Portsmouth 0-1 Manchester United: result and report
Premier League · Monday 25 August 2008
Result
Portsmouth 0-1 Manchester United
Premier League · Monday 25 August 2008, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Portsmouth 0-1 Manchester United: match report
Portsmouth lost to Manchester United 0-1 in the Premier League on Monday 25 August 2008. The half-time score was 0-1.
The only goal came from Darren Fletcher of Manchester United in the 32nd minute.
Discipline: Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards; Manchester United received 2 yellow cards.
Portsmouth went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and Manchester United 1st with 90.
Portsmouth lined up in a 4-4-2 and Manchester United in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Portsmouth wins, 1 draw and 6 for Manchester United.
Key events
- 18'Yellow card · Papa Bouba Diop
- 32'Goal · Darren Fletcher
- 44'Yellow card · Wes Brown
- 79'Yellow card · Jermain Defoe
- 90'Yellow card · Darren Fletcher
Head-to-head
Team news
Portsmouth line-up (4-4-2)
Younès Kaboul, Glen Johnson, Sylvain Distin, Armand Traore, Lassana Diarra, Papa Diop, Sean Davis, Peter Crouch, David James, Jermain Defoe, Sulzeer Campbell
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