Portsmouth 1-3 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 20 November 2004

Result

Portsmouth 1-3 Manchester City

Premier League · Saturday 20 November 2004, 17:15 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Portsmouth 1-3 Manchester City: match report

Portsmouth were beaten by Manchester City 1-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 20 November 2004. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Shaun Wright-Phillips opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Portsmouth's goal came from Gary O'Neil (8'). Manchester City scored through Shaun Wright-Phillips (6'), Antoine Sibierski (79') and Paul Bosvelt (87').

Discipline: Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards; Manchester City received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 11th on 15 points from 12 and Manchester City 12th on 14 points from 13. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 16th with 39 points, and Manchester City 8th with 52.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Shaun Wright-PhillipsManchester City · 0-1
  • 8'Goal · Gary O'NeilPortsmouth · 1-1
  • 38'Yellow card · Amdy FayePortsmouth
  • 45'Yellow card · Arjan de ZeeuwPortsmouth
  • 79'Goal · Antoine SibierskiManchester City · 1-2
  • 87'Goal · Paul BosveltManchester City · 1-3

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Portsmouth 1, draws 1, Manchester City 0.

Team news

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

Manchester City line-up

Sylvain Distin, Nedum Onuoha, Richard Dunne, Stephen Jordan, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Jon Macken, Nicolas Anelka, David James, Antoine Sibierski, Joey Barton, Paul Bosvelt