Aston Villa 3-0 Portsmouth: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 6 November 2004

Result

Aston Villa 3-0 Portsmouth

Premier League · Saturday 6 November 2004, 12:45 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Aston Villa 3-0 Portsmouth: match report

Aston Villa defeated Portsmouth 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 6 November 2004. It was 3-0 at half-time.

Peter Whittingham opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Aston Villa's goals came from Peter Whittingham (18'), Juan Ángel Arango (25') and Nolberto Albino Solano Todco (40'). Portsmouth did not score.

Discipline: Aston Villa received 1 yellow card; Portsmouth received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Aston Villa were 10th on 15 points from 11 and Portsmouth 9th on 15 points from 10. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 10th with 47 points, and Portsmouth 16th with 39.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Aston Villa win, 0 draws and 1 for Portsmouth.

Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read D-W-L-D-D and Portsmouth's W-D-W-D-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Yellow card · Jlloyd SamuelAston Villa
  • 18'Goal · Peter WhittinghamAston Villa · 1-0
  • 25'Goal · Juan Ángel ArangoAston Villa · 2-0
  • 40'Goal · Nolberto Albino Solano TodcoAston Villa · 3-0

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Aston Villa 1, draws 0, Portsmouth 1.

Team news

Aston Villa expected line-up

Thomas Sorensen, Ronny Johnsen, Ulises de la Cruz Bernardo, Liam Ridgewell, Gareth Barry, Gavin McCann, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Jlloyd Samuel, Lee Hendrie, Darius Vassell, Juan Ángel Arango

Portsmouth line-up

Shaka Hislop, Linvoy Primus, Dejan Stefanovic, Arjan de Zeeuw, Nigel Quashie, Amdy Faye, Valéry Mézague, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Lomana Lualua, David Unsworth, Ricardo Fuller