Portsmouth 1-2 Aston Villa: result and report

Portsmouth 1-2 Aston Villa

Premier League · Saturday 12 February 2005, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Portsmouth lost to Aston Villa 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 12 February 2005. The half-time score was 1-1.

Portsmouth's goal came from Yakubu Aiyegbeni (24', penalty). Aston Villa scored through an own goal by Arjan de Zeeuw (17') and Thomas Hitzlsperger (73').

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

Going into the game Portsmouth were 13th on 30 points from 26 and Aston Villa 11th on 32 points from 26. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 16th with 39 points, and Aston Villa 10th with 47.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Portsmouth win, 0 draws and 2 for Aston Villa.

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