English Premier League

FT Saturday, February 22, 2020
Aston Villa DWWLL 0
–
Southampton WDLLL 2
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St. Mary's Stadium · 31,478 att.

Match Report

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Long and Armstrong give Southampton win over Villa

Southampton continued their surge from the Premier League's bottom half towards mid-table with a 2-0 home win over Aston Villa on Saturday.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
13
4
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
6
Corner Kicks
9
7
Saves
1
54.1
Possession
45.9
4
SHOTS
28
1
ON GOAL
9
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
295
Accurate Passes
234
398
Passes
341
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
2
Accurate Crosses
4
20
Crosses
19
0.1
Cross %
0.2
71
Long Balls
74
27
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
8
6
Effective Tackles
12
13
Tackles
17
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
10
Interceptions
12
25
Effective Clearances
15
25
Clearances
15

Head to Head

SOU leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

SOU · 4-4-2

  1. 1Alex McCarthyG
  2. 35Jan BednarekCD-L
  3. 5Jack StephensCD-R
  4. 21Ryan BertrandLB
  5. 16James Ward-ProwseRB
  6. 23Pierre-Emile HøjbjergCM-L
  7. 27William SmallboneCM-R
  8. 12Moussa DjenepoLM
  9. 17Stuart ArmstrongRM
  10. 9Danny IngsCF-L
  11. 7Shane LongCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 19Sofiane BoufalSUB
  2. 43Yan ValerySUB
  3. 4Jannik VestergaardSUB
  4. 20Michael ObafemiSUB
  5. 10Ché AdamsSUB
  6. 28Angus GunnSUB
  7. 14Oriol RomeuSUB

AVL · 3-4-2-1

  1. 29Pepe ReinaG
  2. 40Tyrone MingsCD
  3. 30Kortney HauseCD-L
  4. 15Ezri KonsaCD-R
  5. 6Douglas LuizCM-L
  6. 11Marvelous NakambaCM-R
  7. 18Matt TargettLM
  8. 24Frédéric GuilbertRM
  9. 20Mbwana SamattaF
  10. 10Jack GrealishCF-L
  11. 21Anwar El GhaziCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 17TrézéguetSUB
  2. 14Conor HourihaneSUB
  3. 4Danny DrinkwaterSUB
  4. 27Ahmed ElmohamadySUB
  5. 19Borja BastónSUB
  6. 25Ørjan NylandSUB
  7. 22Björn EngelsSUB

Timeline

  1. 8' Goal! Southampton 1, Aston Villa 0. Shane Long (Southampton) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Moussa Djenepo with a cross.
  2. 28' Substitution, Aston Villa. Trézéguet replaces Anwar El Ghazi because of an injury.
  3. 45'+4' Ezri Konsa Ngoyo (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 59' Substitution, Aston Villa. Conor Hourihane replaces Ezri Konsa Ngoyo.
  5. 72' Pepe Reina (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 73' Substitution, Southampton. Michael Obafemi replaces Danny Ings.
  7. 73' Substitution, Southampton. Che Adams replaces Shane Long.
  8. 80' Substitution, Southampton. Oriol Romeu replaces William Smallbone.
  9. 81' Substitution, Aston Villa. Borja Bastón replaces Marvelous Nakamba.
  10. 90' Frederic Guilbert (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 90'+5' Goal! Southampton 2, Aston Villa 0. Stuart Armstrong (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Che Adams following a fast break.
  12. 90'+6' Stuart Armstrong (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  13. 90'+6' Jack Grealish (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.

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