Manchester United 3-0 Portsmouth: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 1 November 2003

Result

Manchester United 3-0 Portsmouth

Premier League · Saturday 1 November 2003, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester United 3-0 Portsmouth: match report

Manchester United beat Portsmouth 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 1 November 2003. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Diego Forlán Corazo opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Diego Forlán Corazo (37'), Cristiano Ronaldo (80') and Roy Keane (82'). Portsmouth did not score.

Discipline: Manchester United received no yellow cards; Portsmouth received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester United were 3rd on 22 points from 10 and Portsmouth 11th on 12 points from 10. Manchester United went on to finish that season 3rd with 75 points, and Portsmouth 13th with 45.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Yellow card · Arjan de ZeeuwPortsmouth
  • 32'Yellow card · Tim SherwoodPortsmouth
  • 37'Goal · Diego Forlán CorazoManchester United · 1-0
  • 54'Yellow card · Nigel QuashiePortsmouth
  • 80'Goal · Cristiano RonaldoManchester United · 2-0
  • 82'Goal · Roy KeaneManchester United · 3-0

Team news

Manchester United line-up

Tim Howard, Rio Ferdinand, Eric Djemba-Djemba, Darren Fletcher, Quinton Fortune Kolobea, Gary Neville, Nicky Butt, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Ryan Giggs, Diego Forlán Corazo, John O'Shea

Portsmouth line-up

Shaka Hislop, Dejan Stefanovic, Boris Zivkovic, Arjan de Zeeuw, Nigel Quashie, Patrik Berger, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Hayden Foxe, Tim Sherwood, Teddy Sheringham, Steve Stone