📊 Form Guide

Southampton

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Southampton will be wanting a better result here after a 3-1 Premier League loss in their previous game against Tottenham Hotspur.

In that game, Southampton managed 49% possession and 12 shots on goal with 4 on target. The only player to score for Southampton was Mateus Fernandes (90'). For their opponents, Tottenham Hotspur got 13 attempts at goal with 8 of them on target. Brennan Johnson (13', 42') and Mathys Tel (96') scored for Tottenham Hotspur.

Matches featuring Southampton have proved to be entertaining ones recently with a lot of goalmouth action being the norm. Over their past 6 games, a grand total of 21 goals have flown in for both sides combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 4 of those being chalked up by Southampton. However, we must now wait to see whether that pattern shall be maintained in this next match or not.

Looking at the pre-match facts, Southampton:

• haven't beaten Aston Villa in their previous 4 league matches.
• are without a home win in the past 10 league matches. No joy for the home fans.

Aston Villa

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After being defeated in their last game at the hands of Paris Saint-Germain in Champions League action, Aston Villa and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that game, Aston Villa managed 25% possession and 7 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. The only player to score for Aston Villa was Morgan Rogers (35'). For their opponents, Paris Saint-Germain had 29 attempts on goal with 11 of them on target. Désiré Doué (39'), Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (49') and Nuno Mendes (92') scored for Paris Saint-Germain.

A tendency of at least one team drawing a blank in games involving Aston Villa has become noticeable recently. Examining their last 6 outings shows that this has happened 5 times. During these clashes, their opponents have managed a goal tally of 1 while Aston Villa have scored 12.

Ahead of this meeting, Aston Villa are unbeaten in their previous 2 league matches away from home.

👥 Head to head

Inspecting their past head-to-head meetings going back to 30/01/2021 shows us that Southampton have won 1 of these games & Aston Villa 5, with the tally of draws standing at 0.

In all, 9 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 1 of them from The Saints and 8 belonging to The Villans. That’s an average goals per game of 1.5.

The previous league fixture featuring these clubs was Premier League match day 15 on 07/12/2024 which ended up with the score at Aston Villa 1-0 Southampton.

In that match, Aston Villa had 47% possession and 19 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Their only player to score was Jhon Durán (24').

On the other side, Southampton got 4 attempts on goal with 0 on target.

The referee was Darren Bond.

ℹ️ Team News: Southampton

Juan Larios (Fitness), Charlie Taylor (Hip injury) and Ryan Fraser (Calf injury) are not available for Southampton .

In our view, The Saints look set to line up in a 4-4-2 system, utilising Aaron Ramsdale, T. Harwood-Bellis, Jan Bednarek, Jack Stephens, Kyle Walker-Peters, Lesley Ugochukwu, Mateus Fernandes, Ryan Manning, Paul Onuachu, Kamaldeen Sulemana and Cameron Archer.

📋 Team News: Aston Villa

We reckon that The Villans appear most likely to utilise a 4-2-3-1 formation, giving starts to Emiliano Martinez, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Ian Maatsen, Youri Tielemans, Amadou Onana, Jacob Ramsey, Morgan Rogers, Marco Asensio and Marcus Rashford.

🧠 Prediction

Our feeling is that Southampton have it in them to find the net against this Aston Villa outfit, but a single goal likely won’t be enough to avoid defeat.

Our tip is for a very close game with a 1-2 winning score for Aston Villa after the 90. Should be a good one.

Lucas Pereira, 13:02 12/04/2025