Premiership '07/08 : READING (H) 7-4

Benjani bags the first of his hat-trick goals just seven minutes into an astonishing match at Fratton Park.

Benjani and Reading defender Ivar Ingimarsson in action today.

The 7-4 result set a new record for the Barclays Premiership.

* Defender Mike Duberry doesn't relish visits to Fratton Park, having also been at the wrong end of a drubbing whilst playing for Leeds Utd in Nov '03 - on that occasion 6-1.

Portsmouth: James ,Johnson ,Campbell ,Distin ,Hreidarsson ,Utaka ,Davis ,Diop ,Muntari ,Kranjcar ,Benjani (Nugent ,80)
Subs not used: Ashdown,Taylor,Pamarot,Pedro Mendes,

Reading: Hahnemann ,Murty (Long ,77 ) ,Duberry ,Ingimarsson ,Shorey ,Rosenior ,Gunnarsson (Fae ,77 ) ,Harper ,Hunt ,Doyle ,Kitson
Subs not used Federici,Lita,Bikey,

Bookings: Taylor (Portsmouth) Duberry (Reading)

Attendance: 20102

Referee: M R Halsey (Lancashire)

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