Manchester United 2-2 Porto: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 7 April 2009

Result

Manchester United 2-2 Porto

Champions League · Tuesday 7 April 2009, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Manchester United 2-2 Porto: match report

Manchester United drew with Porto 2-2 in the Champions League on Tuesday 7 April 2009. The half-time score was 1-1.

C. Rodríguez opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Wayne Rooney (15') and C. Tevez (85'). Porto scored through C. Rodríguez (4') and M. González (89').

Discipline: Manchester United received no yellow cards; Porto received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester United were 13th on 14 points from 8 and Porto 14th on 14 points from 8. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Manchester United wins, 1 draw and 1 for Porto.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · C. RodríguezPorto · 0-1
  • 15'Goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 1-1
  • 76'Yellow card · Mikael StahrePorto
  • 85'Goal · C. TevezManchester United · 2-1
  • 89'Goal · M. GonzálezPorto · 2-2
  • 90+5'Yellow card · HeltonPorto

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Manchester United 0, draws 1, Porto 1.

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