Aston Villa vs Southampton

5 March 2022 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Peter Bankes

Full time 4 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

Ollie Watkins 9’
Douglas Luiz 44’
Philippe Coutinho 52’
Danny Ings 54’

Match summary

Aston Villa won comfortably, 4-0 at home to Southampton. Aston Villa led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Ollie Watkins put Aston Villa ahead in the 9th minute, set up by Danny Ings and Douglas Luiz made it 2-0 from a corner in the 44th minute, set up by Philippe Coutinho. In the second half, Philippe Coutinho made it 3-0 in the 52nd minute, set up by Danny Ings and Danny Ings made it 4-0 in the 54th minute, set up by Matthew Cash.

The chances backed that up: Aston Villa created 2.85 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Southampton's 1.33 from 11.

Match stats

14 Shots 11

9 Shots on Target 1

4 Corners 7

1 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

2.85 xG 1.33

2.85 Non-penalty xG 1.33

12 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Aston Villa Southampton

Kick-off

Ollie Watkins
Assist: Danny Ings

1-0

9’

Douglas Luiz
Assist: Philippe Coutinho

2-0

44’

Half-time2-0

Philippe Coutinho
Assist: Danny Ings

3-0

52’

Danny Ings
Assist: Matthew Cash

4-0

54’

Full-time4-0

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Aston Villa

Ollie Watkins

Southampton

Oriol Romeu

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Aston Villa 2.85 xGSouthampton 1.33 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Southampton attacking Aston Villa attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player, minute and xG.

Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Emiliano Martinez	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Matthew Cash	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.45	2
Tyrone Mings	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Calum Chambers	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ashley Young	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Douglas Luiz	MID	90	1		3	0.62	0.00	0
John McGinn	MID	90			0	0.00	0.25	4
Jacob Ramsey	MID	79			1	0.12	0.00	0
Danny Ings	FWD	72	1	2	2	0.54	0.42	2
Ollie Watkins	FWD	90	1		2	0.60	0.85	3
Philippe Coutinho	FWD	82	1	1	4	0.88	0.82	2
Morgan Sanson	Sub	18			0	0.00	0.00	0
Leon Bailey	Sub	11			1	0.08	0.00	0
Emiliano Buendía	Sub	8			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Fraser Forster	GK	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Valentino Livramento	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.83	3
Jan Bednarek	DEF	90	1	0.26	0.00	0
Jack Stephens	DEF	90	0	0.00	0.00	0
Romain Perraud	DEF	59	1	0.02	0.00	0
Stuart Armstrong	MID	90	4	0.17	0.00	0
James Ward-Prowse	MID	90	2	0.09	0.00	0
Oriol Romeu	MID	78	0	0.00	0.10	2
Mohamed Elyounoussi	MID	47	0	0.00	0.00	0
Armando Broja	FWD	90	0	0.00	0.04	1
Che Adams	FWD	90	2	0.78	0.00	0
Yan Valery	Sub	43	1	0.01	0.26	1
Kyle Walker-Peters	Sub	31	0	0.00	0.00	0
Ibrahima Diallo	Sub	12	0	0.00	0.05	2

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Aston Villa win 43% Avg odds 2.25

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.54

Southampton win 30% Avg odds 3.23

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Aston Villa W D L L W

Southampton D W D W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Southampton 1-0 Aston Villa, 05 Nov 21 Next meeting: Aston Villa 1-0 Southampton, 16 Sep 22 All Aston Villa vs Southampton meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.