Manchester Utd v Portsmouth

Start date: Sat Feb 6, 2010
League: Premier League
Sport: Soccer

Manchester Utd 3-3 Portsmouth

Rooney 40
Carrick 59
Berbatov 62

Own Goal 45
Own Goal 59
Own Goal 69

Game summary

The game was played in Premier League on Saturday February 6.
Webber was shown a yellow card after 24 minutes.
O'Hara was shown a yellow card after 29 minutes.
Haim was shown a yellow card after 36 minutes.
Manchester United took the lead when Rooney scored the first goal after 40 minutes.
The score became even after Manchester United scored an own goal 45 minutes into the game.
Carrick scored a goal for Manchester United, making it 3-0, in the 59th minute.
The score became even after Manchester United scored an own goal 59 minutes into the game.
Berbatov scored a goal for Manchester United, making it 4-0, in the 62nd minute.
The score became even after Manchester United scored an own goal 69 minutes into the game.
Boateng was shown a yellow card after 78 minutes.
Diouf was shown a yellow card after 82 minutes.
The game ended in a draw with the score 3-3

Team comparison

Average goals and home team advantage

The graphs and numbers here are based on the last 40 played games for Manchester United (20 wins, 10 draws and 10 losses) and the last 40 games for Portsmouth FC (15 wins, 7 draws and 18 losses).

During that period, the average number of goals scored per game was 2.13 for Manchester United and 1.4 for Portsmouth FC. The average for all teams combined within the Premier League was 1.36 goals scored per game. This means that Manchester Utd is better than its peers and Portsmouth is better than its peers when it comes to scoring goals.

The home team, Manchester Utd, is quite weak as a home team, winning just 40% of their home games. The away team, Portsmouth, usually wins a whopping 35% of its away games which is particularly good compared to the rest of the league.