Portsmouth 1-2 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 12 February 2005

Result

Portsmouth 1-2 Aston Villa

Premier League · Saturday 12 February 2005, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Portsmouth 1-2 Aston Villa: match report

Portsmouth lost to Aston Villa 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 12 February 2005. The half-time score was 1-1.

Portsmouth's goal came from Yakubu Aiyegbeni (24', penalty). Aston Villa scored through an own goal by Arjan de Zeeuw (17') and Thomas Hitzlsperger (73').

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

Going into the game Portsmouth were 13th on 30 points from 26 and Aston Villa 11th on 32 points from 26. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 16th with 39 points, and Aston Villa 10th with 47.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Portsmouth win, 0 draws and 2 for Aston Villa.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Own goal · Arjan de ZeeuwAston Villa · 0-1
  • 21'Yellow card · Richard HughesPortsmouth
  • 24'Penalty goal · Yakubu AiyegbeniPortsmouth · 1-1
  • 51'Yellow card · Dejan StefanovicPortsmouth
  • 59'Yellow card · Liam RidgewellAston Villa
  • 73'Goal · Thomas HitzlspergerAston Villa · 1-2

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Portsmouth 1, draws 0, Aston Villa 2.

Team news

Portsmouth expected line-up

Shaka Hislop, Dejan Stefanovic, Arjan de Zeeuw, Boris Zivkovic, Nigel Quashie, Patrik Berger, Alexei Smertin, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Lomana Lualua, Steve Stone, Teddy Sheringham

Aston Villa expected line-up

Thomas Sorensen, Ronny Johnsen, Ulises de la Cruz Bernardo, Liam Ridgewell, Gareth Barry, Gavin McCann, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Jlloyd Samuel, Lee Hendrie, Darius Vassell, Juan Ángel Arango