Game #4952
Aston Villa
Saturday, 8 December 2007


Lost
8th (-1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥
Premier League
Portsmouth
Villa Park
Attendance: 35,790
🟥 8 Dec 2007, Villa 1-3 Portsmouth, Villa Park
Aston Villa
1-3

Portsmouth

Assist(s) | None
🟥 8 Dec 2007, Villa 1-3 Portsmouth, Villa Park


MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 8 December 2007
🟨 | 4’ Booking, John Carew
🥅 | 10’ Goal, 0-1, (Portsmouth), Craig Gardner o.g.
🥅 | 40’ Goal, 0-2, (Portsmouth), Sulley Muntari
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-2 Portsmouth
🔁 | 54’ Sub off, Wilfred Bouma, Sub on, Patrik Berger
🥅 | 61’ Goal, 0-3, (Portsmouth), Sulley Muntari
🟨 | 67’ Booking, Patrik Berger
🔁 | 70’ Sub off, Craig Gardner, Sub on, Marlon Harewood
⚽ | 72’ Goal, 1-3, Gareth Barry (pen)
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-3 Portsmouth
Match Statistics
Possession F | 51%
Possession A | 49%
Shots on Target F | 6
Shots on Target A | 3
Shots F | 19
Shots A | 15
Touches F | 570
Touches A | 584
Passes F | 330
Passes A | 327
Tackles F | 34
Tackles A | 20
Clearances F | 45
Clearances A | 87
Corners F | 8
Corners A | 5
Offsides A | 3
Offsides F | 1
Fouls F | 19
Fouls A | 27
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
🟥 8 Dec 2007, Villa 1-3 Portsmouth, Villa Park

ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 8 December 2007
Villa are overpowered by a team of pure physicality to leave them with consecutive Premier League defeats for the first time this season.
John Carew collects his 5th booking in a Villa shirt on his 22nd appearance to make it W9 D6 L7, 6 Goals, 3 Assists and 5 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one every 2.44 games he has played so far in his Villa career.
Meanwhile Harry Redknapp does Harry Redknapp things.
🟥 8 Dec 2007, Villa 1-3 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
🟥 8 Dec 2007, Villa 1-3 Portsmouth, Villa Park
FIXTURE DETAILS


Season | 2007-08 |
Matchday | #18 |
League Game | #16 |
Manager Game | #60 |
Saturday, 8 December 2007
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🟥 8 Dec 2007, Villa 1-3 Portsmouth, Villa Park
MATCH SUMMARY


Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Mike Riley | 🏴 | Leeds, 1994-2009
Kick off: 12.45pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-2
FT Score: 🟥 1-3
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟥
MANAGERIAL RECORD

Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010
🕒 60 | 🟩 | 22 🟨 | 20 🟥 18 | 1.43
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
Games 🕒, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Points per Game
🟥 8 Dec 2007, Villa 1-3 Portsmouth, Villa Park

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Mike Riley | 🏴 | Leeds, 1994-2009
Matches Officiated: 29
🟩 : 7
🟨 : 10
🟥 : 12
🆘 : 2
Previous 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 11 Aug 07, Villa 1-2 Liverpool (h)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
VAR PROFILE (from 2021)
CARDS

🟨 John Carew
🟨 Patrik Berger
CARDS

🟨 David James
🟨 Noé Pamarot
🟨 Papa Bouba Diop
🟨 Niko Kranjčar
🟨
Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Notably poor performance 🆘, Cards 🟨 Booking, Cards 🟥 Sending off, Disallowed ❌ Goal disallowed, ⚽ Penalty for, 🥅 Penalty against, ❌ Penalty Disallowed
🟥 8 Dec 2007, Villa 1-3 Portsmouth, Villa Park

TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
Nigel Reo-Coker replaces Stiliyan Petrov.
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.80 |
Oldest Player |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 | 30.80 |
Youngest Player |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 | 21.05 |
🟥 8 Dec 2007, Villa 1-3 Portsmouth, Villa Park
MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010

Aston Villa
GK Scott Carson | 🏴 |
RB Wilfred Bouma | 🇳🇱 | 🔁 |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 |
CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | 🟨 |
MANAGER
Harry Redknapp | 🏴 |

Portsmouth
GK David James (ex) | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Sylvain Distin | 🇫🇷 |
CB Noé Pamarot | 🇫🇷 | 🟨 |
CB Sol Campbell | 🏴 |
RB Glen Johnson | 🏴 |
M Papa Bouba Diop | 🇸🇳 | 🟨 |
M Sulley Muntari | 🇪🇨 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
M Niko Kranjčar | 🇭🇷 | 🟨 | 🔁 |
M Pedro Mendes | 🇵🇹 |
W John Utaka | 🇳🇬 | 🔁 |
CF Benjani | 🇿🇼 |
🟥 8 Dec 2007, Villa 1-3 Portsmouth, Villa Park
SUBSTITUTES

🔁 W Patrik Berger | 🇨🇿 | 🟨 | for RB Wilfred Bouma | 🇳🇱 | 54' |
🔁 CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 | for M Craig Gardner | 🏴 | 70' |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Niko Kranjčar | 🇭🇷 | (M Matthew Taylor | 🏴 |)
🔁 | W John Utaka | 🇳🇬 | (CF Nwankwo Kanu | 🇳🇬 |)

🟥 8 Dec 2007, Villa 1-3 Portsmouth, Villa Park
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 |
CB Curtis Davies | 🏴 |
M Shaun Maloney | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

GK Asmir Begović | 🇧🇦 |
CB Hermann Hreiðarsson | 🇮🇸 |
CF David Nugent | 🏴 |
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
🟥 8 Dec 2007, Villa 1-3 Portsmouth, Villa Park

MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
SUBSTITUTES
Player | 🕒 | 🔁 | ⚽ | 🔥 | 🟩 | 🟨 | 🟥 | 🥅 | ⛔ | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W Patrik Berger | 🇨🇿 | | 28 | 19* | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 12* | - | - | 2* | 0 |
UNUSED
Player | 🇺 |
---|---|
GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 | | 85* |
Games 🕒, Starts ✅, Substitute 🔁, Goals ⚽, Assists 🔥, Won 🟩, Drew 🟨, Lost 🟥, Conceded 🥅, Clean Sheets ⛔, Unused Substitute 🇺
🟥 8 Dec 2007, Villa 1-3 Portsmouth, Villa Park
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 3/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/16
Homegrown: 3/16
SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 3/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/16
🟥 8 Dec 2007, Villa 1-3 Portsmouth, Villa Park
MATCHDAY SQUAD

MATCHDAY SQUAD

🟥 8 Dec 2007, Villa 1-3 Portsmouth, Villa Park
UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE



MATCHDAY PROGRAMME



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MATCH QUOTES
🟥 8 Dec 2007, Villa 1-3 Portsmouth, Villa Park


MATCH REPORTS






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