Manchester City 2-0 Portsmouth: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 31 January 2010

Result

Manchester City 2-0 Portsmouth

Premier League · Sunday 31 January 2010, 13:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Manchester City 2-0 Portsmouth: match report

Manchester City beat Portsmouth 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 31 January 2010. The half-time score was 2-0.

Emmanuel Adebayor opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Emmanuel Adebayor (40') and Vincent Kompany (44'). Portsmouth did not score.

Discipline: Manchester City received 1 yellow card; Portsmouth received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester City were 7th on 38 points from 21 and Portsmouth 20th on 15 points from 21. Manchester City went on to finish that season 5th with 67 points, and Portsmouth 20th with 28.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Portsmouth in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Manchester City wins, 2 draws and 3 for Portsmouth.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Yellow card · M. WilsonPortsmouth
  • 40'Goal · Emmanuel AdebayorManchester City · 1-0
  • 44'Goal · Vincent KompanyManchester City · 2-0
  • 44'Yellow card · Angelos BasinasPortsmouth
  • 62'Yellow card · N. de JongManchester City
  • 74'Yellow card · Kevin-Prince BoatengPortsmouth

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester City 5, draws 2, Portsmouth 3.

Team news

Manchester City expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Shay Given, Wayne Bridge, Joleon Lescott, Kolo Touré, Micah Richards, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Nigel de Jong, Gareth Barry, Stephen Ireland, Emmanuel Adebayor

Portsmouth line-up (4-3-3)

Anthony Vanden Borre, Tal Ben Haim, Marc Wilson, Kevin-Prince Boateng, Angelos Basinas, John Utaka, Danny Webber, David James, Jamie O'Hara, Hayden Mullins, Hermann Hreidarsson