Portsmouth 2-0 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 15 March 2008

Result

Portsmouth 2-0 Aston Villa

Premier League · Saturday 15 March 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

Portsmouth · Aston Villa · Premier League predictions

Portsmouth 2-0 Aston Villa: match report

Portsmouth won against Aston Villa 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 15 March 2008. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Jermain Defoe opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Portsmouth's goals came from Jermain Defoe (12') and an own goal by Nigel Reo-Coker (38'). Aston Villa did not score.

Discipline: Portsmouth received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Aston Villa received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 7th on 47 points from 29 and Aston Villa 6th on 49 points from 29. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 8th with 57 points, and Aston Villa 6th with 60.

Portsmouth lined up in a 4-4-2 and Aston Villa in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Portsmouth wins, 3 draws and 4 for Aston Villa.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Jermain DefoePortsmouth · 1-0
  • 37'Yellow card · Sulley MuntariPortsmouth
  • 38'Own goal · Nigel Reo-CokerPortsmouth · 2-0
  • 63'Yellow card · Olof MellbergAston Villa
  • 65'Yellow card · LaurénPortsmouth
  • 80'Second yellow · Sulley MuntariPortsmouth
  • 85'Yellow card · Papa DiopPortsmouth
  • 89'Second yellow · Olof MellbergAston Villa

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Portsmouth 2, draws 3, Aston Villa 4.

Team news

Portsmouth line-up (4-4-2)

Laurén, Glen Johnson, Sylvain Distin, Lassana Diarra, Papa Diop, Sulley Muntari, Niko Kranjčar, Milan Baros, David James, Hermann Hreidarsson, Jermain Defoe

Aston Villa line-up (4-4-2)

Scott Carson, Wilfred Bouma, Martin Laursen, Ashley Young, Zat Knight, Gareth Barry, Nigel Reo-Coker, John Carew, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Olof Mellberg, Shaun Maloney