Aston Villa 1-3 Portsmouth: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 8 December 2007
Result
Aston Villa 1-3 Portsmouth
Premier League · Saturday 8 December 2007, 12:45 UTC · half-time 0-2
Aston Villa 1-3 Portsmouth: match report
Aston Villa lost to Portsmouth 1-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 8 December 2007. The half-time score was 0-2.
Aston Villa's goal came from Gareth Barry (72', penalty). Portsmouth scored through an own goal by Craig Gardner (10'), Sulley Muntari (40') and Sulley Muntari (61').
Discipline: Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards; Portsmouth received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Aston Villa were 7th on 27 points from 15 and Portsmouth 6th on 27 points from 15. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 6th with 60 points, and Portsmouth 8th with 57.
Aston Villa lined up in a 4-4-2 and Portsmouth in a 4-5-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Aston Villa wins, 3 draws and 1 for Portsmouth.
Going into the match Aston Villa's last five read L-W-W-W-W and Portsmouth's D-W-D-W-D.
Key events
- 4'Yellow card · John Carew
- 10'Own goal · Craig Gardner
- 40'Goal · Sulley Muntari
- 43'Yellow card · Pedro Mendes
- 61'Goal · Sulley Muntari
- 67'Yellow card · Patrik Berger
- 67'Yellow card · Glen Johnson
- 72'Penalty goal · Gareth Barry
- 74'Yellow card · David James
- 76'Yellow card · Noé Pamarot
- 80'Yellow card · Niko Kranjčar
Head-to-head
Team news
Aston Villa line-up (4-4-2)
Scott Carson, Wilfred Bouma, Martin Laursen, Ashley Young, Zat Knight, Gareth Barry, Nigel Reo-Coker, Craig Gardner, John Carew, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Olof Mellberg
Portsmouth line-up (4-5-1)
Glen Johnson, Sylvain Distin, Noé Pamarot, Papa Diop, Sulley Muntari, Niko Kranjčar, Pedro Mendes, John Utaka, Benjamin Mwaruwari, David James, Sulzeer Campbell