English Premier League

FT Sunday, November 1, 2020
Southampton LWWDW 4
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Aston Villa WLWWL 3
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Villa Park

Match Report

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Ward-Prowse free kicks help Southampton overcome Aston Villa in seven-goal thriller

A pair of sublime free kicks by James Ward-Prowse helped Southampton in an entertaining 4-3 Premier League win at Aston Villa on Sunday.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
1
Corner Kicks
11
7
Saves
0
44.1
Possession
55.9
9
SHOTS
19
4
ON GOAL
10
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
216
Accurate Passes
276
312
Passes
371
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
2
Accurate Crosses
11
2
Crosses
31
1.0
Cross %
0.4
48
Long Balls
67
8
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.2
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
7
11
Effective Tackles
9
19
Tackles
14
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
10
Interceptions
6
32
Effective Clearances
3
32
Clearances
3

Head to Head

SOU leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

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. 6Douglas LuizLM
  8. 7John McGinnRM
  9. 11Ollie WatkinsF
  10. 10Jack GrealishAM-L
  11. 15Bertrand TraoréAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 27Ahmed ElmohamadySUB
  2. 17TrézéguetSUB
  3. 12Jed SteerSUB
  4. 19Marvelous NakambaSUB
  5. 22Björn EngelsSUB
  6. 14Conor HourihaneSUB
  7. 39Keinan DavisSUB

SOU · 4-4-2

  1. 1Alex McCarthyG
  2. 4Jannik VestergaardCD-L
  3. 35Jan BednarekCD-R
  4. 3Ryan BertrandLB
  5. 2Kyle Walker-PetersRB
  6. 8James Ward-ProwseCM-L
  7. 6Oriol RomeuCM-R
  8. 32Theo WalcottLM
  9. 17Stuart ArmstrongRM
  10. 10Ché AdamsCF-L
  11. 9Danny IngsCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 7Shane LongSUB
  2. 12Moussa DjenepoSUB
  3. 44Fraser ForsterSUB
  4. 5Jack StephensSUB
  5. 27Ibrahima DialloSUB
  6. 40Daniel N'LunduluSUB
  7. 11Nathan RedmondSUB

Timeline

  1. 4' VAR Decision: No Goal Aston Villa 0-0 Southampton.
  2. 12' James Ward-Prowse (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 20' Goal! Aston Villa 0, Southampton 1. Jannik Vestergaard (Southampton) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by James Ward-Prowse with a cross following a set piece situation.
  4. 29' Substitution, Aston Villa. Trézéguet replaces Bertrand Traoré because of an injury.
  5. 33' Goal! Aston Villa 0, Southampton 2. James Ward-Prowse (Southampton) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  6. 43' Matthew Cash (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  7. 45' Goal! Aston Villa 0, Southampton 3. James Ward-Prowse (Southampton) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  8. 45' Substitution, Southampton. Jack Stephens replaces Jan Bednarek.
  9. 58' Goal! Aston Villa 0, Southampton 4. Danny Ings (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Stuart Armstrong.
  10. 62' Goal! Aston Villa 1, Southampton 4. Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jack Grealish with a cross following a corner.
  11. 67' Substitution, Aston Villa. Ahmed El Mohamady replaces Matthew Cash.
  12. 79' Substitution, Southampton. Ibrahima Diallo replaces Ryan Bertrand because of an injury.
  13. 85' Substitution, Southampton. Shane Long replaces Danny Ings because of an injury.
  14. 90'+2' Ibrahima Diallo (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 90'+3' Goal! Aston Villa 2, Southampton 4. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
  16. 90'+7' Goal! Aston Villa 3, Southampton 4. Jack Grealish (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Douglas Luiz.

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