English Premier League

FT Saturday, October 18, 2008
Portsmouth LLWDW 0
–
Aston Villa WLWDL 0
Villa Park · 37,660 att.

Team Stats

19
Fouls
19
2
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
2
Corner Kicks
11
2
Saves
3
49.2
Possession
50.8
8
SHOTS
13
3
ON GOAL
2
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
257
Accurate Passes
259
338
Passes
349
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
1
Accurate Crosses
6
11
Crosses
45
0.1
Cross %
0.1
53
Long Balls
53
29
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
3
19
Effective Tackles
25
26
Tackles
29
0.7
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
38
Effective Clearances
16
53
Clearances
37

Head to Head

POR leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

AVL · 4-4-2

  1. 1Brad FriedelG
  2. 5Martin LaursenCD-L
  3. 15Curtis DaviesCD-R
  4. 6Gareth BarryLB
  5. 24Carlos CuéllarRB
  6. 20Nigel Reo-CokerCM-L
  7. 19Stilian PetrovCM-R
  8. 7Ashley YoungLM
  9. 8James MilnerRM
  10. 10John CarewCF-L
  11. 11Gabriel AgbonlahorCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 9Marlon HarewoodSUB
  2. 26Craig GardnerSUB
  3. 4Steve SidwellSUB
  4. 22Brad GuzanSUB
  5. 2Luke YoungSUB
  6. 21Nicky ShoreySUB
  7. 16Zat KnightSUB

POR · 4-4-2

  1. 1David JamesG
  2. 15Sylvain DistinCD-L
  3. 23Sol CampbellCD-R
  4. 16Noe PamarotLB
  5. 5Glen JohnsonRB
  6. 28Sean DavisCM-L
  7. 8Papa Bouba DiopCM-R
  8. 30Armand TraoreLM
  9. 25Glen LittleRM
  10. 14Jermain DefoeCF-L
  11. 9Peter CrouchCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 17John UtakaSUB
  2. 39Nadir BelhadjSUB
  3. 11Jerome ThomasSUB
  4. 27KanuSUB
  5. 7Hermann HreidarssonSUB
  6. 21Jamie AshdownSUB
  7. 18Arnold MvuembaSUB

Timeline

  1. 71'
  2. 79'
  3. 82'
  4. 88'

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