Manchester United Data
Premiership · Matchday 14

Portsmouth v Manchester United

1–4
Saturday 28th November 2009 · Fratton Park · Att: 20,482

Manchester United beat Portsmouth 4–1 at Fratton Park on Saturday 28th November 2009 in the Premiership. Wayne Rooney (25', 48', 54') and Ryan Giggs (87') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score
  1. Kick Off
  2. 18' Aruna Dindane
  3. 25' Wayne Rooney pen 0–1
  4. 32' Kevin-Prince Boateng pen 1–1
  5. 37' Nemanja Vidic
  6. Half Time
  7. 48' Wayne Rooney 1–2
  8. 54' Wayne Rooney pen 1–3
  9. 63' Gary Neville
  10. 67' Kevin-Prince Boateng
  11. 76' Oliveira Anderson for Carrick
  12. 78' Jamie O'Hara
  13. 84' Paul Scholes
  14. 86' John Utaka
  15. 86' Younes Kaboul
  16. 87' Ryan Giggs 1–4
  17. Full Time 1–4

Match Facts

Starting XI

Portsmouth Lineup

Starting XI
3 Younes Kaboul CD-R
5 Jamie O'Hara LM
7 Hermann Hreidarsson LB
9 Frédéric Piquionne CF-L
11 Michael Brown DM
23 Kevin-Prince Boateng AM ⚽
24 Aruna Dindane CF-R
26 Tal Ben Haim RB
31 Asmir Begovic G
32 Hassan Yebda RM
35 Marc Wilson CD-L
Substitutes
17 John Utaka on
18 Anthony Vanden Borre
20 Tommy Smith on
21 Jamie Ashdown
22 Richard Hughes
27 Kanu on
39 Nadir Belhadj

Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.

Managers

MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Avram Grant
Portsmouth

Match Information

Man Utd Portsmouth
59%
Possession
41%
14
Shots
24
5
Shots on Target
8
8
Corners
4
13
Fouls
16
2
Offsides
1
7
Saves
1

United vs Portsmouth History

Meeting 74 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 74 times: 35W 19D 20L.
All-timePWDLFAWin%
Home 402578 783462.5
Away 34111112 434732.4
Neutral 1010 000.0
All 75 meetings with Portsmouth →

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 →