English Premier League

FT Saturday, January 30, 2021
Aston Villa LLLWL 1
–
Southampton WLWWL 0
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SOU000
St. Mary's Stadium

Match Report

VAR calls hurt Southampton in 1-0 loss to Aston Villa in EPL

— Two VAR decisions went against Southampton in its 1-0 loss to Aston Villa in the Premier League on Saturday.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
12
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
4
1
Corner Kicks
7
4
Saves
3
40.2
Possession
59.8
8
SHOTS
20
4
ON GOAL
5
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
249
Accurate Passes
395
336
Passes
487
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
3
10
Crosses
24
0.1
Cross %
0.1
58
Long Balls
46
30
Accurate Long Balls
15
0.5
Long Balls %
0.3
1
Blocked Shots
9
13
Effective Tackles
13
23
Tackles
24
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
16
Interceptions
8
22
Effective Clearances
11
22
Clearances
11

Head to Head

SOU leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

SOU · 4-4-2

  1. 1Alex McCarthyG
  2. 5Jack StephensCD-L
  3. 35Jan BednarekCD-R
  4. 3Ryan BertrandLB
  5. 8James Ward-ProwseRB
  6. 27Ibrahima DialloCM-L
  7. 6Oriol RomeuCM-R
  8. 17Stuart ArmstrongLM
  9. 32Theo WalcottRM
  10. 11Nathan RedmondCF-L
  11. 9Danny IngsCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 40Daniel N'LunduluSUB
  2. 18Yan ValerySUB
  3. 44Fraser ForsterSUB
  4. 31Kayne RamsaySUB
  5. 12Moussa DjenepoSUB
  6. 7Shane LongSUB
  7. 10Ché AdamsSUB
  8. 65Caleb WattsSUB
  9. 64Alexandre JankewitzSUB

AVL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 26Emiliano MartínezG
  2. 5Tyrone MingsCD-L
  3. 4Ezri KonsaCD-R
  4. 18Matt TargettLB
  5. 2Matty CashRB
  6. 20Ross BarkleyAM
  7. 7John McGinnLM
  8. 6Douglas LuizRM
  9. 11Ollie WatkinsF
  10. 10Jack GrealishAM-L
  11. 15Bertrand TraoréAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 27Ahmed ElmohamadySUB
  2. 21Anwar El GhaziSUB
  3. 19Marvelous NakambaSUB
  4. 22Björn EngelsSUB
  5. 1Tom HeatonSUB
  6. 17TrézéguetSUB
  7. 39Keinan DavisSUB
  8. 25Morgan SansonSUB
  9. 3Neil TaylorSUB

Timeline

  1. 9' VAR Decision: No Penalty Southampton.
  2. 41' Goal! Southampton 0, Aston Villa 1. Ross Barkley (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jack Grealish with a cross.
  3. 53' James Ward-Prowse (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  4. 59' Substitution, Southampton. Moussa Djenepo replaces Ibrahima Diallo because of an injury.
  5. 65' Substitution, Southampton. Che Adams replaces Theo Walcott because of an injury.
  6. 89' Substitution, Southampton. Alexandre Jankewitz replaces Oriol Romeu.
  7. 90'+4' VAR Decision: No Goal Southampton 0-1 Aston Villa.
  8. 90'+6' Substitution, Aston Villa. Marvelous Nakamba replaces Ross Barkley.

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