Manchester City 2-1 Portsmouth: result and report

Manchester City 2-1 Portsmouth

Premier League · Saturday 27 August 2005, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Manchester City · Portsmouth · Premier League predictions

Manchester City beat Portsmouth 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 27 August 2005. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Jhon Viáfara Mina opened the scoring in the 52nd minute. Manchester City's goals came from Claudio Reyna (66') and Andy Cole (69'). Portsmouth scored through Jhon Viáfara Mina (52').

Discipline: Manchester City received 1 yellow card; Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 3rd on 7 points from 3 and Portsmouth 16th on 1 point from 3. Manchester City went on to finish that season 15th with 43 points, and Portsmouth 17th with 38.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Manchester City wins, 1 draw and 1 for Portsmouth.

Going into the match Manchester City's last five read W-W-D and Portsmouth's D-L-L.