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Portsmouth

  • Defoe 12’
  • Reo-Coker 40’ (o.g.)

Aston Villa

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  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Portsmouth
    • Aston Villa
    • 90+4' It's all over. Pompey have the three points.
    • 90+1' Four minutes of injury time here at Fratton Park. Surely it's too late for VIlla though. Or is it? James rather flaps at a Barry cross, and only claims at the third attempt!
    • 90' Pompey are looking good for the three points. They have a corner in the dying minutes, and take it short to play for time.
    • 88' Kanu is now on for Mendes as Pompey eat up the clock.
    • 88' And now Redknapp is going to shut up shop. Jermain Defoe is replaced by Utaka.
    • 87' Muntari is off!!! His second yellow. That was for pulling the shirt of Salifou.
    • 82' Salifou is now on for Bouma for Villa.
    • 80' Villa now have a free-kick on the edge of the Pempey area. Young lines it up...and forces a superb save from James!!! He is in the form of his life!!!!
    • 78' Marlon Harwewood now has the ball in the back of the net, but is rightly flagged offside from Agbonlahors pass.
    • 76' Baros turns inside Knight on the right wing and lays a fina ball across for Kranjcar, who sidefoots tamely wide! A real chance for the talented Croatian!
    • 73' A long-distance effort now from Muntari bounces awkwardly in front of Carson, and he can only gather that at the second attempt.
    • 70' Muntari tries his luck from 30 yards - but screws his shot well wide. He scored two screamers in this fixture at Villa Park earlier in the season, but hasn't had his shooting boots on today.
    • 68' Barry swings a free-kick into the Pompey are from the right flank, and Diop manages to steer the ball away and just wide of his own goal. That was a little too close for comfort there for the Pompey fans.
    • 65' Mellberg practically strangles Kranjcar when challenging for the ball in midfield. Free-kick to Pompey.
    • 63' Carew takes down a long throw well, holds off Distin, Harewood arrives, but shoots low and wide!
    • 59' Martin O'Neill has made his first substitution. Marlon Harewood is on in place of Maloney.
    • 58' Zat Knight now rises at the near post to head Barry's corner just wide.
    • 55' Niko Kranjcar takes advantage of the space awarded him by Shaun Maloney, and sends a well-struck low shot just inches wide of the near post!
    • 48' Barry sends Maloney through down the left flank, he plays the ball across the face of goal for Agbonlahor who keeps onside...but somehow fails to make proper contact with the ball with the entire goal to aim at!!!! To be fair to Agbonlahor, the cross was struck very firmly.
    • 46' The second half is underway at Fratton Park. Can Villa find a way back?
    • 45+2' There's the half-time whistle, and despite a fairly even half, Pompey find themselves 2-0 to the good.
    • 45+1' Lovely little jink from Barry as he opens up the play for Young to have a crack from 25 yards...but he lashes a low shot just past the post.
    • 45' 2 minutes of injury time to be added at the end of the first half.
    • 44' Laursen is absolutely fuming after receiving an innocuous elbow in the face from Baros. Totally unintentional.
    • 42' Muntari brings Barry down with a clumsy challenge 30 yards out. Maloney strikes the free-kick...but only into the wall. Now Pompey break at speed, Baros is through...but Knight is there to make the challenge.
    • 40 GOAL!!!! It's a comical own-goal from Nigel Reo-Coker. He'll be crying all the way home in his Bentley tonight. Sulley Muntari searched out the run of Jermain Defoe with a through ball, Scott Carson arrived on the scene first and attempted to clear, but succeeded only in thumping the ball straight at the unfortunate Reo-Coker. The ball rebounded off him and bobbled the 25 yards into an empty net.
    • 37' It's a rather physical battle out there. Not too pretty. Muntari has just sent Reo-Coker flying.
    • 35' Big John Carew takes down a pass from Bouma, he works himself a yard of space on the edge of the area, swing a big left foot at it, and sends the ball fizzing into the stands.
    • 32' Young makes another break from midfield now, which is unceremoniously halted by Diarra.
    • 30' Bouma and Carew have clashed. The Dutchman was caught on the head by Diop's new after a tackle and is down injured, though should be okay to continue.
    • 28' Muntari works himself some space and tries a low shot from 30 yards, though it's wide of the mark.
    • 25' Barry now swings the corner in towards Carew at the near post, though he's ajudged to have fouled Bouba Diop. Free-kick to Pompey. A real clash of the heavyweights there.
    • 23' Superb trickery from Ashley Young on the right for Villa, before he is upended by Muntari. It's swung in via the left boot of Gareth Barry, and headed behind for a corner.
    • 21' Kranjcar trips Young on the right and Villa have a free-kick. It's swung in towards Laursen, but he pushes Hreidarsson and it's a free-kick to Pompey.
    • 17' Diarra has absolutely clattered Maloney. The little winger will certainly feel the effects of that challenge! The free-kick is swung in from the left channel, Mellberg narrowly fails to get a touch, and David James is forced into an excellent reaction save!!
    • 12' Defoe makes it 1-0 to Pompey!!!! He seizes onto a long ball out of defence, buys himself a yard of space against Laursen, and chips it over Carson and into the far corner!!! Superb goal from the former Spurs man.
    • 10' Now Diarra lets fly and wins a corner. Diop is proving rather a handful in the area, but it's poor delivery again.
    • 9' Baros surges past Bouma on the right flank, and the Dutchman hauls him down right on the edge of the area. Muntari with the free-kick...which is cleared by the first man at the near post. Uncharacteristically poor delivery from the big man.
    • 6' A long ball in behind the Pompey defence sees Agbonlahor running through on goal, James comes out and blocks the shot, and then crashes into Hreidarsson. The Icelandic midfielder felt the full force of his 'keeper there.
    • 4' Maloney steps inside and lets fly from 25 yards, but it doesn't trouble James.
    • 3' Johnson loses it to Carew early on, he runs at the Pompey back four, but Diarra is there to clean up.
    • 1' Villa get the game underway at Fratton Park.
    • 14:30 Welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's live text coverge of Portsmouth v Aston Villa!

  • Team Stats

    Portsmouth Stats Aston Villa
    50% Possession 49%
    13 Shots 15
    3 Shots on target 5
    1 Saves 0
    3 Corners 6
    14 Fouls 19
    0 Offsides 3
    2 Yellow cards 0
    1 Red cards 1
    23 Tackles 26
    188 Accurate passes 182
    32 Bad passes 58

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Portsmouth
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 David James 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 1 0
      15 Sylvain Distin 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 0 4
      4 Bisan Lauren 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 15 4 2
      5 Glen Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16 1 0
      7 Hermann Hreidarsson 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 0
      6 Lassana Diarra 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 28 8 4
      11 Sulley Ali Muntari 0 3 1 5 1 0 0 26 3 8
      8 Papa Bouba Diop 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 24 0 1
      19 Niko Kranjcar 0 3 0 4 2 0 0 27 10 3
      9 Milan Baros 0 1 1 5 3 0 0 9 0 1
      14 Jermain Defoe 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 13 2 0
      21 Jamie Ashdown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 John Utaka 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
      3 Lucien Aubey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      30 Pedro Mendes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      27 Nwankwo Kanu 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 3 0
    • Aston Villa
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      22 Scott Carson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 0
      16 Zatyiah Knight 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 0 2
      3 Wilfred Bouma 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19 14 0
      4 Olof Mellberg 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 17 0 3
      5 Martin Laursen 0 1 0 4 3 0 0 17 5 3
      20 Nigel Reo-Coker 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 19 2 10
      6 Gareth Barry 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 26 9 2
      11 Gabriel Agbonlahor 0 3 1 0 3 1 0 7 2 1
      10 John Carew 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 19 4 1
      28 Shaun Maloney 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 16 10 1
      7 Ashley Young 0 2 2 0 5 0 0 12 4 1
      17 Moustapha Salifou 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 2
      13 Stuart Taylor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Marlon Harewood 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 10 5 0
      27 Isaiah Osbourne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      19 Stilian Petrov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 87' Muntari is off!!! His second yellow. That was for pulling the shirt of Salifou.
    • 80' Villa now have a free-kick on the edge of the Pempey area. Young lines it up...and forces a superb save from James!!! He is in the form of his life!!!!
    • 76' Baros turns inside Knight on the right wing and lays a fina ball across for Kranjcar, who sidefoots tamely wide! A real chance for the talented Croatian!
    • 48' Barry sends Maloney through down the left flank, he plays the ball across the face of goal for Agbonlahor who keeps onside...but somehow fails to make proper contact with the ball with the entire goal to aim at!!!! To be fair to Agbonlahor, the cross was struck very firmly.
    • 40 GOAL!!!! It's a comical own-goal from Nigel Reo-Coker. He'll be crying all the way home in his Bentley tonight. Sulley Muntari searched out the run of Jermain Defoe with a through ball, Scott Carson arrived on the scene first and attempted to clear, but succeeded only in thumping the ball straight at the unfortunate Reo-Coker. The ball rebounded off him and bobbled the 25 yards into an empty net.
    • 17' Diarra has absolutely clattered Maloney. The little winger will certainly feel the effects of that challenge! The free-kick is swung in from the left channel, Mellberg narrowly fails to get a touch, and David James is forced into an excellent reaction save!!
    • 12' Defoe makes it 1-0 to Pompey!!!! He seizes onto a long ball out of defence, buys himself a yard of space against Laursen, and chips it over Carson and into the far corner!!! Superb goal from the former Spurs man.
    • 6' A long ball in behind the Pompey defence sees Agbonlahor running through on goal, James comes out and blocks the shot, and then crashes into Hreidarsson. The Icelandic midfielder felt the full force of his 'keeper there.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Portsmouth

    Manager: Harry Redknapp

    On the Field

    • James
    • Johnson
    • Hreidarsson
    • Distin
    • Lauren
    • Bouba Diop
    • Diarra
    • Muntari Red Card
    • Kranjcar
    • Defoe Goal Substitution Out (83′)
    • Baros Substitution Out (84′)

    Subs

    • Kanu Substitution In (84′)
    • Ashdown
    • Utaka Substitution In (83′)
    • Aubey
    • Mendes

    Injured

    • Pamarot
    • Primus
    • Hughes
    • Nugent

    Suspended

    None

  • Aston Villa

    Manager: Martin O'Neill

    Captain: Gareth Barry

    On the Field

    • Carson
    • Mellberg Red Card
    • Laursen
    • Knight
    • Bouma Substitution Out (82′)
    • Reo-Coker Own Goal
    • Maloney Substitution Out (58′)
    • Barry
    • Agbonlahor
    • Young
    • Carew

    Subs

    • Taylor
    • Petrov
    • Harewood Substitution In (58′)
    • Salifou Substitution In (82′)
    • Osbourne

    Injured

    • Davies

    Suspended

    None