Game #4881
Saturday, 4 March 2006
Attendance: 30,194
Won
Premier League
14th (+1)
Portsmouth
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩
Villa Park
Villa win for the first time in four games to make it eight wins in twenty eight Premier League matches under David O'Leary this season.
Aston Villa
1-0
Portsmouth
Assist(s) | James Milner | 35’ |
KEY MAN
Milan Baroš scores to earn Villa victory against Portsmouth and make it eight wins in twenty eight Premier League games under David O'Leary, Saturday, 4 March 2006.
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MATCH TIMELINE
🔁 | 23’ Sub off, Jlloyd Samuel, Sub on, Ulises de la Cruz
⚽ | 35’ Goal, 1-0, Milan Baroš, Assist by James Milner
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-0 Portsmouth
🔁 | 59’ Sub off, Milan Baroš, Sub on, Luke Moore
🟨 | 90’+3 Booking, Liam Ridgewell
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 1-0 Portsmouth
ON THIS DAY
Villa win for the eighth time in 33 Premier League games as Villa climb to 14th in the table.
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 | #34 |
League Game | #28 |
Manager Game | #120 |
Saturday, 4 March 2006
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: David O’Leary | 🇮🇪 | Stoke Newington, 2003-2006
Referee: Mike Dean | 🏴 | Wirral, 1997-2022
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟩
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Mike Dean | 🏴 | Wirral, 1997-2022
Previous 5: 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 17 Dec 05, Villa 0-2 United (h)
Cards: 🟨 🟨
CARDS
TEAM NEWS
Kevin Phillips and Wilfred Bouma (first start in 12 games) replace Juan Pablo Ángel and Olof Mellberg.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age
| 25.63 |
Oldest Player |
F Kevin Phillips | 🏴 | 32.71 |
Youngest Player |
W James Milner | 🏴 | 20.18 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
David O'Leary | 🇮🇪 |
Harry Redknapp | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Thomas Sörensen | 🇩🇰 |
LB Aaron Hughes | 🇬🇧 |
CB Liam Ridgewell | 🏴 | 🟨 |
RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 | 🔁 |
RB Wilfred Bouma | 🇳🇱 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴 |
M Steven Davis | 🇬🇧 |
M Gavin McCann | 🏴 |
W James Milner | 🏴 | 🔥 |
F Kevin Phillips | 🏴 |
F Milan Baroš | 🇨🇿 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
Portsmouth
GK Dean Kiely | 🇮🇪 |
CB Linvoy Primus | 🏴 |
CB Andrew O’Brien | 🇮🇪 |
RB Andy Griffin | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Matthew Taylor | 🏴 |
W Wayne Routledge | 🏴 |
M Gary O’Neil | 🏴 |
M Sean Davis | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Pedro Mendes | 🇵🇹 |
CF Svetoslav Todorov | 🇧🇬 | 🔁 |
CF Lomana LuaLua | 🇨🇩 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 RB Ulises de la Cruz | 🇪🇨 | for RB Jlloyd Samuel | 🏴 | 23’ |
🔁 F Luke Moore | 🏴 | for F Milan Baroš | 🇨🇿 | 59’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | RB Andy Griffin | 🏴 | (RB Brian Priske | 🇩🇰 |)
🔁 | M Sean Davis | 🏴 | (W Ognjen Koroman | 🇷🇸 |)
🔁 | CF Svetoslav Todorov | 🇧🇬 | (CB Azar Karadaş | 🇳🇴 | 🟨 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 |
M Lee Hendrie | 🏴 |
CF Juan Pablo Ángel | 🇨🇴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Andrea Guatelli | 🇮🇹 |
W Franck Songo'o | 🇨🇲 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Homegrown: 4/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/16
Homegrown: 6/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 6/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/16
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
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE

PROGRAMME



MATCHDAY QUOTES
“It was important to pick up three points at home, because our home form this season could be better.
“I think we could have had three or four goals today.
“Normally the safety target is 38 to 40 points but we’re looking up. We want to catch the teams above us so it’s vital we continue to pick up points.”
Roy Aitken.
*BBC Sport*
Saturday, 4 March 2006
Milan Baros’ first-half goal for Aston Villa condemned hapless Portsmouth to a ninth straight away defeat.
Pompey boss Harry Redknapp watched in horror as his defence failed to mark Baros from a James Milner free-kick and the striker headed home on 36 minutes.
Lomana LuaLua was Pompey’s only threat in attack and he set up Gary O’Neil for a strike which was well saved by Thomas Sorensen shortly after the break.
But Villa deservedly held on, leaving Pompey still eight points from safety.
With Aston Villa’s injury-hit defence and Portsmouth’s woeful away record, the game always promised to be open and so it proved in the first half.
David O’Leary’s defensive woes were evident in his team selection, the Villa boss springing a surprise by rushing Wilfred Bouma back into the side after three months out with a knee injury.
However, the hosts, and in particular Kevin Phillips, were sharp in attack and it was Phillips who had the game’s first clear chance.
The striker, restored to the starting line-up at the expense of Juan Pablo Angel, was sent clear by Steven Davis’ superb through-ball but Dean Kiely was quick to see the danger and blocked the shot.
Gary O’Neil twice came close to breaching Villa’s shaky defence and matters took a turn for the worse when Jlloyd Samuel limped off to be replaced at right-back by Ecuadorian midfielder Ulises de la Cruz.
LuaLua took advantage of the uncertainty, holding off three defenders to set up O’Neil, whose shot was pushed past the post by Sorensen.
From the resulting corner, Villa broke to devastating effect and though Phillips’ clever lob was narrowly wide, the hosts were ahead a minute later through Baros.
Redknapp resisted the temptation to make any half-time changes and he had barely reached the dug-out when his side put together their best move of the match.
O’Neil exchanged passes with LuaLua but Sorensen collected the eventual shot.
The sweeping attack failed to be a sign of things to come for Portsmouth and the second half was desperately short on quality.
LuaLua continued to work tirelessly up front, but his team-mates failed to match him for effort or quality.
O’Neil summed up Portsmouth’s unhappy day by sending an attempted volley on goal behind him and almost out of play on the sideline.
Villa should have wrapped up victory through Phillips at the death before Portsmouth laid seige on the hosts’ goal.
But O’Leary’s side held on for the three points which eases their own relegation worries but only adds to Pompey’s.
*Aston Villa assistant boss Roy Aitken:*
“It was important to pick up three points at home, because our home form this season could be better.
“I think we could have had three or four goals today.
“Normally the safety target is 38 to 40 points but we’re looking up. We want to catch the teams above us so it’s vital we continue to pick up points.”