Portsmouth are still without a win in 35 years at Villa Park after three first half goals ensured that David O'Leary's side cemented their place in the top 10 of the Premiership with a 3-0 win.
Harry Redknapp's team are a formidable outfit at Fratton Park, as demonstrated by last weekend's win over Manchester United.
But it was easy to see why they have collected only two points from five matches on their travels as their defence was torn apart in the opening 45 minutes with goals from Peter Whittingham, Juan Pablo Angel and Nolberto Solano.
Afterwards O'Leary said: "Our movement was very good. Peter (Whittingham) is a player with great ability - he's not a young kid anymore. I have great belief in him and I want to see him perform. He has that ability but he has to start performing out there, although he did well today.
"Juan (Pablo Ange) and Nolberto Solano did well with their goals. Juan got a really good goal. Thank God he did because we'll be working on the rest of his play next week. If he can start scoring it makes a hell of a difference."
O'Leary added: "We fully deserved the win, we went out with the right attitude and stopped Portsmouth playing."
