Manchester City 6-0 Portsmouth: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 21 September 2008

Result

Manchester City 6-0 Portsmouth

Premier League · Sunday 21 September 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Manchester City 6-0 Portsmouth: match report

Manchester City won against Portsmouth 6-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 21 September 2008. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Jô opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Jô (13'), Richard Dunne (19'), Robinho (57'), Shaun Wright-Phillips (68'), Ched Evans (78') and Gelson Fernandes (83'). Portsmouth did not score.

Discipline: Manchester City received no yellow cards; Portsmouth received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Manchester City were 9th on 6 points from 4 and Portsmouth 11th on 6 points from 4. Manchester City went on to finish that season 10th with 50 points, and Portsmouth 14th with 41.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Portsmouth in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Manchester City wins, 3 draws and 3 for Portsmouth.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Goal · JôManchester City · 1-0
  • 19'Goal · Richard DunneManchester City · 2-0
  • 57'Goal · RobinhoManchester City · 3-0
  • 68'Goal · Shaun Wright-PhillipsManchester City · 4-0
  • 78'Goal · Ched EvansManchester City · 5-0
  • 83'Goal · Gelson FernandesManchester City · 6-0
  • 90'Yellow card · Lassana DiarraPortsmouth

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester City 4, draws 3, Portsmouth 3.

Team news

Manchester City expected line-up (4-4-1-1)

Joe Hart, Vedran Ćorluka, Martin Petrov, Michael Johnson, Gelson Fernandes, Benjamin Mwaruwari, Elano, Richard Dunne, Sun Jihai

Portsmouth line-up (4-4-2)

Younès Kaboul, Glen Johnson, Sylvain Distin, Armand Traore, Lassana Diarra, Sean Davis, Nadir Belhadj, Peter Crouch, David James, Jermain Defoe, Sulzeer Campbell