EPL : Portsmouth V Manchester United - 7th April
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EPL : Portsmouth V Manchester United
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-- 7th April, Saturday
-- 12.15am – 2.30am (Sunday Morning)
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I hope we don't bag any more red cards
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Portsmouth v Manchester Utd
Ch 24 - 12:15 am - (Live) (Sun Morning)
Portsmouth's on-loan Chelsea defender Glen Johnson (knee) is struggling, but Noe Pamarot is fit again. Harry Redknapp may pick from Lomana LuaLua, Svetoslav Todorov or Benjani Mwaruwari to partner Kanu or the Nigerian could play alone up front.
Nwankwo KANU is Portsmouth's leading scorer with 12 goals - 10 of which were in the Premiership. KANU is a hat trick shy of 50 career League goals in England.
Patrice Evra is set to return to Manchester United's squad after missing six games with a knee injury. Other than that, the bulk of Sir Alex Ferguson's squad will be the same as the one which travelled to Rome.
Cristiano RONALDO is United's top scorer with 18 goals. Of those 16 are in the Premiership, which leaves the Portugal World Cup star two behind Chelsea's Didier Drogba at the head of the race for the Barclays Golden Boot.
Ryan GIGGS is a double short of 100 League goals.
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Portsmouth : James, Lauren, Primus, Campbell, Stefanovic, O'Neil, Davis, Hughes, Kranjcar, Taylor, Kanu, Traore, LuaLua, Benjani, Pamarot, Todorov, Mvuemba, O'Brien, Ashdown.
Man Utd : Van der Sar, Kuszczak, O'Shea, Ferdinand, Brown, Heinze, Evra, Ronaldo, Fletcher, Scholes, Carrick, Giggs, Richardson, Eagles, Rooney, Smith, Solskjaer, Saha, Dong.
REFEREE
Mark Clattenburg (Tyne & Wear)
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Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp:
"This is probably the most complete Manchester United side we have faced in the Premiership. "We have had two good results against them in our first two seasons in the Premiership and Sir Alex Ferguson knows that he will face a tough match here. "We have a good record on our pitch having lost only three games at home this season."
Manchester United winger Ryan Giggs on the title race:
"Over the last couple of years nothing has really happened in the last four or five weeks of the season. "It's going to be difficult but it's going to be exciting. There will be highs and lows to the end of the season and it's whatever team handles it best really. "If we keep playing like we have done all season we'll have a great chance of winning some silverware. That's what we hope to do."
LAST SEASON'S CORRESPONDING GAME
Portsmouth 1-3 Manchester United
11 February 2006 - Ref: Uriah Rennie
Portsmouth scorer: Taylor 87
Man United scorers: van Nistelrooy 18, Ronaldo 38, 45
THIS SEASON'S REVERSE FIXTURE
Manchester United 3-0 Portsmouth
4 November 2006 - Ref: Mike Dean
Man United scorers: Saha 3 pen, Ronaldo 10, Vidic 66
HEAD TO HEAD TOTALS
at Portsmouth only
League: Portsmouth 10 wins, Man United 6, Draws 9
Prem: Portsmouth 2 wins, Man United 1, Draws 0 -
Based on current circumstances, i say Narrow win for Man Utd
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i say 3 points for utd
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awww, chelski won 1-0. keeping up the pressure
man utd cannot afford to slip up
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X2.Originally posted by imprezaWRXSTi22B:man utd cannot afford to slip up -
or picked up any more injuriesOriginally posted by sand king:I hope we don't bag any more red cards 
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Ronaldo playing as striker...
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die liao..izzit just me or is de starting 11 doesn inspire confidence in me?
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Portsmouth
01 James
10 Lauren
02 Primus
03 Stefanovic
06 Traore
26 O'Neil
28 Davis
22 Hughes
14 Taylor
25 Mwaruwari
27 Kanu
Substitutes
15 Ashdown, 11 Pamarot, 19 Kranjcar, 32 LuaLua, 09 Todorov.
Man Utd
01 Van der Sar
22 O'Shea
05 Ferdinand
06 Brown
04 Heinze
24 Fletcher
18 Scholes
16 Carrick
23 Richardson
08 Rooney
07 Ronaldo
Substitutes
29 Kuszczak, 03 Evra, 11 Giggs, 20 Solskjaer, 14 Smith
Fletcher and Richardson are the wingers in this one... -
fucking richardson
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1-0 to Pompey
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23 Richardson
Got this guy = gg -
*Sobs*Originally posted by Megatop:23 Richardson
Got this guy = gg -
Yea man!Originally posted by Spica:or picked up any more injuries
Although red is auspisious, we dont wana see no red card LOL -
Isn't the referee being a little bit tooooo charitable to Portsmouth?? Only ONE yellow card for the multiple obvious and blatant fouls on Ronaldo!!
Or is he juz blind or simply favours blue over red??
Poor Ronaldo.
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Richardson shud be taken off asap
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lame la. keep conceding such soft goals....
against blackburn too... -
cos he got a reputation.... referees will tend to be biased unless its a clear foul to themOriginally posted by Spica:Isn't the referee being a little bit tooooo charitable to Portsmouth?? Only ONE yellow card for the multiple obvious and blatant fouls on Ronaldo!! Or is he juz blind or simply favours blue over red??
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shld be richardson -> giggs ltr
wats SAF doin? -
wow im impressed once again man u played brilliantly well.. worthy of any titles at all.. WOOO go man u.. carry on playing that way so pretty to watch.. oh Brown your the best defender I have ever seen.. and O shea you also.. The best right back ever..
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i think he should laOriginally posted by gigabyte14:shld be richardson -> giggs ltr
wats SAF doin? -
Yes, bring Giggs in for Richardson. He CMI. And Solskjaer for Fletcher? Move Ronaldo to the wings, think he's more effective there.
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SAF probably conserving giggs for roma
brown, JOS, fletcher and richardson shld really go.... man utd is very lightweight if they start in the 1st 11.