English Premier League

FT Monday, August 25, 2008
Manchester United WWDDD 1
–
Portsmouth LLWDL 0
Fratton Park · 20,540 att.

Team Stats

13
Fouls
11
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
4
3
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
3
64
Possession
36
13
SHOTS
14
4
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
459
Accurate Passes
224
561
Passes
316
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
7
Accurate Crosses
5
18
Crosses
20
0.4
Cross %
0.3
69
Long Balls
65
41
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
2
19
Effective Tackles
14
30
Tackles
16
0.6
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
12
Effective Clearances
16
29
Clearances
21

Head to Head

POR leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

POR · 4-4-2

  1. 1David JamesG
  2. 3Younes KaboulCD-L
  3. 23Sol CampbellCD-R
  4. 15Sylvain DistinLB
  5. 5Glen JohnsonRB
  6. 28Sean DavisCM-L
  7. 6Lassana DiarraCM-R
  8. 30Armand TraoreLM
  9. 8Papa Bouba DiopRM
  10. 14Jermain DefoeCF-L
  11. 9Peter CrouchCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 11Jerome ThomasSUB
  2. 26Ben SaharSUB
  3. 7Hermann HreidarssonSUB
  4. 21Jamie AshdownSUB
  5. 4LaurenSUB
  6. 18Arnold MvuembaSUB
  7. 17John UtakaSUB

MAN · 4-4-2

  1. 1Edwin van der SarG
  2. 15Nemanja VidićCD-L
  3. 5Rio FerdinandCD-R
  4. 3Patrice EvraLB
  5. 6Wes BrownRB
  6. 24Darren FletcherCM-L
  7. 18Paul ScholesCM-R
  8. 22John O'SheaLM
  9. 8AndersonRM
  10. 10Wayne RooneyCF-L
  11. 32Carlos TevezCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 2Gary NevilleSUB
  2. 31Fraizer CampbellSUB
  3. 20FabioSUB
  4. 34Rodrigo PossebonSUB
  5. 21RafaelSUB
  6. 29Tomasz KuszczakSUB
  7. 28Darron GibsonSUB

Timeline

  1. 32'
  2. 56'
  3. 66'
  4. 77'

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