Premiership · Matchday 26
Portsmouth v Manchester United
1–3
Manchester United beat Portsmouth 3–1 at Fratton Park on Saturday 11th February 2006 in the Premiership. Ruud van Nistelrooy (18') and Cristiano Ronaldo (38', 45') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 18' Ruud van Nistelrooy 0–1
- 38' Cristiano Ronaldo 0–2
- 45' Cristiano Ronaldo 0–3
- 45' Tim Howard for van der Sar
- 45' Alan Smith for Giggs
- Half Time
- 82' Louis Saha for Rooney
- 87' Matthew Taylor 1–3
- Full Time 1–3
Match Facts
Starting XI
Player
7 Cristiano Ronaldo 38', 45'
Portsmouth Lineup
Starting XI
2 Linvoy Primus D
4 Andres Nicolas D'Alessandro M
5 Andy O'Brien D
11 Noe Pamarot D
14 Matthew Taylor D ⚽
25 Benjamin Mwaruwari F
26 Gary O'Neil M
28 Sean Davis M
30 Pedro Mendes M
32 Lomana Tresor LuaLua F
33 Dean Kiely G
Substitutes
8 Azar Karadas
15 Jamie Ashdown
16 Andy Griffin on
22 Richard Hughes
24 Wayne Routledge on
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 64 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 64 times: 29W 17D 18L.
30 Oct 2004 L 0–2 PL 26 Feb 2005 W 2–1 PL 3 Dec 2005 W 3–0 PL
11 Feb 2006 W 3–1 This match
4 Nov 2006 W 3–0 PL 27 Jan 2007 W 2–1 FAC 7 Apr 2007 L 1–2 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 →