Game #4503
Aston Villa
Wednesday, 14 January 1998


Won
3rd Round
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩
FA Cup
Portsmouth
Villa Park
Attendance: 23,355
🟩 14 Jan 1998, Villa 1-0 Portsmouth, Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-0

Portsmouth

Assist(s) | Not recorded
🟩 14 Jan 1998, Villa 1-0 Portsmouth, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Wednesday, 14 January 1998
⚽ | 21’ Goal, 1-0, Savo Milošević
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Portsmouth
🔁 | 82’ Sub off, Mark Draper, Sub on, Lee Hendrie
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Portsmouth
🟨 | Booking, Ugo Ehiogu
Match Statistics
Not recorded
Goal ⚽, Assist 🔥, Goal Conceded 🥅, Injury 🚑, Booking 🟨, Sending off 🟥, Comment 🗒️, ❗ Villa Chance,❗❗Huge Villa Chance, 💥 Opposition action, 🎥 VAR, 🆘 Referee error, ❌ Missed pen, disallowed goal, player retires from field of play, 🟢 Debut, 🔴 Final appearance, 🕒 Half time, Full time, 🔁 Substitution
🟩 14 Jan 1998, Villa 1-0 Portsmouth, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Wednesday, 14 January 1998
Villa beat first division Portsmouth in the FA Cup third round replay at Villa Park.
Savo Milošević scores his 30th goal in a Villa shirt on his 109th appearance (103 Starts) to make it W49 D30 L30, 30 Goals, 13 Assists and 14 Bookings at a goal per game rate of one for every 2.53 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Mark Bosnich keeps his 75th clean sheet in a Villa shirt on his 192nd appearance (191 Starts) to make it W84 D50 L58, 1 Assist, 9 Bookings, 1 Red Card, 187 Goals Conceded at a rate of 0.97 goals per game and 75 Clean Sheets (39%) so far in his Villa career.
Simon Grayson makes his 25th appearance in a Villa shirt (21 Starts) to make it W9 D8 L8, 1 Goals, 1 Assist and 2 Bookings so far in his Villa career.
Former Villa loanee Alan McLoughlin lines up for Portsmouth
🟩 14 Jan 1998, Villa 1-0 Portsmouth, Villa Park

DEBUT APPEARANCES
None
FINAL APPEARANCES
None
Seasons | 🕒 Games | ✅ Starts (🔁 Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Portsmouth


European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1949-50
🟩 14 Jan 1998, Villa 1-0 Portsmouth, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 1997-98 |
Matchday | #31 |
Manager Game | #157 |
Wednesday, 14 January 1998
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🟩 14 Jan 1998, Villa 1-0 Portsmouth, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Brian Little | 🏴 | Peterlee, 1994-1998
Referee: Uriah Rennie | 🏴 | Sheffield, 1997-2008
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998
🕒 157 | 🟩 | 67 🟨 | 45 🟥 45 | 1.57
Villa Career Form:
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟩 14 Jan 1998, Villa 1-0 Portsmouth, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Uriah Rennie | 🏴 | Sheffield, 1997-2008
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 Ugo Ehiogu
CARDS

None
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟩 14 Jan 1998, Villa 1-0 Portsmouth, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Dwight Yorke comes in with Fernando Nélson dropping out.
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.52 |
Oldest Player
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 | 29.63 |
Youngest Player
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 | 22.61 |
🟩 14 Jan 1998, Villa 1-0 Portsmouth, Villa Park
MANAGER
Brian Little | 🏴 | 1994-1998

Aston Villa
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
RB Simon Grayson | 🏴 |
CB Riccardo Scimeca | 🏴 |
CB Ugo Ehiogu | 🏴 | 🟨 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
LB Alan Wright | 🏴 |
M Ian Taylor | 🏴 |
M Mark Draper | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CF Savo Milošević | 🇷🇸 | ⚽ |
CF Stan Collymore | 🏴 |
F Dwight Yorke | 🏴 |
MANAGER
Alan Ball | 🏴 |

Portsmouth
GK Alan Knight | 🏴 |
CB Lee Russell | 🏴 |
CB Andy Thomson | 🏴 |
CB Adrian Whitbread | 🏴 |
CB Andy Awford | 🏴 |
RB Robbie Pethick | 🏴 |
M Craig Foster | 🇦🇺 | 🔁 |
M Alan McLoughlin (ex) | 🇮🇪 |
M Fitzroy Simpson | 🏴 | 🔁 |
F John Durnin | 🏴 |
CF Paul Hall | 🏴 |
🟩 14 Jan 1998, Villa 1-0 Portsmouth, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | for M Mark Draper | 🏴 | 82’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Craig Foster | 🇦🇺 | (CF Mathias Svensson | 🇸🇪 |)
🔁 | M Fitzroy Simpson | 🏴 | (M Jimmy Carter | 🏴 |)

🟩 14 Jan 1998, Villa 1-0 Portsmouth, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Michael Oakes | 🏴 |
RB Fernando Nélson | 🇵🇹 |
RB Gary Charles | 🏴 |
F Julian Joachim | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Aaron Flahavan | 🏴 |
M Sammy Igoe | 🏴 |
M David Waterman | 🏴 |
Player Positions:
GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half
M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward
Match Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

🟩 14 Jan 1998, Villa 1-0 Portsmouth, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 | | 16 | 13* | 1 | 1 | 5* | 5 | 6 | - | - | 2 | 1 |
UNUSED
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟩 14 Jan 1998, Villa 1-0 Portsmouth, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 13/16
🟩 14 Jan 1998, Villa 1-0 Portsmouth, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟩 14 Jan 1998, Villa 1-0 Portsmouth, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE


MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



🟩 14 Jan 1998, Villa 1-0 Portsmouth, Villa Park


MATCH QUOTES
🟩 14 Jan 1998, Villa 1-0 Portsmouth, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS
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