Game #4850
Tuesday, 23 August 2005
Attendance: 19,778
Drew
Premier League
14th (-2)
Portsmouth
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨
Fratton Park
Ten man Villa are held by Portsmouth Fratton Park to leave them winless in their first three Premier League games of the season under David O'Leary.
Portsmouth
1-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | None
KEY MAN
Nobby Solano, sent off on final appearance.
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MATCH TIMELINE
🟥 | 11’ Sending off, Nolberto Solano
⚽ | 11’ Goal, 1-0, Own Goal, Richard Hughes
🟨 | 16’ Booking, Gareth Barry
🔁 | 37’ Sub off, Kevin Phillips, Sub on, Ulises de la Cruz
🥅 | 42’ Goal, 1-1, Portsmouth, Lomana LuaLua
🕒 | HT Portsmouth 1-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 74’ Sub off, Juan Pablo Ángel, Sub on, Luke Moore
🕒 | FT Portsmouth 1-1 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Villa without a win in the opening three fixtures of the campaign see Nobby Solano sent off after 11' in what would prove to be his unexpected final game for the club, Solano made his final appearance aged 30 before returning to Newcastle United for a fee of £2,030,000 in October 2005. Solano had cost Villa £1,800,000 in January 2004 and made 52 appearances, scoring 10 goals in what had been a committed and productive although short Villa career.
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
FIXTURE HISTORY
Portsmouth
Previous 5 vs. Portsmouth: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2005-06 |
Matchday | #3 |
League Game | #3 |
Manager Game | #89 |
Tuesday, 23 August 2005
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 | Stoke Newington, 2003-2006
Referee: Graham Poll | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1991-2007
Kick off: 7.45pm
HT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Score: 🟨 1-1
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟥 🟨
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Graham Poll | 🏴 | Hertfordshire, 1991-2007
Previous 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 26 Feb 05, Villa 1-3 Everton (h)
Cards: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨
CARDS
TEAM NEWS
Nolberto Solano and Kevin Phillips replace Ulises de la Cruz and Jlloyd Samuel.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 26.41 |
Oldest Player |
F Kevin Phillips | 🏴 | 32.18 |
Youngest Player |
M Steven Davis | 🇬🇧 | 20.65 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 |
Alain Perrin | 🇫🇷 |
Aston Villa
GK Thomas Sörensen | 🇩🇰 |
LB Aaron Hughes | 🇬🇧 |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
CB Liam Ridgewell | 🏴 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Steven Davis | 🇬🇧 |
M Gavin McCann | 🏴 |
W Nolberto Solano | 🇵🇪 | 🟥 | 🔴 |
W Peter Whittingham | 🏴 |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | 🔁 |
F Kevin Phillips | 🏴 | 🔁 |
Portsmouth
GK Sander Westerweld | 🇳🇱 |
LB Grégory Vignal | 🇫🇷 |
CB Dejan Stefanović | 🇷🇸 |
CB Azar Karadaş | 🇳🇴 | 🔁 |
CB Andrew O’Brien | 🇮🇪 |
RB Brian Priske | 🇩🇰 |
M Jhon Viáfara | 🇨🇴 | 🟨 |
M Richard Hughes | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Gary O’Neil | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Laurent Robert | 🇫🇷 |
CF Lomana LuaLua | 🇨🇩 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 | for F Kevin Phillips | 🏴 | 37’ |
🔁 F Luke Moore | 🏴 | for CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 | 74’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | CB Azar Karadaş | 🇳🇴 | (CF Vincent Péricard | 🇫🇷 |)
🔁 | M Gary O’Neil | 🏴 | (CF Svetoslav Todorov | 🇧🇬 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 |
CB Gary Cahill | 🏴 |
M Eric Djemba-Djemba | 🇨🇲 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Jamie Ashdown | 🏴 |
RB Andy Griffin | 🏴 |
M Giannis Skopelitis | 🇬🇷 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Homegrown: 4/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 10/16
Homegrown: 6/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 2/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Abbreviations:
GK : Goalkeeper
LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back
CB, D : Centre Back, Defender
M, W : Midfielder. Winger
F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
W Nolberto Solano | 🇵🇪 |
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
“I thought the sending off was a joke. Nolberto Solano sent off for violent conduct? Do me a favour.
“He is an honest lad and says he didn’t touch him. But I was proud of the way the players fought for the rest of the game. The only thing we did wrong was showing LuaLua inside in the incident when he scored his goal.”
David O’Leary.
*BBC Sport*
Tuesday, 23 August 2005
Lomana LuaLua’s spectacular strike gave Portsmouth a point against Aston Villa.
Villa took the lead after 11 minutes, just seconds after being reduced to 10 men when Nolberto Solano was sent off for elbowing Richard Hughes.
Hughes recovered, only to then head Gareth Barry’s free-kick past goalkeeper Sander Westerveld.
Pompey dominated with the extra man, and LuaLua curled a brilliant 20-yard drive past Thomas Sorensen, but their pressure failed to force a winner.
Pompey gave a debut to new signing, Denmark defender Brian Priske, but it proved an inauspicious start for his new club.
Villa took the lead in bizarre circumstances after 11 minutes, immediately after going down to 10 men.
Solano was rightly shown the red card by referee Graham Poll for lashing out with an elbow at Hughes, who was booked for his original foul on the Peruvian.
Hughes was quickly back on his feet, only to head Barry’s resulting free-kick past a startled Westerveld.
Pompey responded well as LuaLua proved a constant threat to the Villa defence, and O’Leary’s side suffered a blow after 35 minutes when Kevin Phillips limped off to be replaced by Ulises De la Cruz.
The home side continued to dominate and deservedly equalised four minutes before the interval, LuaLua cutting in from the left before curling a glorious finish beyond Thomas Sorensen.
Pompey were lifted by the goal and tried to press home the advantage after the break.
Gary O’Neil somehow shot over the top of an open goal after 62 minutes from John Viafara’s cross, before Laurent Robert brought
a fine fingertip save from Sorensen.
Hughes then almost made amends for his earlier own goal, only to shoot inches wide as time ran out.
*Aston Villa manager David O’Leary:*
“I thought the sending off was a joke. Nolberto Solano sent off for violent conduct? Do me a favour.
“He is an honest lad and says he didn’t touch him. But I was proud of the way the players fought for the rest of the game. The only thing we did wrong was showing LuaLua inside in the incident when he scored his goal.”
