Portsmouth 1-4 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 28 November 2009

Result

Portsmouth 1-4 Manchester United

Premier League · Saturday 28 November 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Portsmouth 1-4 Manchester United: match report

Portsmouth were beaten by Manchester United 1-4 in the Premier League on Saturday 28 November 2009. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Wayne Rooney opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Portsmouth's goal came from Kevin-Prince Boateng (32', penalty). Manchester United scored through Wayne Rooney (25', penalty), Wayne Rooney (48'), Wayne Rooney (54', penalty) and Ryan Giggs (87').

Discipline: Portsmouth received 4 yellow cards; Manchester United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 20th on 7 points from 13 and Manchester United 2nd on 28 points from 13. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 20th with 28 points, and Manchester United 2nd with 85.

Portsmouth lined up in a 4-5-1 and Manchester United in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Portsmouth wins, 1 draw and 7 for Manchester United.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Yellow card · Aruna DindanePortsmouth
  • 25'Penalty goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 0-1
  • 32'Penalty goal · Kevin-Prince BoatengPortsmouth · 1-1
  • 37'Yellow card · Nemanja VidicManchester United
  • 48'Goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 1-2
  • 54'Penalty goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 1-3
  • 62'Yellow card · Gary NevilleManchester United
  • 67'Yellow card · Kevin-Prince BoatengPortsmouth
  • 78'Yellow card · Jamie O'HaraPortsmouth
  • 83'Yellow card · Paul ScholesManchester United
  • 86'Yellow card · John UtakaPortsmouth
  • 87'Goal · Ryan GiggsManchester United · 1-4

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Portsmouth 2, draws 1, Manchester United 7.

Team news

Portsmouth line-up (4-5-1)

Asmir Begović, Younès Kaboul, Tal Ben Haim, Marc Wilson, Kevin-Prince Boateng, Hassan Yebda, Frédéric Piquionne, Aruna Dindane, Jamie O'Hara, Hermann Hreidarsson, Michael Brown

Manchester United expected line-up (4-4-2)

Edwin van der Sar, Jonny Evans, Wes Brown, Federico Macheda, Danny Welbeck, Gary Neville, Ryan Giggs, John O'Shea