Premiership · Matchday 02
Portsmouth v Manchester United
0–1
Manchester United beat Portsmouth 1–0 at Fratton Park on Monday 25th August 2008 in the Premiership. Darren Fletcher (32') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 18' Papa Bouba Diop
- 32' Darren Fletcher 0–1
- 44' Wesley Brown
- Half Time
- 76' Rodrigo Possebon for Anderson
- 80' Jermain Defoe
- 90' Darren Fletcher
- Full Time 0–1
Match Facts
Starting XI
Player
Substitutes
Rodrigo Possebon
76' for Anderson
Portsmouth Lineup
Starting XI
1 David James G
3 Younes Kaboul CD-L
5 Glen Johnson RB
6 Lassana Diarra CM-R
8 Papa Bouba Diop RM
9 Peter Crouch CF-R
14 Jermain Defoe CF-L
15 Sylvain Distin LB
23 Sol Campbell CD-R
28 Sean Davis CM-L
30 Armand Traore LM
Substitutes
4 Lauren
7 Hermann Hreidarsson
11 Jerome Thomas on
17 John Utaka on
18 Arnold Mvuemba
21 Jamie Ashdown
26 Ben Sahar
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 72 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 72 times: 33W 19D 20L.
30 Jan 2008 W 2–0 PL 8 Mar 2008 L 0–1 FAC 10 Aug 2008 D 0–0 CS
25 Aug 2008 W 1–0 This match
22 Apr 2009 W 2–0 PL 28 Nov 2009 W 4–1 PL 6 Feb 2010 W 5–0 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 →