Aston Villa FC vs Southampton FC, Premier League 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON
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Aston Villa FC vs Southampton FC — Premier League at Villa Park.
- Aston Villa FC 37 games · 62 pts (2025/26)
- Southampton FC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Darren Bond
- Assistant 1 Lee Betts
- Assistant 2 Richard West
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Arsenal FC 37 82 2 Manchester City FC 37 78 3 Manchester United FC 37 68 4 Aston Villa FC 37 62 5 Liverpool FC 37 59 6 AFC Bournemouth 37 56 7 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 37 53 8 Chelsea FC 37 52 9 Brentford FC 37 52 10 Sunderland AFC 37 51 11 Newcastle United FC 37 49 12 Everton FC 37 49 13 Fulham FC 37 49 14 Leeds United FC 37 47 15 Crystal Palace FC 37 45 16 Nottingham Forest FC 37 43 17 Tottenham Hotspur FC 37 38 18 West Ham United FC 37 36 19 Burnley FC 37 21 20 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 37 19 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 07 Dec Southampton FC H 1–0 W 04 Dec Brentford FC H 3–1 W 01 Dec Chelsea FC A 0–3 L 27 Nov Juventus FC H 0–0 D 23 Nov Crystal Palace FC H 2–2 D 09 Nov Liverpool FC A 0–2 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 07 Dec Aston Villa FC A 0–1 L 04 Dec Chelsea FC H 1–5 L 29 Nov Brighton & Hove Albion FC A 1–1 D 24 Nov Liverpool FC H 2–3 L 09 Nov Wolverhampton Wanderers FC A 0–2 L 02 Nov Everton FC H 1–0 W Key Stats
20% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)40% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history24% Clean Sheets
Aston Villa FC this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
Aston Villa FC0-151/316-30–/131-453/246-603/261-751/–76+3/3■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Match Events
- 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Aston Villa FC and Southampton FC has kicked off!
- 5' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Diego Carlos made 424 appearances and scored 12 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 10' Ian Maatsen has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 57 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 15' It’s high time made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 20' Aston Villa FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 24' Jhon Duran puts Aston Villa FC on the lead.
- 29' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Southampton FC that had 346 games and scored 415 goals.
- 34' Southampton FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 39' It looks like no one’s ball. Aston Villa FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 44' Aston Villa FC is showing some good football. However, Aston Villa FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 46' Joe Aribo has so much to prove this time. He replaces James Bree on 46 minute.
- 51' Aston Villa FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 51.
- 56' Supporters expect more eagerness from Tyler Dibling, as he is very good at scoring at Villa Park with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 58' The supporters are chanting for Ollie Watkins. He replaces Jhon Duran on 58 minute.
- 59' Aston Villa FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Lucas Digne is hanging Ian Maatsen on the field on 59 minute.
- 64' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 69' It’s a booking for Southampton FC player. Flynn Downes gets a card.
- 73' The Southampton FC manager makes a substitution. Cameron Archer departs to be replaced by Samuel Amo-Ameyaw.
- 78' Nathan Wood-Gordon was booked on 78.
- 79' Ben Brereton is replacing Flynn Downes for the Southampton FC side.
- 84' It looks surprising Southampton FC does not make any changes. Ben Brereton has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 85' Southampton FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 85.
- 90' Aston Villa FC player sees a card in front of him.
- 90' Another substitution for Southampton FC to replace Ryan Manning by Kamal Deen Sulemana on 90 minute.
- Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Aston Villa FC players.
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Aston Villa FC Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
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Youri Tielemans ↓ Ross Barkley 59'
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- 44
- 31
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Ian Maatsen ↓ Lucas Digne 59'
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Jhon Duran ↓ Ollie Watkins 58'
Bench
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Ross Barkley ↑ 59'
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12
Lucas Digne ↑ 59'
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Ollie Watkins ↑ 58'
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- 24
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Jaden Philogene-Bidace ↑ 59'
Southampton FC Lineups
5-3-2Starting XI
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Flynn Downes ↓ Ben Brereton 79'
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James Bree ↓ Joe Aribo 46'
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- 19
- 6
- 18
- 33
Bench
- 24
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Joe Aribo ↑ 46'
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Ben Brereton ↑ 79'
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Kamal Deen Sulemana ↑ 90'
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Samuel Amo-Ameyaw ↑ 73'
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H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Ollie Watkins 5 James Ward-Prowse 4 Danny Ings 3 Jack Grealish 2 Danny Ings 2 Stuart Armstrong 1 Jacob Ramsey 1 Tyrone Mings 1 Head to Head
Aston Villa FC Form
Southampton FC Form
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Prediction accuracy3 / 41.37 Aston Villa FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.72 Southampton FC xGI would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 65% + Under — clean sheet likely 61%
Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Aston Villa FC winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.09Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 85% 15% ± 1.5 62% 38% ± 2.5 35% 65% ± 3.5 17% 83% ± 4.5 7% 93% Double Chance
Aston Villa FC or Draw 82%Draw or Southampton FC 46%Aston Villa FC or Southampton FC 72%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Aston Villa FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 0 Actual0 – 0 14.6%1 – 1 13%2 – 0 11.1%2 – 1 8.2%0 – 1 7.7%3 – 0 5%1 – 2 4.2%3 – 1 3.8%2 – 2 3.1%0 – 2 3%4 – 0 1.7%Asian Handicap — Aston Villa FC
Handicap Aston Villa FC covers Push Southampton FC covers -2.5 10% — 90% -2 10% 16% 75% -1.5 25% — 75% -1 25% 26% 49% -0.5 51% — 49% +0.5 82% — 18% +1 82% 13% 5% +1.5 95% — 5% +2 95% 4% 1% +2.5 99% — 1% Clean Sheet
Aston Villa FC keeps clean sheet 49% ✗Southampton FC keeps clean sheet 26% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.