Game #5037
Aston Villa
Saturday, 19 September 2009
Won
5th (+1)
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
Premier League
Portsmouth
Villa Park
Attendance: 35,979
🟩 19 September 2009, Villa 2-0 Portsmouth, Villa Park.
Aston Villa
2-0
Portsmouth
Assist(s) | Stiliyan Petrov | 34’ | James Milner | 43’ |
🟩 19 September 2009, Villa 2-0 Portsmouth, Villa Park.
MATCH TIMELINE
Saturday, 19 September 2009
⚽ | 34’ Goal, 1-0, James Milner (pen)
⚽ | 43’ Goal, 2-0, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Assist by James Milner
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 2-0 Portsmouth
🟨 | 57’ Booking, Carlos Cuéllar
🟨 | 70’ Booking, Gabriel Agbonlahor
🔁 | 65’ Sub off, John Carew, Sub on, Emile Heskey
🔁 | 80’ Sub off, Emile Heskey, Sub on, John Carew
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Portsmouth
Match Statistics
Possession F | 54%
Possession A | 46%
Shots F | 7
Shots A | 17
Shots on Target F | 5
Shots on Target A | 12
Corners F | 7
Corners A | 5
Fouls F | 17
Fouls A | 13
🟩 19 September 2009, Villa 2-0 Portsmouth, Villa Park.
ON THIS DAY
Saturday, 19 September 2009
Villa make it five successive Premier League wins to climb to 5th in the table after six games but once again the game takes place against a backdrop of questionable behaviour from the manager as Martin O'Neill leads the team following a training ground fight with midfielder Nigel Reo-Coker.
The combustible boss seemed to be doing everything possible to render his position untenable but the wins are flowing again and a third successive top six finish is possible despite the European dream being over for another year.
Gabriel Agbonlahor scores his third goal in as many games to help Villa win a fifth consecutive match and climb to 5th in the table under Martin O'Neill and make it 146 appearances (134 Starts), W58 D44 L44, 38 Goals, 16 Assists and 12 Bookings.
James Milner contributes his 30th goal involvement in a Villa shirt on his 83rd appearance (77 Starts) to make it W37 D21 L25, 11 Goals, 19 Assists and 11 Bookings at a goal involvement rate of one every 2.76 games played so far in his Villa career.
Fabian Delph collects his first booking in a Villa shirt on his 3rd appearance (2 Starts) to make it W2 D0 L1 and 1 Booking.
Steve Sidwell makes his 25th start in a Villa shirt (31 Appearances) to make it W19 D5 L7, 4 Goals, 1 Assist, 9 Bookings and 1 Red Card so far in his Villa career.
Nigel Reo-Coker is not in the squad after a training ground "bust-up" with Martin O'Neill earlier in the week.
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: 2007-08
Aston Villa
Portsmouth
🟩 19 September 2009, Villa 2-0 Portsmouth, Villa Park.
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2009-10 |
Matchday | #7 |
League Game | #5 |
Manager Game | #145 |
Saturday, 19 September 2009
🟩 19 September 2009, Villa 2-0 Portsmouth, Villa Park.
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Stuart Attwell | 🏴 | Nuneaton, 2007-
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩
MANAGERIAL RECORD
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010
GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME
🕒 145 | 🟩 | 59 🟨 | 45 🟥 41 | 1.53
Villa Career Form:
Top 8
🟩 19 September 2009, Villa 2-0 Portsmouth, Villa Park.
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Stuart Attwell | 🏴 | Nuneaton, 2007-
Matches Officiated: 1
🟩 : 1
🟨 : 0
🟥 : 0
🆘 : 0
Previous 5: None
Last Match: None
Cards: 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Simon Beck, Jake Collin
🟩 19 September 2009, Villa 2-0 Portsmouth, Villa Park.
TEAM NEWS
TEAM STATS
John Carew replaces Nigel Reo-Coker after the latter is excluded from first team selection after a training ground 'fight' with manager Martin O'Neill.
Starting XI Average Age
| 28.03 |
Oldest Player |
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 | 38.37 |
Youngest Player |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | 22.95 |
🟩 19 September 2009, Villa 2-0 Portsmouth, Villa Park.
MANAGER
Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 | 2006-2010
Aston Villa
GK Brad Friedel | 🇺🇸 |
LB Stephen Warnock | 🏴 |
CB James Collins | 🏴 |
CB Richard Dunne | 🇮🇪 |
CB Carlos Cuéllar | 🇪🇸 | 🟨 |
M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 |
M Steve Sidwell | 🏴 |
W James Milner | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
CF John Carew | 🇳🇴 | 🔁 |
MANAGER
Paul Hart | 🏴 |
Portsmouth
GK David James (ex) | 🏴 |
LB Nadir Belhadj | 🇩🇿 |
CB Younès Kaboul | 🇫🇷 |
CB Aaron Mokoena | 🇿🇦 |
CB Tel Ben Haim | 🇮🇱 |
RB Anthony Vanden Borre | 🇧🇪 |
M Jamie O’Hara | 🏴 |
M Michael Brown | 🏴 |
M Kevin-Prince Boateng | 🇬🇭 |
CF Frédéric Piquionne | 🇲🇶 | 🔁 |
CF Tommy Smith | 🏴 | 🔁 |
🟩 19 September 2009, Villa 2-0 Portsmouth, Villa Park.
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 CF Emile Heskey | 🏴 | 🔁 | for CF John Carew | 🏴 | 65’ |
🔁 M Fabian Delph | 🏴 | for CF Emile Heskey | 🏴 | 80’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CF Frédéric Piquionne | 🇲🇶 | (CF Danny Webber | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Tommy Smith | 🏴 | (CF Nwankwo Kanu | 🇳🇬 |)
🟩 19 September 2009, Villa 2-0 Portsmouth, Villa Park.
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
RB Habib Bèye | 🇸🇳 |
LB Nicky Shorey | 🏴 |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴 |
F Nathan Delfouneso | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Asmir Begović | 🇧🇦 |
CB Mike Williamson | 🏴 |
M Hayden Mullins | 🏴 |
M Hassan Yebda | 🇩🇿 |
W John Utaka | 🇳🇬 |
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
🟩 19 September 2009, Villa 2-0 Portsmouth, Villa Park.
MATCHDAY SQUAD BIOGRAPHIES
STARTING XI
* This Game
SUBSTITUTES
Game | Sub | Goal | Assist | Win | Draw | Loss | Goal Conceded | Clean Sheet | Yellow | Red | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CF Emile Heskey | 🏴 | | 19 | 5* | 2 | 1 | 7* | 5 | 7 | - | - | 0 | 0 |
UNUSED
Unused | |
---|---|
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 | | 46* |
🟩 19 September 2009, Villa 2-0 Portsmouth, Villa Park.
SQUAD STATS
Not Recorded
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/18
🟩 19 September 2009, Villa 2-0 Portsmouth, Villa Park.
MATCHDAY SQUAD
MATCHDAY SQUAD
🟩 19 September 2009, Villa 2-0 Portsmouth, Villa Park.
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 1 |
CB Curtis Davies | 🏴 |
Bomb Squad | 1 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴 |
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
LEAGUE TABLE
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
🟩 19 September 2009, Villa 2-0 Portsmouth, Villa Park.
MATCH QUOTES
🟩 19 September 2009, Villa 2-0 Portsmouth, Villa Park.
MATCH REPORTS
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