Portsmouth 0-1 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 27 January 2009

Result

Portsmouth 0-1 Aston Villa

Premier League · Tuesday 27 January 2009, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Portsmouth 0-1 Aston Villa: match report

Portsmouth were beaten by Aston Villa 0-1 in the Premier League on Tuesday 27 January 2009. It was 0-1 at half-time.

The only goal came from Emile Heskey of Aston Villa in the 21st minute.

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

Going into the game Portsmouth were 13th on 24 points from 21 and Aston Villa 4th on 44 points from 22. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and Aston Villa 6th with 62.

Portsmouth lined up in a 4-4-2 and Aston Villa in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Portsmouth wins, 4 draws and 4 for Aston Villa.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Goal · Emile HeskeyAston Villa · 0-1
  • 44'Yellow card · Nadir BelhadjPortsmouth
  • 50'Yellow card · Glen JohnsonPortsmouth
  • 71'Second yellow · Nadir BelhadjPortsmouth
  • 79'Yellow card · Stiliyan PetrovAston Villa
  • 86'Yellow card · James MilnerAston Villa

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Portsmouth 2, draws 4, Aston Villa 4.

Team news

Portsmouth line-up (4-4-2)

Glen Johnson, Sylvain Distin, Jermaine Pennant, Sean Davis, Nadir Belhadj, Peter Crouch, Nwankwo Kanu, David James, Hayden Mullins, Hermann Hreidarsson, Sulzeer Campbell

Aston Villa line-up (4-4-2)

Luke Young, Curtis Davies, Zat Knight, Gareth Barry, James Milner, Stiliyan Petrov, Craig Gardner, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Emile Heskey, Brad Friedel, Carlos Cuéllar