Manchester United 2-0 Portsmouth: result and report
Premier League · Wednesday 22 April 2009
Result
Manchester United 2-0 Portsmouth
Premier League · Wednesday 22 April 2009, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Manchester United 2-0 Portsmouth: match report
Manchester United defeated Portsmouth 2-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 22 April 2009. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Wayne Rooney opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Wayne Rooney (9') and Michael Carrick (82'). Portsmouth did not score.
Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Portsmouth received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 2nd on 71 points from 31 and Portsmouth 14th on 37 points from 32. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 90 points, and Portsmouth 14th with 41.
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 6 Manchester United wins, 1 draw and 3 for Portsmouth.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-W-L-L-W and Portsmouth's W-D-D-W-D.
Key events
- 9'Goal · Wayne Rooney
- 24'Yellow card · Nemanja Vidić
- 82'Goal · Michael Carrick
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United expected line-up (4-3-3)
Edwin van der Sar, John O'Shea, Jonny Evans, Nemanja Vidic, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Dimitar Berbatov, Carlos Alberto Tevez, Ryan Giggs
Portsmouth line-up (4-4-2)
Glen Johnson, Sylvain Distin, Richard Hughes, Sean Davis, Nadir Belhadj, Peter Crouch, David Nugent, David James, Hayden Mullins, Hermann Hreidarsson, Sulzeer Campbell