English Premier League

FT Saturday, December 21, 2019
Southampton DWWLL 3
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Aston Villa DLLLW 1
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Villa Park · 41,834 att.

Match Report

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Saints climb out of relegation zone with 3-1 win at Villa

Danny Ings struck twice to help Southampton beat Aston Villa 3-1 on Saturday as the visitors climbed out of the Premier League relegation zone.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
16
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
2
5
Corner Kicks
7
5
Saves
5
43.5
Possession
56.5
17
SHOTS
19
8
ON GOAL
6
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
234
Accurate Passes
335
341
Passes
432
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
10
22
Crosses
27
0.2
Cross %
0.4
77
Long Balls
55
26
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.3
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
6
13
Effective Tackles
5
16
Tackles
9
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
3
Interceptions
14
24
Effective Clearances
21
24
Clearances
21

Head to Head

SOU leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

AVL · 4-3-3

  1. 1Tom HeatonG
  2. 30Kortney HauseCD-L
  3. 22Björn EngelsCD-R
  4. 18Matt TargettLB
  5. 24Frédéric GuilbertRB
  6. 6Douglas LuizCM
  7. 14Conor HourihaneLM
  8. 7John McGinnRM
  9. 9WesleyF
  10. 10Jack GrealishLF
  11. 21Anwar El GhaziRF

Substitutes

  1. 8Henri LansburySUB
  2. 27Ahmed ElmohamadySUB
  3. 17TrézéguetSUB
  4. 15Ezri KonsaSUB
  5. 11Marvelous NakambaSUB
  6. 25Ørjan NylandSUB
  7. 26Jonathan KodjiaSUB

SOU · 4-4-2

  1. 1Alex McCarthyG
  2. 35Jan BednarekCD-L
  3. 5Jack StephensCD-R
  4. 21Ryan BertrandLB
  5. 2CédricRB
  6. 23Pierre-Emile HøjbjergCM-L
  7. 16James Ward-ProwseCM-R
  8. 22Nathan RedmondLM
  9. 17Stuart ArmstrongRM
  10. 9Danny IngsCF-L
  11. 7Shane LongCF-R

Substitutes

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

Timeline

  1. 8' Substitution, Aston Villa. Marvelous Nakamba replaces John McGinn because of an injury.
  2. 21' Goal! Aston Villa 0, Southampton 1. Danny Ings (Southampton) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  3. 31' Goal! Aston Villa 0, Southampton 2. Jack Stephens (Southampton) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by James Ward-Prowse with a cross following a corner.
  4. 44' James Ward-Prowse (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 51' Goal! Aston Villa 0, Southampton 3. Danny Ings (Southampton) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the high centre of the goal.
  6. 56' VAR Decision: No Penalty Aston Villa.
  7. 56' Substitution, Aston Villa. Jonathan Kodjia replaces Conor Hourihane.
  8. 67' Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 68' Substitution, Aston Villa. Trézéguet replaces Anwar El Ghazi.
  10. 75' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Southampton 3. Jack Grealish (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner following a corner.
  11. 76' Substitution, Southampton. Oriol Romeu replaces Stuart Armstrong.
  12. 82' Substitution, Southampton. Michael Obafemi replaces Shane Long.
  13. 87' Substitution, Southampton. Che Adams replaces Danny Ings.
  14. 87' Jonathan Kodjia (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.

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