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Match report
English Footie
Championship: Round 36 (setup 4, season 27)
Aston Villa
v.
Portsmouth
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
24
Overall form:
Home form:
Brad JONES1Marco SILVESTRI
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
23
Overall form:
Home form:
Javier Manquillo Gaitán, JAVI MANQUILLO27Victor MOSES
Easah SULIMAN3Aaron CRESSWELL
Gelson FERNANDES47Stuart O'KEEFE
Tommy ELPHICK857Ragnar SIGURĐSSON
Micah RICHARDS667Kelvin WILSON
Henri LANSBURY7Mauro Abel FORMICA
Birkir BJARNASON8Quincy OWUSU-ABEYIE
Jonathan KODJIA796Sylvan EBANKS-BLAKE
Jordon MUTCH10Patrick CREGG
Eric CHOUPO-MOTING711Hameur BOUAZZA
Manager
Sam BYRAM12James McFADDEN
Anders LINDEGAARD13Joe LUMLEY
Joshua ONOMAH14Stuart GIDDINGS
Alan HUTTON157Chris DAGNALL
Ritchie DE LAET166Spase DILEVSKI

Aston Villa 2 Portsmouth 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 27,897, Stadium: Villa Park, Referee: Keith STROUD 6½)
34 Kodjia, 90+1 Javi ManquilloScorers
Substitutions69 Formica <=> Dagnall, 77 Wilson <=> Dilevski
Sendings off
74 ElphickBookings25 Wilson
0Corners0
5Fouls8
0Offsides0
7Shots on1
8Shots off5
15Total shots6
5Shots saved1
50%Possession50%
Man of the match: Javier Manquillo Gaitán, JAVI MANQUILLO
2KODJIA was put clear by MUTCH and he turned the Portsmouth 'keeper but glanced his shot over.
9An exceptional effort from BJARNASON scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
9A shot from SULIMAN seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to parry the ball clear.
12KODJIA headed wide.
14A weak shot from BJARNASON rolled agonisingly wide.
18BOUAZZA scuffed a simple chance.
23A deadly shot from BJARNASON was forced wide by the Portsmouth 'keeper.
25WILSON booked.
31SILVESTRI saved a beautiful shot from JAVI MANQUILLO.
34GOAL!! A great dummy from LANSBURY allowed JAVI MANQUILLO to lay a nice ball off to KODJIA who thrust the ball over the line. (1-0 Aston Villa)
39Uncertainty in the Aston Villa defence enabled MOSES to blast an effort just beyond the far post.
42SILVESTRI parried a neatly crafted strike from FERNANDES.
45EBANKS-BLAKE beat LANSBURY and blasted the ball to FORMICA who dragged his shot wide.
 
50The 'keeper did well to hold onto a fierce shot from CREGG.
54A penalty box meleé resulted in LANSBURY tapping a low shot wide.
56The bemused Aston Villa 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from BJARNASON fell just wide.
61A free-kick from OWUSU-ABEYIE flew over.
63RICHARDS beat two Portsmouth players and slammed a golden opportunity wide.
72The 'keeper was able to block a wicked effort.
74A late tackle on MOSES by ELPHICK results in a booking.
83KODJIA dribbled past OWUSU-ABEYIE and stroked a tame shot into the crowd.
90A cross from MUTCH left BJARNASON in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.
90+1GOAL!! A long range effort was deflected into the path of JAVI MANQUILLO who hit the ball past the helpless Portsmouth 'keeper. (2-0 Aston Villa)