Manchester United 2-1 Portsmouth: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 26 February 2005

Result

Manchester United 2-1 Portsmouth

Premier League · Saturday 26 February 2005, 17:15 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester United 2-1 Portsmouth: match report

Manchester United beat Portsmouth 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 26 February 2005. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Wayne Mark Rooney opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Wayne Mark Rooney (8') and Wayne Mark Rooney (81'). Portsmouth scored through Gary O'Neil (47').

Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Manchester United were 2nd on 59 points from 27 and Portsmouth 14th on 30 points from 27. Manchester United went on to finish that season 3rd with 77 points, and Portsmouth 16th with 39.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Manchester United win, 0 draws and 2 for Portsmouth.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Wayne Mark RooneyManchester United · 1-0
  • 47'Goal · Gary O'NeilPortsmouth · 1-1
  • 79'Yellow card · Phil NevilleManchester United
  • 80'Yellow card · Matthew TaylorPortsmouth
  • 81'Goal · Wayne Mark RooneyManchester United · 2-1
  • 87'Yellow card · Andy GriffinPortsmouth

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Manchester United 1, draws 0, Portsmouth 2.

Team news

Manchester United expected line-up

Roy Carroll, Wes Brown, Rio Ferdinand, Darren Fletcher, Quinton Fortune Kolobea, Louis Saha, Cristiano Ronaldo, Gary Neville, Ruud van Nistelrooy

Portsmouth expected line-up

Shaka Hislop, Dejan Stefanovic, Arjan de Zeeuw, Boris Zivkovic, Nigel Quashie, Patrik Berger, Alexei Smertin, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Lomana Lualua, Steve Stone, Teddy Sheringham