Portsmouth 2-1 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 16 August 2003

Result

Portsmouth 2-1 Aston Villa

Premier League · Saturday 16 August 2003, 11:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Portsmouth 2-1 Aston Villa: match report

Portsmouth won against Aston Villa 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 16 August 2003. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Teddy Sheringham opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Portsmouth's goals came from Teddy Sheringham (41') and Patrik Berger (63'). Aston Villa scored through Gareth Barry (84', penalty).

Discipline: Portsmouth received 2 yellow cards; Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Portsmouth went on to finish that season 13th with 45 points, and Aston Villa 6th with 56.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 7'Yellow card · Dejan StefanovicPortsmouth
  • 20'Yellow card · Gavin McCannAston Villa
  • 22'Yellow card · Amdy FayePortsmouth
  • 41'Goal · Teddy SheringhamPortsmouth · 1-0
  • 63'Goal · Patrik BergerPortsmouth · 2-0
  • 79'Yellow card · Lee HendrieAston Villa
  • 84'Penalty goal · Gareth BarryAston Villa · 2-1
  • 87'Red card · Gareth BarryAston Villa

Team news

Portsmouth line-up

Shaka Hislop, Dejan Stefanovic, Boris Zivkovic, Arjan de Zeeuw, Nigel Quashie, Amdy Faye, Patrik Berger, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Hayden Foxe, Teddy Sheringham, Steve Stone