Premiership · Matchday 14
Portsmouth v Manchester United
1–4
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
- Kick Off
- 18' Aruna Dindane
- 25' Wayne Rooney pen 0–1
- 32' Kevin-Prince Boateng pen 1–1
- 37' Nemanja Vidic
- Half Time
- 48' Wayne Rooney 1–2
- 54' Wayne Rooney pen 1–3
- 63' Gary Neville
- 67' Kevin-Prince Boateng
- 76' Oliveira Anderson for Carrick
- 78' Jamie O'Hara
- 84' Paul Scholes
- 86' John Utaka
- 86' Younes Kaboul
- 87' Ryan Giggs 1–4
- Full Time 1–4
Match Facts
Starting XI
Substitutes
Oliveira Anderson
76' for Carrick
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
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.
10 Aug 2008 D 0–0 CS 25 Aug 2008 W 1–0 PL 22 Apr 2009 W 2–0 PL
28 Nov 2009 W 4–1 This match
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 →