami, Payne, Diamanti, Jimenez, Stanislas, Franco.
Portsmouth: James, Begovic, Mokoena, Kaboul, Mullins, Kanu, Vanden Borre, Piquionne, Ben-Haim, Yebda, Dindane, Brown, Wilson, Hreidarsson, O’Hara, Smith, Boateng, Diop, Finnan, Belhadj..
West Ham
Suspended: None Doubtful: None
Injured: Boa Morte, Cole & Hines (all knee), Davenport (thigh), Dyer & Gabbidon (both hamstring)
Portsmouth
Suspended: None Doubtful: James (calf)
Injured: None
| L A S T 6 M A T C H E S | |||||
| West Ham | Portsmouth | ||||
| 20.12 | West Ham – Chelsea | 1 : 1 | 20.12 | Portsmouth – Liverpool | 2 : 0 |
| 15.12 | Bolton – West Ham | 3 : 1 | 15.12 | Chelsea – Portsmouth | 2 : 1 |
| 12.12 | Birmingham – West Ham | 1 : 0 | 12.12 | Sunderland – Portsmouth | 1 : 1 |
| 05.12 | West Ham – Manchester Utd | 0 : 4 | 05.12 | Portsmouth – Burnley | 2 : 0 |
| 28.11 | West Ham – Burnley | 5 : 3 | 28.11 | Portsmouth – Manchester Utd | 1 : 4 |
| 21.11 | Hull City – West Ham | 3 : 3 | 21.11 | Stoke City – Portsmouth | 1 : 0 |
| R E C E N T L E A G U E F O R M (L A S T 10 M A T C H E S) | ||||||||||
| Portsmouth | ||||||||||
| 19.12 | 16.12 | 12.12 | 05.12 | 28.11 | 22.11 | 07.11 | 31.10 | 24.10 | 17.10 | |
| Result (Win,Draw,Lose) | W | L | D | W | L | L | L | W | D | L |
| Home/Away | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Under/Over (2,5 goal) | U | O | U | U | O | U | O | O | U | O |
| Clean Sheet | + | - | - | + | - | - | - | + | + | - |
| Fail To Score | - | - | - | - | - | + | - | - | + | - |
| Score First | + | - | - | + | - | - | + | + | - | - |
| Opponent Scores First | - | + | + | - | + | + | - | - | - | + |
| Half Time/Full Time | W/W | L/L | L/D | D/W | D/L | D/L | W/L | W/W | D/D | L/L |
| Early goal (1-25 min) | - | + | + | - | + | - | + | - | - | - |
Head-to-head
West Ham have never beaten Portsmouth at Upton Park in the Premier League (D1, L3).
This is the third time in four years that these two teams have met on Boxing Day, including last year when the Hammers ran out 4-1 winners at Fratton Park.
No side have been awarded more penalties than West Ham (6) this season, whereas only Burnley (6) have conceded as many penalties as Portsmouth.
LEADING GOALSCORERS
West Ham
Cole: 7 goals (7 league); Diamanti: 4 goals (4 league)
Portsmouth
Piquionne: 6 goals (3 league); Dindane: 5 goals (4 league)
MOST RECENT MEETING
Portsmouth 1-4 West Ham (26 December 2008)
Portsmouth scorer: Belhadj 8
West Ham scorers: Collison 20, Cole 67, Bellamy 70, 83
| Goal scorers: 23′ [1 : 0] A. Diamanti (pen.) 89′ [2 : 0] Radoslav Kovac |
Cards: 19′ Aruna Dindane 21′ Michael Brown 63′ Jamie O’Hara |
22:54 GOAL – Alessandro Diamanti: West Ham 1 – 0 Portsmouth Penalty taken left-footed by Alessandro Diamanti and scored.
88:27 GOAL – Radoslav Kovac : West Ham 2 – 0 Portsmouth Radoslav Kovac finds the net with a headed goal from inside the area.
Gianfranco Zola felt his players worked hard and fully deserved their vital win over Portsmouth at Upton Park.
West Ham 2-0 Portsmouth – Zola video watch here
Portsmouth manager Avram Grant felt it was a game they needed something from but says they have to now move on and be ready for their next match.
