Aston Villa vs Southampton

1 November 2020 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Darren England

Full time 3 – 4

Half-time: 0–3

Tyrone Mings 62’
Ollie Watkins 90+3’ (pen)
Jack Grealish 90+7’

Jannik Vestergaard 20’
James Ward-Prowse 33’, 45’
Danny Ings 58’

Match summary

Southampton took a 4-3 win at Aston Villa. Southampton led 3-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Jannik Vestergaard put Southampton ahead with a header in the 20th minute, set up by James Ward-Prowse, James Ward-Prowse made it 0-2 with a direct free kick in the 33rd minute, and Ward-Prowse made it 0-3 with a direct free kick in the 45th minute. In the second half, Danny Ings made it 0-4 in the 58th minute, set up by Stuart Armstrong, Tyrone Mings pulled one back to make it 1-4 with a header in the 62nd minute, set up by Jack Grealish, Ollie Watkins made it 2-4 from the penalty spot in stoppage time, and Jack Grealish made it 3-4 in stoppage time, set up by Douglas Luiz.

Aston Villa can feel hard done by, creating 2.45 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots to Southampton's 1.00 from 9.

Match stats

19 Shots 9

10 Shots on Target 4

11 Corners 1

1 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

2.45 xG 1.00

1.69 Non-penalty xG 1.00

5 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Aston Villa Southampton

Kick-off

20’

Jannik Vestergaard
Assist: James Ward-Prowse

0-1

33’

James Ward-Prowse

0-2

45’

James Ward-Prowse

0-3

Half-time0-3

58’

Danny Ings
Assist: Stuart Armstrong

0-4

Tyrone Mings
Assist: Jack Grealish

1-4

62’

Ollie Watkins
Penalty

2-4

90+3’

Jack Grealish
Assist: Douglas Luiz

3-4

90+7’

Full-time3-4

Bookings

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

Aston Villa

Matthew Cash

Southampton

James Ward-Prowse
Ibrahima Diallo

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 2.45 xGSouthampton 1.00 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

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Emiliano Martinez	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Matthew Cash	DEF	68			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ezri Konsa Ngoyo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Tyrone Mings	DEF	90	1		3	0.46	0.00	0
Matt Targett	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.17	4
Douglas Luiz	MID	90		1	1	0.01	0.49	2
John McGinn	MID	90			0	0.00	0.10	1
Bertrand Traoré	MID	28			1	0.05	0.00	0
Ross Barkley	MID	90			2	0.08	0.20	4
Jack Grealish	MID	90	1	1	6	0.72	0.48	2
Ollie Watkins	FWD	90	1		2	0.86	0.11	2
Trézéguet	Sub	62			4	0.27	0.00	0
Ahmed Elmohamady	Sub	22			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Alex McCarthy	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kyle Walker-Peters	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jannik Vestergaard	DEF	90	1		1	0.41	0.00	0
Jan Bednarek	DEF	47			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ryan Bertrand	DEF	80			0	0.00	0.07	1
Stuart Armstrong	MID	90		1	1	0.10	0.04	1
Oriol Romeu	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
James Ward-Prowse	MID	90	2	1	3	0.29	0.51	2
Theo Walcott	MID	90			2	0.05	0.00	0
Che Adams	FWD	90			0	0.00	0.11	2
Danny Ings	FWD	86	1		2	0.14	0.04	1
Jack Stephens	Sub	43			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ibrahima Diallo	Sub	10			0	0.00	0.00	0
Shane Long	Sub	4			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Aston Villa win 37% Avg odds 2.57

Draw 27% Avg odds 3.55

Southampton win 36% Avg odds 2.69

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

Form going into the game

Aston Villa W W W W L

Southampton L W W D W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Southampton 2-0 Aston Villa, 22 Feb 20 Next meeting: Southampton 0-1 Aston Villa, 30 Jan 21 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.