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Saturday November 3, 2007 Finished St. James' Park

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Newcastle United

  • Campbell 14’ (o.g.)

Portsmouth

  • Pamarot 7’
  • Benjani 8’
  • Utaka 10’
  • Taylor 70’ (o.g.)
  1. Pompey blitz Toon

    Pompey blitz Toon

    An incredible period in the first half saw Portsmouth score three goals in five minutes to set up a convincing 4-1 victory away at Newcastle. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Newcastle United
    • Portsmouth
    • 90' Boos echo around the stadium again as the full-time whistle goes. A great victory for Portsmouth who go into the top four for a couple of hours or so.
    • 90' Owen fluffs a volley from outside the area. It bobbles tamely into the turf and rolls into James's arms.
    • 90' A couple of minutes of injury time to come.
    • 89' St James's Park is a sorry sight with half of the seats already empty. The game has completely petered out too. The ref will put the Newcastle players out of their misery soon.
    • 86' Pompey make their last substitution. Diop comes off for Mendes in midfield.
    • 82' Bouba Diop tries his luck from outside the area. He doesn't catch it well though and Given collects with ease.
    • 79' Martins throws himself at a Joey Barton cross, but David James makes another fantastic save to deny the Nigerian a consolation.
    • 78' Great chance for Kanu to make it five after being put through on goal by Kranjcar. But he dithers and Given slides out to collect the ball.
    • 76' Kanu drags a long-range shot wide of the left-hand post.
    • 75' Benjani is coming off with his afternoon's work done. 78-year-old striker Kanu is trotting on in his place.
    • 72' Newcastle United's fans are streaming out of St James's Park. After their great start to the season at home, this has brought them crashing back down to earth.
    • 70' Well there's the answer! Taylor has put through his own net trying to clear a curling Kranjcar free-kick from the left wing. It's 4-1 and surely all over now.
    • 68' Allardyce makes his final throw of the dice, bringing on Emre for Milner on the left of midfield. The Turkish maestro won Newcastle their last home match against Everton when he came on. Can he make the same impression here?
    • 67' Now it's Given diving to make a decent save from a Benjani header that was bound for the bottom left corner of the net.
    • 66' And there's another one as he holds on to a close-range Alan Smith effort.
    • 65' Comfortable save by James from a low, curling shot from Michael Owen. Before kick-off, the Pompey no.1 had made more saves (44) than any other keeper in the Premier League. He's added a fair few to that tally today.
    • 64' Michael Owen dinks a dangerous cross into the Portsmouth six-yard box from the touchline. It's cut out.
    • 62' Diop heads a good chance wide after a great cross from Benjani wide on the right.
    • 58' N'Zogbia has gone to left-back to fill in for Jose Enrique. He'll look to get forward as every opportunity though.
    • 57' Sam Allardyce makes his second change of the match. Martins is on for Jose Enrique. A striker on for a defender.
    • 56' Another late challenge by Sean Davis - this time on Joey Barton - leaves the ref no option but to book him.
    • 54' Newcastle's players show their frustration as N'Zogbia concedes a dubious free kick for a tackle on Kranjcar.
    • 52' Portsmouth started the afternoon two points ahead of Newcastle in the league table and look like extending that as things stand.
    • 51' He curls it well over the bar. Disappointing.
    • 51' Newcastle are awarded a free kick just outside the Pompey area as Davis brings down Butt. Good chance this. N'Zogbia is lining it up.
    • 49' A wicked cross from Muntari from the left wing into the Newcastle box. It beats everyone though.
    • 48' Barton is unlucky to give away a free kick for a raised foot as he challenged for a bouncing ball. Newcastle will need the tight decisions to go for them if they're to have any chance of getting back into this game.
    • 47' Owen is caught offside as Milner tries to pick him out with a ball over the top of the Pompey defence.
    • 47' No more changes at the break. Surely it won't be long until Martins comes on for the home side though?
    • 46' We're back for the second period. Nicky Butt and Charles N'Zogbia kick off to get us under way.
    • 45' That's it. What an eventful first half. Pamarot's opener was the pick of the goals without a doubt. Sam Allardyce will have some choice words for his team at the break I imagine. Join us in 15 minutes for the second half.
    • 45' Two minutes of injury time to come. As the opening of this game has showed, anything can happen in that time.
    • 44' But James collects well.
    • 44' Another Newcastle free kick in a decent area wide on the left.
    • 44' Diop slides a ball through for Benjani. A Newcastle defender cuts it out just in time.
    • 43' Smith fires a half-volley well wide from just inside the penalty area.
    • 41' Milner's cross can't beat the first man though. Benjani heads away.
    • 40' Jose Enrique wins a free kick in a dangerous area wide on the left outside the Pompey area.
    • 39' Barton gives the ball away badly in midfield. Nicky Butt tries to retrieve the ball but only succeeds in hauling down Muntari. And he's duly booked.
    • 38' Decent effort from N'Zogbia from the edge of the area but it bounces wide of the left-hand post.
    • 36' Jose Enrique delivers a beautiful left-footed cross into the box from deep. Campbell just gets his head on it in time. Owen was waiting to pounce.
    • 35' Now Alan Smith is booked for a trademark late tackle on Sol Campbell.
    • 32' Sylvain Distin picks up the first booking of the match for a late challenge on Alan Smith.
    • 31' Stephen Taylor makes a barnstorming run from right back into the opposition area. But he overruns it and it goes for a goal kick. Newcastle look dangerous going forward though.
    • 29' Sixty percent of possession for Newcastle. Has a statistic ever misrepresented a match so much?
    • 28' Harry Redknapp's giving Sean Davis a stern talking to as the game breaks for Pamarot to receive treatment. He wants his players to keep hold of the ball and slow things down I imagine.
    • 27' A Jose Enrique long-ball puts Owen in behind the Pompey backline. But the England striker gets the ball caught under his feet and the ball goes behind for a goal kick.
    • 26' Utaka tries one from about 45 yards out. He catches it really well, but it flies over for a goal kick. Portsmouth think they can score from anywhere!
    • 24' Given collects the corner easily enough.
    • 23' Kranjcar makes a run into the Newcastle penalty area, but a defender gets a foot in to concede another corner.
    • 21' Portsmouth appeal for a penalty after Rozehnal clearly handles a cross delivered into the Newcastle area. The ref waves play on, but that was a clear-cut handball. Pompey's players are rightly incensed.
    • 19' Great save by James! A Newcastle free kick was nodded down for Taylor, who drove the ball at goal only to see it turned round the post.
    • 18' Big Sam had to make that change really. The Brazilian defender was having an absolute shocker.
    • 17' And Sam Allardyce makes a defensive change. The hapless Cacapa is hauled off for Rozehnal in defence.
    • 16' Well that should give Newcastle fans a bit of hope.
    • 14' NEWCASTLE PULL ONE BACK! An own-goal from Campbell after James parried an Owen shot straight into the England defender. Game on!
    • 13' Newcaslte win a corner, but the crowd can barely raise a cheer. James collects the cross well.
    • 12' What an incredible start to this game. Three goals in four minutes for Portsmouth. They've just scored from every chance they've had. And Cacapa has been caught out by Portsmouth's pace and power for the second two goals.
    • 10' AMAZING! Utaka outpaces Cacapa, rounds Given before slotting the ball into an empty net. It's 3-0 to Portsmouth with 10 minutes gone. What's going on?!
    • 8' AND IT'S TWO FOR POMPEY!! Benjani got in behind Cacapa with ease and curled the ball beautifully past Given! It came straight from kick-off. What a start for Harry Redknapp's boys.
    • 7' GOAL!! It's Pamarot with a blockbusting strike from the edge of the area after the corner was knocked back!
    • 6' Benjani with an ambitious strike from the edge of the area. But it deflects wide off a Newcastle player for a corner.
    • 5' James is in action again as he gets a hand to a cross from the right. His defenders clear the bouncing ball clear. Good start for Newcastle.
    • 4' Good save by James from a long-range Smith effort. It was deflected, but the veteran gloveman plamed it away well for a corner to the home side.
    • 2' A win here for Portsmouth would be a historic event - they haven't won here since 1949!
    • 2' Bitty start to the game with neither team stringing more than two passes together.
    • 1' And we're under way here at St James' Park.
    • 0' Butt captains Newcastle in the absence of Geremi. He and Sol Campbell have done the coin-tossing duties. It's Pompey to kick-off.
    • 0' For Portsmouth, Benjani is preferred to Kanu to partner Utaka. Pamarot is in for Hreidarsson at left back, who is injured.
    • 0' Team news for Newcastle. Smith is preferred to Martins up front, where he'll partner Owen. Captain Geremi has also been left out with Milner in on the right wing. And Stephen Taylor is playing at right back, with Beye missing out completely.
    • 0' Welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's live coverage of Newcastle vs Pompey from the Premier League. Join us for kick-off in a couple of minutes' time.

  • Team Stats

    Newcastle United Stats Portsmouth
    55% Possession 44%
    14 Shots 12
    8 Shots on target 6
    1 Saves 5
    4 Corners 5
    15 Fouls 15
    1 Offsides 0
    2 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    26 Tackles 29
    264 Accurate passes 239
    74 Bad passes 27

  • 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
    • Newcastle United
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      13 Steve Harper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 0
      25 Abdoulaye Faye 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 21 1 2
      3 José Enrique Sanchez Diaz 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 23 13 2
      27 Steven Taylor 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 25 2 2
      6 Claudio Caçapa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0
      22 Nicky Butt 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 32 10 8
      7 Joey Barton 0 1 0 4 2 0 0 26 1 4
      16 James Milner 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 12 4
      14 Charles N'Zogbia 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 23 7 0
      17 Alan Smith 0 3 2 3 3 0 0 20 8 1
      10 Michael Owen 0 3 3 1 1 1 0 14 3 0
      9 Obafemi Martins 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 3 1 1
      5 Belozoglu Emre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 6 1
      4 David Rozehnal 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 28 7 1
      34 Fraser Forster 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Geremi Nijtap 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Portsmouth
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 David James 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0
      23 Sol Campbell 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 12 0 1
      5 Glen Johnson 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 30 0 8
      16 Noe Pamarot 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 26 4 1
      15 Sylvain Distin 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 13 1 3
      17 John Utaka 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 24 2 1
      28 Sean Davis 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 39 5 5
      8 Papa Bouba Diop 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 16 2 2
      19 Niko Kranjcar 1 2 2 0 4 0 0 24 4 3
      11 Sulley Ali Muntari 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 23 4 4
      25 Benjamin Mwaruwari 1 2 1 4 1 0 0 13 1 1
      21 Jamie Ashdown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 Matthew Taylor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      4 Bisan Lauren 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      30 Pedro Mendes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0
      27 Nwankwo Kanu 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 9 1 0

  • Summary

    • 78' Great chance for Kanu to make it five after being put through on goal by Kranjcar. But he dithers and Given slides out to collect the ball.
    • 70' Well there's the answer! Taylor has put through his own net trying to clear a curling Kranjcar free-kick from the left wing. It's 4-1 and surely all over now.
    • 62' Diop heads a good chance wide after a great cross from Benjani wide on the right.
    • 26' Utaka tries one from about 45 yards out. He catches it really well, but it flies over for a goal kick. Portsmouth think they can score from anywhere!
    • 21' Portsmouth appeal for a penalty after Rozehnal clearly handles a cross delivered into the Newcastle area. The ref waves play on, but that was a clear-cut handball. Pompey's players are rightly incensed.
    • 14' NEWCASTLE PULL ONE BACK! An own-goal from Campbell after James parried an Owen shot straight into the England defender. Game on!
    • 10' AMAZING! Utaka outpaces Cacapa, rounds Given before slotting the ball into an empty net. It's 3-0 to Portsmouth with 10 minutes gone. What's going on?!
    • 8' AND IT'S TWO FOR POMPEY!! Benjani got in behind Cacapa with ease and curled the ball beautifully past Given! It came straight from kick-off. What a start for Harry Redknapp's boys.
    • 7' GOAL!! It's Pamarot with a blockbusting strike from the edge of the area after the corner was knocked back!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Chris Foy

  • Newcastle United

    Manager: Sam Allardyce

    On the Field

    • Given
    • Taylor
    • Diagne-Faye
    • Caçapa
    • N'Zogbia
    • Milner
    • Butt
    • Barton
    • Enrique
    • Smith
    • Owen

    Subs

    • Emre
    • Geremi
    • Martins
    • Rozehnal
    • Forster

    Injured

    • Viduka
    • Duff
    • Carr

    Suspended

    None

  • Portsmouth

    Manager: Harry Redknapp

    On the Field

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

    Subs

    • Lauren
    • Kanu
    • Ashdown
    • Taylor
    • Mendes

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    • Hughes