English Premier League

FT Sunday, April 20, 2008
Portsmouth LWWWD 1
–
Manchester City WDLLW 3
City of Manchester Stadium · 40,205 att.

Team Stats

6
Fouls
7
1
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
5
3
Corner Kicks
6
3
Saves
5
51
Possession
49
12
SHOTS
16
6
ON GOAL
10
0.5
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
3
Accurate Passes
4
3
Passes
4
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
0
0
Crosses
0
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
2
Blocked Shots
1
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
4
Effective Clearances
1
4
Clearances
1

Head to Head

POR leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

MNC

  1. 25Joe HartG
  2. 16Vedran CorlukaD
  3. 22Richard DunneD
  4. 3Michael BallD
  5. 11ElanoM
  6. 7Stephen IrelandM
  7. 28Gelson FernandesM
  8. 6Michael JohnsonM
  9. 15Martin PetrovM
  10. 12Darius VassellF
  11. 27Benjamin MwaruwariF

Substitutes

  1. 1Andreas IsakssonG
  2. 34Sam WilliamsonD
  3. 8Deiberson Mauricio GeovanniM
  4. 20Felipe CaicedoF
  5. 30Nery CastilloF

POR

  1. 1David JamesG
  2. 4LaurenD
  3. 23Sol CampbellD
  4. 15Sylvain DistinD
  5. 7Hermann HreidarssonD
  6. 17John UtakaM
  7. 11Sulley MuntariM
  8. 6Lassana DiarraM
  9. 8Papa Bouba DiopM
  10. 19Niko KranjcarM
  11. 14Jermain DefoeF

Substitutes

  1. 31Asmir BegovicG
  2. 3Lucien AubeyD
  3. 28Sean DavisM
  4. 9Milan BarosF
  5. 10David NugentF

Timeline

  1. 11' Goal!! Darius Vassell hits a very good right footed shot low through the middle from the right 6 yard (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! Man City now leads 1 - 0
  2. 13' Goal!! Martin Petrov hits a very good right footed shot low through the middle from the centre penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! Man City now leads 2 - 0
  3. 24' Goal!! John Utaka hits a very good right footed shot to the lower left corner from the left 6 yard (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! Portsmouth now trails 1 - 2
  4. 41' Hermann Hreidarsson has been shown the red card and will no longer take part of this game! Reason: professional foul
  5. 54' Man City makes a sub: Sam Williamson enters for Richard Dunne. Reason: Injury
  6. 65' Sam Williamson is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  7. 70' Lauren is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  8. 74' Goal!! Benjani Mwaruwari hits a very good right footed shot to the lower left corner from the centre penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! Man City now leads 3 - 1
  9. 75' Portsmouth makes a sub: Milan Baros enters for John Utaka. Reason: Tactical
  10. 75' Portsmouth makes a sub: Lucien Aubey enters for Papa Bouba Diop. Reason: Tactical
  11. 75' Man City makes a sub: Deiberson Mauricio Geovanni enters for Stephen Ireland. Reason: Tactical
  12. 83' Portsmouth makes a sub: Sean Davis enters for Niko Kranjcar. Reason: Tactical
  13. 90' End of the game
  14. 90'+1' Man City makes a sub: Felipe Caicedo enters for Blumer Elano. Reason: Injury

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