Soccer betting preview: Aston Villa welcomes Southampton in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 05.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Villa Park (42682 seats)

Aston Villa and Southampton have both played out a "par" performance until now, to use a golf expression. Both occupy mid-table positions in the Premier League.

Insights:
  • Aston Villa have the most matches over the total-line (12) in Premier League
  • Southampton have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Southampton could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a FA Cup game only three sleeps ago.

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Aston Villa form and stats

When playing at home in the Premier League, Aston Villa have managed 4 wins, 3 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 12 games.

Happy days for Villa in their previous game, a fixture away at Brighton & Hove Albion (placed 10th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Mings, defender, was given a rating of 8.05/10 in that game, top of the team. Mings served one assist, hit one key pass and won 3 of 5 duels.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Watford (0-1).

This is expected to be a close game, with Aston Villa perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Aston Villa as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Aston Villa has won six of these, drawn two and lost three.

Villa have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Villa Park with 20 goals in 12 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Aston Villa defense is not exactly impregnable. 20 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Southampton form and stats

Southampton have only collected 13 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 3-4-6 (13 played).

The Southampton goalkeeper Fraser Forster is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 249 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Broja, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.85. Broja scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Norwich City in the Premier League.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Southampton in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Southampton, two draws and two defeats.

Southampton have scored 16 goals on their travels this season, from 13 away games in the league. For Southampton, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Southampton - Aston Villa 1-0 was the end result in these sides' last head-to-head match, earlier this season. Stats for the prior ten meetings between these two participants are: one win for Aston Villa, two draws and seven wins for Southampton. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

SouthamptonC. Adams
C. Adams
7 goals
Aston VillaO. Watkins
O. Watkins
6 goals
SouthamptonJ. Ward-Prowse
J. Ward-Prowse
6 goals

Aston Villa missing players

Southampton missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Aston Villa Southampton
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 12 3 Played P 3 13 26
9 4 2 Won W 1 3 8
3 3 0 Drew D 1 4 11
13 5 1 Lost L 1 6 7
33 20 6 Scored S 6 16 34
37 20 4 Conceded C 7 27 37
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 92%
76% 92% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 85% 77%
56% 67% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 77% 50%
28% 42% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 62% 42%
16% 25% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 15% 12%
52% 67% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 69% 62%
28% 25% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 15% 27%
20% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 23% 19%
 
5 4.4 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 8 6.1 6
6.1 6 6.3 Corners against (avg) C A 2.7 5.2 5
2.3 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 2 1.9
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11.5 11.7 12 Shots (avg) S ( 16 12.6 13.4
3.4 3.7 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 4.5 4.7
39% 45% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 28% 28%
 
13 11.8 9.3 Shots against (avg) S A 9.3 12.8 12.4
4.3 4.5 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5.4 4.6
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Aston Villa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Aston Villa have the most matches over the total-line (12) in Premier League
  • Aston Villa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Southampton have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 27 21 3 3 64 17 13 10 1 2 36 9 14 11 2 1 28 8 47 66
2 Liverpool 26 18 6 2 70 20 13 10 3 0 36 7 13 8 3 2 34 13 50 60
3 Chelsea 25 14 8 3 49 18 12 6 5 1 27 10 13 8 3 2 22 8 31 50
4 Manchester United 27 13 8 6 44 34 14 7 3 4 21 16 13 6 5 2 23 18 10 47
5 West Ham United 27 13 6 8 46 34 14 7 3 4 25 19 13 6 3 4 21 15 12 45
6 Arsenal 24 14 3 7 38 27 13 9 2 2 22 10 11 5 1 5 16 17 11 45
7 Tottenham Hotspur 25 13 3 9 35 32 12 7 1 4 18 15 13 6 2 5 17 17 3 42
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 26 12 4 10 24 21 12 5 2 5 10 10 14 7 2 5 14 11 3 40
9 Southampton 26 8 11 7 34 37 13 5 7 1 18 10 13 3 4 6 16 27 -3 35
10 Brighton & Hove Albion 26 7 12 7 25 30 13 3 5 5 10 16 13 4 7 2 15 14 -5 33
11 Crystal Palace 27 6 12 9 37 38 14 4 6 4 22 17 13 2 6 5 15 21 -1 30
12 Leicester City 24 8 6 10 39 43 12 5 3 4 21 18 12 3 3 6 18 25 -4 30
13 Aston Villa 25 9 3 13 33 37 12 4 3 5 20 20 13 5 0 8 13 17 -4 30
14 Newcastle United 25 5 10 10 28 45 13 3 6 4 18 24 12 2 4 6 10 21 -17 25
15 Brentford 27 6 6 15 27 44 14 4 2 8 14 19 13 2 4 7 13 25 -17 24
16 Leeds United 26 5 8 13 29 60 13 3 4 6 15 25 13 2 4 7 14 35 -31 23
17 Everton 24 6 4 14 28 41 12 5 1 6 18 18 12 1 3 8 10 23 -13 22
18 Burnley 25 3 12 10 22 32 12 2 6 4 10 12 13 1 6 6 12 20 -10 21
19 Watford 26 5 4 17 25 47 13 2 1 10 12 31 13 3 3 7 13 16 -22 19
20 Norwich City 26 4 5 17 15 55 13 2 3 8 8 25 13 2 2 9 7 30 -40 17

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 27 21 3 3 64 17 13 10 1 2 36 9 14 11 2 1 28 8 47 66
2 Liverpool 26 18 6 2 70 20 13 10 3 0 36 7 13 8 3 2 34 13 50 60
3 Chelsea 25 14 8 3 49 18 12 6 5 1 27 10 13 8 3 2 22 8 31 50
4 Manchester United 27 13 8 6 44 34 14 7 3 4 21 16 13 6 5 2 23 18 10 47
5 West Ham United 27 13 6 8 46 34 14 7 3 4 25 19 13 6 3 4 21 15 12 45
6 Arsenal 24 14 3 7 38 27 13 9 2 2 22 10 11 5 1 5 16 17 11 45
7 Tottenham Hotspur 25 13 3 9 35 32 12 7 1 4 18 15 13 6 2 5 17 17 3 42
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 26 12 4 10 24 21 12 5 2 5 10 10 14 7 2 5 14 11 3 40
9 Southampton 26 8 11 7 34 37 13 5 7 1 18 10 13 3 4 6 16 27 -3 35
10 Brighton & Hove Albion 26 7 12 7 25 30 13 3 5 5 10 16 13 4 7 2 15 14 -5 33
11 Crystal Palace 27 6 12 9 37 38 14 4 6 4 22 17 13 2 6 5 15 21 -1 30
12 Leicester City 24 8 6 10 39 43 12 5 3 4 21 18 12 3 3 6 18 25 -4 30
13 Aston Villa 25 9 3 13 33 37 12 4 3 5 20 20 13 5 0 8 13 17 -4 30
14 Newcastle United 25 5 10 10 28 45 13 3 6 4 18 24 12 2 4 6 10 21 -17 25
15 Brentford 27 6 6 15 27 44 14 4 2 8 14 19 13 2 4 7 13 25 -17 24
16 Leeds United 26 5 8 13 29 60 13 3 4 6 15 25 13 2 4 7 14 35 -31 23
17 Everton 24 6 4 14 28 41 12 5 1 6 18 18 12 1 3 8 10 23 -13 22
18 Burnley 25 3 12 10 22 32 12 2 6 4 10 12 13 1 6 6 12 20 -10 21
19 Watford 26 5 4 17 25 47 13 2 1 10 12 31 13 3 3 7 13 16 -22 19
20 Norwich City 26 4 5 17 15 55 13 2 3 8 8 25 13 2 2 9 7 30 -40 17

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.