Southampton vs Aston Villa, 2024-25 English Premier League
· English Premier LeagueAston Villa inflict latest defeat on already-relegated Southampton
Aston Villa took time to break down home resistance before earning a 3-0 win at relegated Southampton in the Premier League on Saturday.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Attempt blocked. Marcus Rashford (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Youri Tielemans with a through ball.
- 1': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Jan Bednarek.
- 2': Attempt missed. Ian Maatsen (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
- 3': Foul by Paul Onuachu (Southampton).
- 3': Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 9': Attempt saved. Marcus Rashford (Aston Villa) header from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Amadou Onana.
- 9': Attempt blocked. Kamaldeen Sulemana (Southampton) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
- 12': Foul by Mateus Fernandes (Southampton).
- 12': Ian Maatsen (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 13': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Jan Bednarek.
- 16': Attempt saved. Cameron Archer (Southampton) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kyle Walker-Peters.
- 16': Delay in match because of an injury Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa).
- 17': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 17': Foul by Ryan Manning (Southampton).
- 17': Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 18': Attempt missed. Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Marcus Rashford with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 20': Attempt blocked. Jacob Ramsey (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Amadou Onana.
- 20': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Jack Stephens.
- 21': Attempt missed. Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Marco Asensio with a cross following a corner.
- 21': Attempt saved. Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ezri Konsa.
- 26': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Ezri Konsa.
- 26': Amadou Onana (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 26': Foul by Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Southampton).
- 29': Amadou Onana (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 29': Foul by Lesley Ugochukwu (Southampton).
- 31': Foul by Ryan Manning (Southampton).
- 31': Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 33': Attempt blocked. Marcus Rashford (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tyrone Mings.
- 35': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Kyle Walker-Peters.
- 36': Attempt missed. Matty Cash (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Marcus Rashford following a corner.
- 37': Attempt missed. Marco Asensio (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Jacob Ramsey.
- 38': Foul by Mateus Fernandes (Southampton).
- 38': Ian Maatsen (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 38': Mateus Fernandes (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 40': Attempt saved. Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Jacob Ramsey.
- 41': Attempt missed. Paul Onuachu (Southampton) header from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Kyle Walker-Peters with a cross.
- 45': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
- 45'+1': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Kyle Walker-Peters.
- 45'+2': Attempt blocked. Matty Cash (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Marco Asensio.
- 45'+2': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Jack Stephens.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Southampton 0, Aston Villa 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Southampton 0, Aston Villa 0.
- 45': Substitution, Southampton. Tyler Dibling replaces Paul Onuachu.
- 47': Attempt blocked. Ian Maatsen (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
- 47': Attempt saved. Amadou Onana (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Youri Tielemans.
- 48': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Kyle Walker-Peters.
- 49': Attempt blocked. Ian Maatsen (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 49': Attempt missed. Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
- 51': Attempt missed. Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ezri Konsa.
- 52': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Ryan Manning.
- 54': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Jack Stephens.
- 58': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Jack Stephens.
- 59': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Jan Bednarek.
- 59': Attempt missed. Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa) header from the left side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by Marcus Rashford with a cross following a corner.
- 60': Attempt missed. Kamaldeen Sulemana (Southampton) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Cameron Archer.
- 61': Substitution, Southampton. Ross Stewart replaces Cameron Archer.
- 61': Substitution, Southampton. Will Smallbone replaces Kamaldeen Sulemana.
- 62': Foul by Amadou Onana (Aston Villa).
- 62': Jack Stephens (Southampton) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 63': Attempt missed. Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Southampton) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Ryan Manning with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 64': Foul by Ross Stewart (Southampton).
- 64': Marcus Rashford (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 65': Attempt missed. Marcus Rashford (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left from a direct free kick.
- 66': Substitution, Aston Villa. Ollie Watkins replaces Marcus Rashford.
- 66': Substitution, Aston Villa. Donyell Malen replaces Jacob Ramsey.
- 68': Penalty Aston Villa. Ollie Watkins draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 68': Penalty conceded by Jan Bednarek (Southampton) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 68': Jan Bednarek (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 69': Penalty saved. Marco Asensio (Aston Villa) left footed shot saved in the centre of the goal.
- 69': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Jack Stephens.
- 71': Donyell Malen (Aston Villa) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 71': Foul by Ryan Manning (Southampton).
- 73': Goal! Southampton 0, Aston Villa 1. Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Youri Tielemans with a through ball.
- 75': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Taylor Harwood-Bellis.
- 76': Foul by Ian Maatsen (Aston Villa).
- 76': Kyle Walker-Peters (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 79': Goal! Southampton 0, Aston Villa 2. Donyell Malen (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Morgan Rogers.
- 81': Foul by Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa).
- 81': Lesley Ugochukwu (Southampton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 82': Substitution, Southampton. Yukinari Sugawara replaces Ryan Manning.
- 84': Attempt saved. Marco Asensio (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Donyell Malen.
- 85': Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by Aaron Ramsdale.
- 85': Substitution, Aston Villa. John McGinn replaces Morgan Rogers.
- 85': Substitution, Aston Villa. Andrés García replaces Matty Cash.
- 86': Foul by John McGinn (Aston Villa).
- 86': Tyler Dibling (Southampton) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 87': John McGinn (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 88': Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Tyrone Mings.
- 88': Attempt saved. Mateus Fernandes (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 88': Taylor Harwood-Bellis (Southampton) is shown the yellow card.
- 89': Substitution, Southampton. Jay Robinson replaces Mateus Fernandes.
- 89': Substitution, Aston Villa. Boubacar Kamara replaces Amadou Onana.
- 90': Fourth official has announced 7 minutes of added time.
- 90'+2': Penalty Aston Villa. John McGinn draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 90'+2': Penalty conceded by Jack Stephens (Southampton) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 90'+4': Penalty saved. Marco Asensio (Aston Villa) left footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
- 90'+4': Goal! Southampton 0, Aston Villa 3. John McGinn (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner following a set piece situation.
- 90'+8': Attempt missed. Will Smallbone (Southampton) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Jay Robinson.
- 90'+8': Second Half ends, Southampton 0, Aston Villa 3.
- 0': Match ends, Southampton 0, Aston Villa 3.
Statistics
 AVL |
SOU |
|
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Fouls | 11 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Offsides | 0 |
| 14 | Corner Kicks | 2 |
| 2 | Saves | 7 |
| 60.1 | Possession | 39.9 |
| 25 | SHOTS | 7 |
| 10 | ON GOAL | 2 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 2 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 497 | Accurate Passes | 307 |
| 537 | Passes | 354 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 3 | Accurate Crosses | 2 |
| 30 | Crosses | 16 |
| 0.1 | Cross % | 0.1 |
| 20 | Long Balls | 49 |
| 14 | Accurate Long Balls | 29 |
| 0.7 | Long Balls % | 0.6 |
| 6 | Blocked Shots | 1 |
| 11 | Effective Tackles | 10 |
| 25 | Tackles | 18 |
| 0.4 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 10 | Interceptions | 11 |
| 19 | Effective Clearances | 37 |
| 19 | Clearances | 37 |
Game Information
Competition: English Premier League
Venue: St. Mary's Stadium
Location: Southampton, England
Attendance: 30,673
Venue: St. Mary's Stadium
Location: Southampton, England
Attendance: 30,673
Premier League Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liverpool | 34 | +48 | 82 |
| 2 | Arsenal | 34 | +34 | 67 |
| 3 | Newcastle United | 34 | +21 | 62 |
| 4 | Manchester City | 34 | +23 | 61 |
Line-Ups
Southampton (3-4-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 30 | Aaron Ramsdale (GK) |
| 35 | Jan Bednarek  |
| 5 | Jack Stephens |
| 6 | Taylor Harwood-Bellis |
| 26 | Lesley Ugochukwu |
| 18 | Mateus Fernandes |
| 3 | Ryan Manning |
| 2 | Kyle Walker-Peters |
| 32 | Paul Onuachu |
| 20 | Kamaldeen Sulemana |
| 19 | Cameron Archer |
Aston Villa (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 23 | Emiliano Martínez (GK) |
| 5 | Tyrone Mings |
| 4 | Ezri Konsa |
| 22 | Ian Maatsen |
| 2 | Matty Cash |
| 21 | Marco Asensio |
| 8 | Youri Tielemans |
| 24 | Amadou Onana |
| 9 | Marcus Rashford |
| 41 | Jacob Ramsey |
| 27 | Morgan Rogers |
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