Portsmouth 2-0 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 30 October 2004

Result

Portsmouth 2-0 Manchester United

Premier League · Saturday 30 October 2004, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Portsmouth 2-0 Manchester United: match report

Portsmouth won against Manchester United 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 30 October 2004. It was 0-0 at half-time.

David Unsworth opened the scoring in the 53rd minute. Portsmouth's goals came from David Unsworth (53', penalty) and Yakubu Aiyegbeni (72'). Manchester United did not score.

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

Going into the game Portsmouth were 11th on 12 points from 9 and Manchester United 5th on 17 points from 10. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 16th with 39 points, and Manchester United 3rd with 77.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 41'Yellow card · Wayne Mark RooneyManchester United
  • 52'Yellow card · Rio FerdinandManchester United
  • 53'Penalty goal · David UnsworthPortsmouth · 1-0
  • 72'Goal · Yakubu AiyegbeniPortsmouth · 2-0

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Portsmouth line-up

Shaka Hislop, Linvoy Primus, Dejan Stefanovic, Arjan de Zeeuw, Nigel Quashie, Amdy Faye, Patrik Berger, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Diomansy Kamara, Lomana Lualua, David Unsworth

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