Manchester United v Portsmouth L I V E !

Manchester United are home to Portsmouth needing to win in order to avoid losing any ground in their quest to reach first place in the Premier League. Pompey were losers away from home in their most recent league match on Wednesday.

The Red Devils were winners away from home on Sunday when the scored a huge1-3 win against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium. The 3 points leave the side managed by Sir Alex Ferguson in 2nd place of the Premier League log with 53 points. They sit 2 points behind the league leaders Chelsea and 4 points ahead of the 3rd place Gunners. United have 3 confirmed injury absences for this game in Vidic, O’Shea and Owen Hargreaves.

Pompey remain in last place of the Premier League table with 15 points for the season. They sit 5 points behind the 19th place Burnley and 6 points behind the 17th place Wolverhampton Wanderers which is the team they will need to catch if they are to avoid the drop at season’s end. Portsmouth lost away from home on Wednesday when they fell to Fulham by a score of 1-0 at Craven Cottage after Greening scored a goal 16 minutes from time. The side managed by Avram Grant will miss 4 players to injury this week including Smith, Bouba Diop, Brown and Hreidarsson.

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Manchester United v Portsmouth
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