Manchester United 5-0 Portsmouth: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 6 February 2010
Result
Manchester United 5-0 Portsmouth
Premier League · Saturday 6 February 2010, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Manchester United 5-0 Portsmouth: match report
Manchester United won against Portsmouth 5-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 6 February 2010. The half-time score was 2-0.
Wayne Rooney opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Wayne Rooney (40'), an own goal by Anthony Vanden Borre (44'), an own goal by Richard Hughes (59'), Dimitar Berbatov (62') and an own goal by M. Wilson (69'). Portsmouth did not score.
Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Portsmouth received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 2nd on 53 points from 24 and Portsmouth 20th on 15 points from 23. Manchester United went on to finish that season 2nd with 85 points, and Portsmouth 20th with 28.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Portsmouth in a 4-3-2-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Manchester United wins, 1 draw and 1 for Portsmouth.
Key events
- 24'Yellow card · Danny Webber
- 29'Yellow card · Jamie O'Hara
- 36'Yellow card · Tal Ben Haim
- 40'Goal · Wayne Rooney
- 44'Own goal · Anthony Vanden Borre
- 59'Own goal · Richard Hughes
- 62'Goal · Dimitar Berbatov
- 69'Own goal · M. Wilson
- 78'Yellow card · Kevin-Prince Boateng
- 82'Yellow card · Andrea Pirlo
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United expected line-up (4-4-2)
Edwin van der Sar, Jonny Evans, Nemanja Vidic, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Dimitar Berbatov, Gary Neville, Ryan Giggs, Carlos Alberto Tevez
Portsmouth line-up (4-3-2-1)
Ricardo Rocha, Anthony Vanden Borre, Tal Ben Haim, Marc Wilson, Richard Hughes, Nadir Belhadj, Frédéric Piquionne, Danny Webber, David James, Jamie O'Hara, Hayden Mullins