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Portsmouth 2-0 Aston Villa - March 15, 2008 / Premier League 2007/2008

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Premier League 2007/2008 - Round 30

Fratton Park - Portsmouth - England

March 15, 2008

20 388

Portsmouth

2 - 0

Aston Villa

(right foot) Jermain Defoe

11'

(o.g) Nigel Reo-Coker

38'

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11' - Goal Jermain Defoe11

38' - Own goal Nigel Reo-Coker38

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57' - Substitution Shaun Maloneyis substituted by Marlon Harewood

78' - Substitution Wilfried Boumais substituted by Moustapha Salifou

80' - Substitution Jermain Defoeis substituted by John Utaka photo Sulley Ali Muntari

80' - Red card Sulley Ali Muntari80

83' - Substitution Milan Barosis substituted by Nwankwo Kanu83

89' - Red card Olof Mellberg

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Portsmouth

2 - 0

Aston Villa

Portsmouth Aston Villa

Team line-ups

Portsmouth

James

David James

England

B.date01/08/1970

Age37 years

H1m93

positionGoalkeeper

Distin

Sylvain Distin

France

B.date16/12/1977

Age30 years

H1m91

positionLeft central defender

Hreidarsson

Hermann Hreidarsson

Iceland

B.date11/07/1974

Age33 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Johnson

Glen Johnson

England

B.date23/08/1984

Age23 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

Lauren

Cameroon

B.date19/01/1977

Age31 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Diarra

Lassana Diarra

France

B.date10/03/1985

Age23 years

H1m73

positionDefensive Midfielder

Diop

Papa Bouba Diop

Senegal

B.date28/01/1978

Age30 years

H1m93

positionDefensive Midfielder

Muntari80

Sulley Ali Muntari

Ghana

B.date27/08/1984

Age23 years

H1m79

positionLeft central midfielder

Kranjcar

Niko Kranjcar

Croatia

B.date13/08/1984

Age23 years

H1m86

positionMidfield

Baros83

Milan Baros

Czech Republic

B.date28/10/1981

Age26 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Defoe1180

Jermain Defoe

England

B.date07/10/1982

Age25 years

H1m70

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	David James		37	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sylvain Distin		30	35	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Hermann Hreidarsson		33	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Glen Johnson		23	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lauren		31	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lassana Diarra		23	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Papa Bouba Diop		30	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sulley Ali Muntari	80	23	26	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Niko Kranjcar		23	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Milan Baros	83	26	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jermain Defoe	1180	25	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Aston Villa

22 Carson

Scott Carson

England

B.date03/09/1985

Age22 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

3 Bouma78

Wilfried Bouma

Netherlands

B.date15/06/1978

Age29 years

H1m79

positionLeft central defender

5 Laursen

Martin Laursen

Denmark

B.date26/07/1977

Age30 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

16 Knight

Zat Knight

England

B.date02/05/1980

Age27 years

H1m98

positionCentral defender

4 Mellberg89

Olof Mellberg

Sweden

B.date03/09/1977

Age30 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

6 Barry

Gareth Barry

England

B.date23/02/1981

Age27 years

H1m85

positionLeft central midfielder

20 Reo-Coker38

Nigel Reo-Coker

England

B.date14/05/1984

Age23 years

H1m76

positionRight central midfielder

7 Young

Ashley Young

England

B.date09/07/1985

Age22 years

H1m80

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

28 Maloney57

Shaun Maloney

Scotland

B.date24/01/1983

Age25 years

H1m73

positionSecond striker

10 Carew

John Carew

Norway

B.date05/09/1979

Age28 years

H1m93

positionStriker

11 Agbonlahor

Gabriel Agbonlahor

England

B.date13/10/1986

Age21 years

H1m80

positionVersatile Forward

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
22	G	Scott Carson		22	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Wilfried Bouma	78	29	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Martin Laursen		30	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Zat Knight		27	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Olof Mellberg	89	30	256	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Gareth Barry		27	385	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Nigel Reo-Coker	38	23	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Ashley Young		22	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	F	Shaun Maloney	57	25	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	John Carew		28	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Gabriel Agbonlahor		21	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		John Utaka	80	26	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F		Nwankwo Kanu	83	31	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
17	M		Moustapha Salifou	78	24	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F		Marlon Harewood	57	28	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Lauren

Sol Campbell

OUT

Lassana Diarra

Pedro Mendes

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Olof Mellberg

Craig Gardner

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Harry Redknapp

220

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Redknapp vs Aston Villa

7 victories

12 draws

9 losses

Latest figure on March 15, 2008

Redknapp vs O'Neill

9 victories

3 draws

1 loss

Latest figure on March 15, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Martin O'Neill

Success rate in this team:

36 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

55 %

O'Neill vs Portsmouth

0 victory

2 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on March 15, 2008

O'Neill vs Redknapp

1 victory

3 draws

9 losses

Latest figure on March 15, 2008

Referee

Christopher Foy

11 victories	2 draws	9 losses	Portsmouth22 matches	General total	Aston Villa33 matches	12 victories	9 draws	12 losses
3 victories	0 draw	1 loss	Portsmouth4 matches	Season total	Aston Villa3 matches	0 victory	0 draw	3 losses
Latest figure on October 02, 2012					Latest figure on January 04, 2015

Videos

November 13, 2023

Comments

Key figures

End of streak for Aston Villa after 4 consecutive matches without a loss (since 09/02/2008).

Portsmouth keeps its 8 matches with at least one goal scored running (since 02/02/2008). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 02/12/2006-13/01/2007 time period (9 matches).

Niko Kranjcar played his game number 50 in Premier League

Read the next 15 key stats

General ranking

	4	Liverpool	59 pts	30 rd
	5	Everton	56 pts	29 rd
+1	6	Portsmouth	50 pts	30 rd
-1	7	Aston Villa	49 pts	30 rd
	8	Blackburn	46 pts	30 rd

General ranking

	5	Everton	56 pts	29 rd
+1	6	Portsmouth	50 pts	30 rd
-1	7	Aston Villa	49 pts	30 rd
	8	Blackburn	46 pts	30 rd
	9	Manchester City	45 pts	29 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LPortsmouth 0-1 Middlesbrough29/12/2007

VPortsmouth 3-1 Derby County19/01/2008

VPortsmouth 2-1 Plymouth26/01/2008

DPortsmouth 1-1 Chelsea02/02/2008

VPortsmouth 1-0 Sunderland23/02/2008

VPortsmouth 4-2 Birmingham City12/03/2008

Overall

VBolton Wanderers 0-1 Portsmouth09/02/2008

VPreston North End 0-1 Portsmouth17/02/2008

VPortsmouth 1-0 Sunderland23/02/2008

LEverton 3-1 Portsmouth02/03/2008

VManchester United 0-1 Portsmouth08/03/2008

VPortsmouth 4-2 Birmingham City12/03/2008

Current form

Away

DChelsea 4-4 Aston Villa26/12/2007

VWigan 1-2 Aston Villa29/12/2007

DLiverpool 2-2 Aston Villa21/01/2008

LFulham 2-1 Aston Villa03/02/2008

VReading 1-2 Aston Villa24/02/2008

DArsenal 1-1 Aston Villa01/03/2008

Overall

DAston Villa 1-1 Blackburn26/01/2008

LFulham 2-1 Aston Villa03/02/2008

VAston Villa 4-1 Newcastle United09/02/2008

VReading 1-2 Aston Villa24/02/2008

DArsenal 1-1 Aston Villa01/03/2008

DAston Villa 1-1 Middlesbrough12/03/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	2
Unbeaten streak	5	2
Drawless streak	2	6
Scoring streak	5	7
Conceding streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	2	4
Winless streak	1	2
Scoring streak	12	8
Conceding streak	7	16

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

7	General ranking (Competition total)	6
11	General ranking (Home / Away)	8
48	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	35
8	FBDB index ranking (National)	7

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

29	Number of games (Competition total)	29
14	Number of games (Home / Away)	14
13	Victories (Competition total)	13
5	Victories (Home / Away)	5
8	Draws (Competition total)	10
7	Draws (Home / Away)	7
8	Losses (Competition total)	6
2	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

42	Goals scored (Competition total)	52
20	Goals scored (Home / Away)	27
31	Goals conceded (Competition total)	37
12	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	19
1.45	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.79
1.43	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.93
1.07	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.28
0.86	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.36

Betting aid

10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	17
4	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	9
12	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
6	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
10	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
7	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	2
12	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	21
6	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	10
0-0 (5 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (3 times)

Bookings

46	Yellow cards (Competition total)	45
19	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	23
1	Red cards (Competition total)	3
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Benjani	12 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	9 goals	John Carew
Benjani	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Gabriel Agbonlahor
Jermain Defoe	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	5 penalties	Gareth Barry
Jermain Defoe	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	Gareth Barry
Jermain Defoe	5 goals during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Gareth Barry

Historical head to head

Home

38 matches

16 v

13 d

9 l

78 gf

55 ga

Away

39 matches

6 v

8 d

25 l

48 gf

87 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

78 matches

23 v

21 d

34 l

127 gf

142 ga

Historical head to head

Home

39 matches

25 v

8 d

6 l

87 gf

48 ga

Away

38 matches

9 v

13 d

16 l

55 gf

78 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

78 matches

34 v

21 d

23 l

142 gf

127 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	April 04, 1931
Home	5 - 0	April 04, 1931

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 0	February 18, 1953
Away	3 - 0	October 17, 1931

Latest head to head

December 08, 2007 - Premier League 2007/2008

Aston Villa

1 - 3

Portsmouth logo Portsmouth

April 22, 2007 - Premier League 2006/2007

Aston Villa

0 - 0

Portsmouth logo Portsmouth

December 02, 2006 - Premier League 2006/2007

Portsmouth

2 - 2

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

March 04, 2006 - Premier League 2005/2006

Aston Villa

1 - 0

Portsmouth logo Portsmouth

August 23, 2005 - Premier League 2005/2006

Portsmouth

1 - 1

Aston Villa logo Aston Villa

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Peter Harris	5 goals	1958 - 1958
Yakubu Ayegbeni	2 goals	2004 - 2005
Craig Foster	2 goals	1998 - 1998
Sulley Ali Muntari	2 goals	2007 - 2007
Matthew Taylor	2 goals	2006 - 2006
Patrik Berger	1 goal	2003 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/09/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Portsmouth

Juan Pablo Angel	3 goals	2004 - 2006
Gareth Barry	3 goals	2003 - 2007
Nolberto Solano	1 goal	2004 - 2004
Milan Baros	1 goal	2006 - 2006
Thomas Hitzlsperger	1 goal	2005 - 2005
Simon Grayson	1 goal	1998 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/09/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Richard Hughes	6 matches	2004 - 2007
Lomana Trésor LuaLua	6 matches	2004 - 2007
Matthew Taylor	6 matches	2004 - 2007
Dejan Stefanovic	5 matches	2003 - 2007
Linvoy Primus	5 matches	2004 - 2007
Yakubu Ayegbeni	4 matches	2003 - 2005

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/09/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Portsmouth

Gareth Barry	8 matches	2003 - 2007
Thomas Sorensen	7 matches	2003 - 2007
Olof Mellberg	7 matches	2004 - 2007
Juan Pablo Angel	6 matches	2003 - 2006
Lee Hendrie	6 matches	1998 - 2005
Gavin McCann	6 matches	2003 - 2006

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 03/09/1958. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Steve Stone

80 matches

122 matches

1999 - 2005

David James

75 matches

85 matches

1999 - 2008

Patrik Berger

60 matches

28 matches

2003 - 2007

Paul Merson

48 matches

145 matches

1998 - 2003

Peter Crouch

39 matches

43 matches

2001 - 2004

Kenny Swain

32 matches

157 matches

1978 - 1988

Total : 11 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/12/1978. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Kenny Swain

32 matches

157 matches

1978 - 1988

Paul Merson

48 matches

145 matches

1998 - 2003

Steve Stone

80 matches

122 matches

1999 - 2005

David James

75 matches

85 matches

1999 - 2008

Milan Baros

7 matches

51 matches

2005 - 2008

Peter Crouch

39 matches

43 matches

2001 - 2004

Total : 11 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 16/12/1978. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

March 15, 2008

Arsenal

1 1

Middlesbrough

Video availableLine-ups available

Derby County

0 1

Man United

Video availableLine-ups available

Liverpool

2 1

Reading

Video availableLine-ups available

Sunderland

0 1

Chelsea

Video availableLine-ups available

West Ham

2 1

Blackburn

Video availableLine-ups available

March 16, 2008

Line-ups available

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Wigan

1 0

Bolton Wanderers

Line-ups available

March 17, 2008

Birmingham City

1 1

Newcastle United

Line-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
+11	Manchester United	67	29	21	4	4	59	15	+44
-12	Arsenal	67	30	19	10	1	58	22	+36
3	Chelsea	64	29	19	7	3	49	18	+31
4	Liverpool	59	30	16	11	3	55	21	+34
5	Everton	56	29	17	5	7	47	24	+23
+16	Portsmouth	50	30	14	8	8	44	31	+13
-17	Aston Villa	49	30	13	10	7	52	39	+13
8	Blackburn	46	30	12	10	8	39	37	+2
9	Manchester City	45	29	12	9	8	34	33	+1
10	West Ham	43	30	12	7	11	33	36	-3
11	Tottenham	35	28	9	8	11	53	45	+8
12	Middlesbrough	31	30	7	10	13	27	44	-17
13	Wigan	28	29	7	7	15	26	42	-16
14	Reading	28	30	8	4	18	35	57	-22
15	Newcastle United	28	29	7	7	15	30	56	-26
16	Sunderland	27	30	7	6	17	26	48	-22
17	Birmingham City	26	29	6	8	15	33	45	-12
18	Bolton Wanderers	25	28	6	7	15	28	42	-14
19	Fulham	20	29	3	11	15	26	49	-23
20	Derby County	10	30	1	7	22	14	64	-50

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Portsmouth 2-0 Aston Villa - March 15, 2008 / Premier League 2007/2008

Portsmouth

2 - 0

Aston Villa

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Redknapp vs Aston Villa

Redknapp vs O'Neill

Manager

O'Neill vs Portsmouth

O'Neill vs Redknapp

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Aston Villa

Best historical scorers against Portsmouth

Players with most games played vs Aston Villa

Players with most games played vs Portsmouth

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking