English Premier League

FT Saturday, April 23, 2016
Southampton WWLWD 4
–
Aston Villa LLLLL 2
1st2ndT
SOU224
AVL112
Villa Park · 29,729 att.

Match Report

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Dusan Tadic scores twice as Southampton hit four at Aston Villa

Southampton breezed to victory against wretched Aston Villa as supporters continued to turn on the relegated hosts.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
8
0
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
0
11
Corner Kicks
6
5
Saves
3
58
Possession
42
17
SHOTS
16
7
ON GOAL
7
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
446
Accurate Passes
297
536
Passes
386
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
10
Accurate Crosses
8
31
Crosses
23
0.3
Cross %
0.3
53
Long Balls
72
22
Accurate Long Balls
38
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
2
18
Effective Tackles
13
21
Tackles
21
0.9
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
12
Effective Clearances
22
17
Clearances
28

Head to Head

SOU leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

AVL · 4-3-3

  1. 1Brad GuzanG
  2. 16Joleon LescottCD-L
  3. 4Micah RichardsCD-R
  4. 43Aly CissokhoLB
  5. 21Alan HuttonRB
  6. 8Idrissa GueyeCM
  7. 24Carlos SánchezLM
  8. 15Ashley WestwoodRM
  9. 19Jordan AyewF
  10. 9Scott SinclairLF
  11. 7Leandro BacunaRF

Substitutes

  1. 25Carles GilSUB
  2. 39Rudy GestedeSUB
  3. 40Jack GrealishSUB
  4. 38Jordan LydenSUB
  5. 31Mark BunnSUB
  6. 17Jordan VeretoutSUB
  7. 46Kevin TonerSUB

SOU · 4-2-3-1

  1. 44Fraser ForsterG
  2. 17Virgil van DijkCD-L
  3. 6José FonteCD-R
  4. 21Ryan BertrandLB
  5. 2CédricRB
  6. 9Jay RodríguezAM
  7. 12Victor WanyamaLM
  8. 14Oriol RomeuRM
  9. 7Shane LongF
  10. 11Dusan TadicAM-L
  11. 8Steven DavisAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 22Maarten StekelenburgSUB
  2. 16James Ward-ProwseSUB
  3. 19Graziano PellèSUB
  4. 10Sadio ManéSUB
  5. 15Cuco MartinaSUB
  6. 4Jordy ClasieSUB
  7. 3Maya YoshidaSUB

Timeline

  1. 15' Goal! Aston Villa 0, Southampton 1. Shane Long (Southampton) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ryan Bertrand with a cross.
  2. 39' Goal! Aston Villa 0, Southampton 2. Dusan Tadic (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Shane Long.
  3. 45'+1' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Southampton 2. Ashley Westwood (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  4. 45' Substitution, Aston Villa. Kevin Toner replaces Micah Richards.
  5. 45' Substitution, Southampton. Jordy Clasie replaces Victor Wanyama.
  6. 58' Alan Hutton (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 59' Substitution, Aston Villa. Rudy Gestede replaces Jordan Ayew.
  8. 68' Substitution, Aston Villa. Jack Grealish replaces Carlos Sánchez.
  9. 70' Substitution, Southampton. Sadio Mané replaces Jay Rodriguez.
  10. 71' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Southampton 3. Dusan Tadic (Southampton) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Shane Long.
  11. 82' Idrissa Gueye (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 85' Goal! Aston Villa 2, Southampton 3. Ashley Westwood (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kevin Toner following a corner.
  13. 90'+4' Goal! Aston Villa 2, Southampton 4. Sadio Mané (Southampton) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Cédric Soares with a cross.

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