defoe scored portsmouth's first goal of 2008–09 on 30 august 2008 with the opener in a 3–0 win at everton, and then scored their first home goals on 13 september with a brace against middlesbrough. five days later, he contributed a goal and an assist in pompey's first ever major european match, a 2–0 uefa cup first round win over portuguese club vitória de guimarães on 18 september.