Portsmouth 1-3 Manchester United: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 11 February 2006
Result
Portsmouth 1-3 Manchester United
Premier League · Saturday 11 February 2006, 17:15 UTC · half-time 0-3
Portsmouth 1-3 Manchester United: match report
Portsmouth were beaten by Manchester United 1-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 11 February 2006. It was 0-3 at half-time.
Ruud van Nistelrooy opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Portsmouth's goal came from Matthew Taylor (87'). Manchester United scored through Ruud van Nistelrooy (18'), Cristiano Ronaldo (38') and Cristiano Ronaldo (45').
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Portsmouth were 19th on 18 points from 25 and Manchester United 2nd on 51 points from 25. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 17th with 38 points, and Manchester United 2nd with 83.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Portsmouth wins, 0 draws and 3 for Manchester United.
Going into the match Portsmouth's last five read L-D-L-L-L and Manchester United's W-L-W-L-D.
Key events
- 18'Goal · Ruud van Nistelrooy
- 38'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 45'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 87'Goal · Matthew Taylor
Head-to-head
Team news
Portsmouth expected line-up
Shaka Hislop, Dejan Stefanovic, Arjan de Zeeuw, Nigel Quashie, Patrik Berger, Richard Hughes, Alexei Smertin, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Lomana Lualua, Steve Stone, Teddy Sheringham
Manchester United expected line-up
Edwin van der Sar, Mikaël Silvestre, Wes Brown, Rio Ferdinand, Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Alan Smith, Paul Scholes, Gary Neville, John O'Shea