London - Aston Villa moved up to fifth in the English Premier League on Saturday with a simple 2-0 win over bottom side Portsmouth. A penalty from James Milner and a goal from Gabriel Agbonlahor gave Villa victory, lifting them level on points with Manchester United, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur, three points behind leaders Chelsea.
Arsenal are three points further back after they hammered Wigan 4-0 at the Emirates while Burnley and Birmingham both claimed wins and Bolton came from behind to draw 1-1 at home to Stoke.
Villa took the lead 11 minutes before half-time when Nadir Belhadj fouled Stiliyan Petrov and Milner converted from the penalty spot.
Agbonlahor then turned on the edge of the box and lashed in an unstoppable shot to give Villa their second, condemning bottom side Portsmouth to their sixth defeat in their first six games, the first time that has ever happened in the Premier League.
Arsenal sauntered to victory over Wigan with new signing Thomas Vermaelen scoring two of their four goals.
David Nugent scored two fine goals as newly-promoted Burnley beat Sunderland 3-1 to move into the top half.
Sunderland had looked the more likelier winners when Darren Bent equalized Graham Alexander's penalty six minutes before half-time.
But Nugent, on his home debut for Burnley, powered home a header on 67 minutes and then with the 90 minutes almost up, sealed victory with a perfect curling left-foot strike into the top corner.
The three points maintained Burnley's 100 per cent home record and moved them up to 10th place, level on points with fifth-placed Liverpool, who play away to West Ham United later on Saturday.
"I have always believed in David's ability and that he is a top-class player," Burnley manager Owen Coyle said of Nugent.
"He has a bit of a stop-start time at Portsmouth and we are trying to give him his confidence back. David has come up trumps today with two terrific finishes and has benefited from the hard work from the players who were on before he came on.
"He is a terrific acquisition for the club and I am delighted to have him."
A late penalty from Matt Taylor gave Bolton a share of the points in a 1-1 draw at home with Stoke, while Garry O'Connor headed the winner as Birmingham pinched a 1-0 win at Hull City.
The top four sides - Chelsea, Manchester United, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur - are all in action on Sunday.
