Manchester United 2-0 Portsmouth: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 30 January 2008
Result
Manchester United 2-0 Portsmouth
Premier League · Wednesday 30 January 2008, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Manchester United 2-0 Portsmouth: match report
Manchester United defeated Portsmouth 2-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 30 January 2008. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Cristiano Ronaldo (10') and Cristiano Ronaldo (13'). Portsmouth did not score.
Discipline: Manchester United received no yellow cards; Portsmouth received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Manchester United were 2nd on 53 points from 23 and Portsmouth 9th on 37 points from 23. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Portsmouth 8th with 57.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Portsmouth in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Manchester United wins, 1 draw and 3 for Portsmouth.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-W-W-L-W and Portsmouth's W-L-W-L-D.
Key events
- 10'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 13'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 36'Yellow card · Noé Pamarot
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United expected line-up (4-3-3)
Rio Ferdinand, John O'Shea, Mikaël Silvestre, Patrice Evra, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha
Portsmouth expected line-up (4-4-2)
Sylvain Distin, Glen Johnson, Niko Kranjčar, Pedro Mendes, Papa Diop, Sulley Muntari, Benjamin Mwaruwari, David James, Hermann Hreidarsson, Sulzeer Campbell