Results for the 20th April 2008

Aston Villa Carson, Mellberg (Harewood 85), Laursen, Knight, Bouma, Young, Reo-Coker, Petrov, Barry, Carew, Agbonlahor. Subs Not Used: Taylor, Salifou, Routledge, Berger.	5-1 (HT 2-0)	Birmingham Maik Taylor, Kelly, Jaidi, Ridgewell, Murphy, Jerome (Kapo 58), Nafti, Muamba, McSheffrey, Zarate (Forssell 58), McFadden. Subs Not Used: Doyle, O'Connor, Parnaby.
Young 28 Carew 42 Carew 53 Young 63 Agbonlahor 78		Forssell 67
• Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill: "Winning was the most important thing, but to win so convincingly is a great boost for us. "I thought we played brilliantly. We are a really decent side going forward. Ref: Mark Clattenburg (Tyne & Wear).		Bookings: McFadden 52 • Birmingham boss Alex McLeish: "We were on the end of a bruising from a really good Villa side. "Villa's front men were on fire and we were unable to string any passes together until the second half.

Man City Hart, Elano (Caicedo 90), Corluka, Dunne (Williamson 54), Ball, Vassell, Ireland (Geovanni 75), Gelson, Johnson, Petrov, Mwaruwari. Subs Not Used: Isaksson, Castillo. Booked: Williamson	3-1 (HT 2-1)	Portsmouth James, Lauren, Campbell, Distin, Hreidarsson, Utaka (Baros 75), Muntari, Diarra, Diop (Aubey 75), Kranjcar (Davis 83), Defoe. Subs Not Used: Begovic, Nugent.
Vassell 11 Petrov 13 Benjani 74		Utaka 24
Bookings: Williamson 65		Bookings: Lauren 70
Att: 40,205 Ref: Andre Marriner (W Midlands).		Sent off: Hreidarsson 41

Newcastle Harper, Beye, Faye, Taylor, Jose Enrique (Edgar 87), Geremi, Butt, Barton, Owen, Viduka (Carroll 76), Martins (Duff 70). Subs Not Used: Forster, Smith.	2-0 (HT 2-0)	Sunderland Gordon, McShane (Harte 87), Nosworthy, Higginbotham, Collins, Edwards (Richardson 58), Whitehead, Miller, Reid, Murphy (Chopra 80), Jones. Subs Not Used: Fulop, Leadbitter.
Owen 4 Owen (pen) 45
• Newcastle boss Kevin Keegan: "It wasn't a classic. We never really got going as a team but the fact we won it tells you we have players like Michael Owen who can get us something. Att: 52,305. Ref: Mike Dean (Wirral).		Bookings: Whitehead 28 Murphy 45 Miller 69 Reid 72 Nosworthy 79 • Sunderland manager Roy Keane: "We were okay but we know okay is not good enough. "We gave two bad goals away. We got better in the second half but the game was probably over at half-time.