Southampton are looking to brush off the league table before this match vs Aston Villa. Here's all you should know before the game!
- Southampton have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Premier League
- Aston Villa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Both contenders have had sufficient rest since their last match. Let's agree to expect an animated match!
Southampton form and stats
With 1 Premier League win, 3 draws and 5 defeats from their home games, Southampton are certainly not brimming with confidence. Three consecutive losses here at St. Mary's Stadium is hard to swallow for the home team. Both players, staff and the home crowd are desperate to get something from this match.
Southampton enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Everton's place. The match ended 2-1 with Ward-Prowse (2) scoring. A huge relief, as that was the first three points in the league after failing to win seven consecutive fixtures. Ward-Prowse, a forward, was the champion player for the side in that match, scoring a rating of 9.1 (out of 10). Ward-Prowse scored two goals, hit the woodwork once, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that fixture, a home victory against Manchester City in the Carabao Cup.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Southampton, as the Carabao Cup home game vs Newcastle United is only three days away.
Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 16 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Aston Villa form and stats
Aston Villa have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 2-2-5 (9 played). It could be a hat trick of victories away for Aston Villa, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Aston Villa are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the game against Leeds United (placed 14th). Midfielder Kamara was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.8. Kamara served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 44 successful passes (of 54 total).
A disappointing defeat as solid favourites in the match before that, the FA Cup fixture home against Stevenage.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 9 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Villa struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 16 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Here's the end result when the sides played each other previously this season; Aston Villa - Southampton 1-0. Previous ten meetings involving these contenders: Southampton won six, Aston Villa were winners in three and we saw one draw. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Ings 6 goals |   J. Ward-Prowse 5 goals |  C. Adams 4 goals |
Southampton missing players
Aston Villa missing players
| Southampton | Aston Villa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 22 |
| 34 | 16 | 5 | Conceded | C | 2 | 16 | 27 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 89% | 95% |
| 68% | 78% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 89% | 84% |
| 58% | 56% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 56% | 53% |
| 32% | 33% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 26% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 63% | 78% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 44% | 53% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 22% | 21% |
| 32% | 22% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 44% | 32% |
| 4.3 | 5.6 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 4.1 | 4 |
| 5.5 | 4.6 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 5.6 | 5.5 |
| 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.3 | 13 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 10.4 | 10.9 |
| 3.4 | 4 | 2.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 26% | 25% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 24% | 29% |
| 12.3 | 12.2 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.5 | 12 | 11.5 |
| 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.9 | 4.3 |
- Aston Villa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Aston Villa have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Southampton have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Southampton have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in Premier League
- Southampton have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Premier League
- Southampton have the fewest points (6) at home in Premier League
- Southampton have the most conceded goals (16) at home in Premier League
- Southampton have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Southampton haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 26 | 44 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 28 | 39 |
| 3 | Manchester United | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 38 |
| 4 | Newcastle United | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 35 |
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 37 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 33 |
| 6 | Fulham | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 31 |
| 7 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 30 |
| 8 | Brentford | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 32 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 29 |
| 9 | Liverpool | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 28 |
| 10 | Chelsea | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 25 |
| 11 | Aston Villa | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -5 | 25 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -8 | 22 |
| 13 | Nottingham Forest | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 22 | -19 | 20 |
| 14 | Leeds United | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -7 | 17 |
| 15 | Leicester City | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 26 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 23 | -7 | 17 |
| 16 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | -15 | 17 |
| 17 | AFC Bournemouth | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 41 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 31 | -23 | 16 |
| 18 | West Ham United | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 13 | -10 | 15 |
| 19 | Everton | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -11 | 15 |
| 20 | Southampton | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -17 | 15 |
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