FA Cup · 6th Round
Manchester United v Portsmouth
0–1
Manchester United lost 0–1 to Portsmouth at Old Trafford on Saturday 8th March 2008 in the FA Cup.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 11' Papa Bouba Diop
- 21' Wayne Rooney
- 39' Lassana Diarra
- Half Time
- 46' Tomasz Kuszczak for van der Sar
- 68' Michael Carrick for Hargreaves
- 68' Oliveira Anderson for Tevez
- 76' Tomasz Kuszczak
- 78' Sully Muntari pen 0–1
- Full Time 0–1
Starting XI
Player
Substitutes
Tomasz Kuszczak
46' for van der Sar
Michael Carrick
68' for Hargreaves
Oliveira Anderson
68' for Tevez
Portsmouth Lineup
Starting XI
1 David James G
5 Glen Johnson D
6 Lassana Diarra M
7 Hermann Hreidarsson D
8 Papa Bouba Diop M
11 Sulley Muntari M ⚽
15 Sylvain Distin D
17 John Utaka M
19 Niko Kranjcar M
23 Sol Campbell D
27 Kanu F
Substitutes
4 Lauren on
9 Milan Baros on
18 Arnold Mvuemba
21 Jamie Ashdown
22 Richard Hughes on
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Harry Redknapp
Portsmouth
Match Information
United vs Portsmouth History
Meeting 70 of 75
75
Played
36
Won
19
Drawn
20
Lost
121
Goals For
81
Goals Against
All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 5th January 1901. After this match United had played Portsmouth 70 times: 32W 18D 20L.
7 Apr 2007 L 1–2 PL 15 Aug 2007 D 1–1 PL 30 Jan 2008 W 2–0 PL
8 Mar 2008 L 0–1 This match
10 Aug 2008 D 0–0 CS 25 Aug 2008 W 1–0 PL 22 Apr 2009 W 2–0 PL | All-time | P | W | D | L | F | A | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 40 | 25 | 7 | 8 | 78 | 34 | 62.5 |
| Away | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 43 | 47 | 32.4 |
| Neutral | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via ESPN where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →