Southampton vs Aston Villa

21 January 2023 · Premier League · 2022/23 · Referee Michael Salisbury

Full time 0 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

  • Ollie Watkins 77’

Match summary

Aston Villa took a 1-0 win at Southampton. It was goalless at half-time.

Ollie Watkins put Aston Villa ahead with a header in the 77th minute, set up by Douglas Luiz.

The chances backed that up: Aston Villa created 1.17 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Southampton's 0.67 from 8.

Match stats

Southampton Aston Villa
8 Shots 16
5 Shots on Target 5
2 Corners 2
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0.67 xG 1.16
0.67 Non-penalty xG 1.16
4 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Southampton Aston Villa
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
77’
Ollie Watkins
Assist: Douglas Luiz0-1 (Aston Villa)
Full-time0-1

Bookings

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

Southampton
  • Lyanco
Aston Villa
  • Álex Moreno
  • Douglas Luiz

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.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.67 1.17 77’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), 0-1 77’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.67 1.17 77’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), 0-1 Watkins 77’
Southampton 0.67 xGAston Villa 1.17 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Aston Villa attacking Southampton attacking 
62’ Adam Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.45 xG, saved 77’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.32 xG, goal 30’ Jacob Ramsey (Aston Villa), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 27’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 33’ Jacob Ramsey (Aston Villa), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 46’ Leon Bailey (Aston Villa), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 70’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 47’ Leon Bailey (Aston Villa), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 70’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 30’ Leon Bailey (Aston Villa), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 45’ Leon Bailey (Aston Villa), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 90’ Sékou Mara (Southampton), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 82’ Mohammed Salisu (Southampton), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 90+1’ Moussa Djenepo (Southampton), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 90+2’ Mohammed Salisu (Southampton), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 19’ Álex Moreno (Aston Villa), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 58’ Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 45’ Boubacar Kamara (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved 81’ Lyanco (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 6’ Lyanco (Southampton), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 51’ Romeo Lavia (Southampton), set piece, 0.01 xG, blocked 3’ Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 58’ Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 68’ Álex Moreno (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 62’ Adam Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.45 xG, saved 77’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.32 xG, goal 30’ Jacob Ramsey (Aston Villa), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 27’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 33’ Jacob Ramsey (Aston Villa), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 46’ Leon Bailey (Aston Villa), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 70’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), from a corner, 0.10 xG, off target 47’ Leon Bailey (Aston Villa), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 70’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 30’ Leon Bailey (Aston Villa), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 45’ Leon Bailey (Aston Villa), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 90’ Sékou Mara (Southampton), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 82’ Mohammed Salisu (Southampton), set piece, 0.05 xG, off target 90+1’ Moussa Djenepo (Southampton), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 90+2’ Mohammed Salisu (Southampton), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 19’ Álex Moreno (Aston Villa), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 58’ Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 45’ Boubacar Kamara (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved 81’ Lyanco (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 6’ Lyanco (Southampton), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 51’ Romeo Lavia (Southampton), set piece, 0.01 xG, blocked 3’ Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 58’ Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 68’ Álex Moreno (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Gavin Bazunu GK900 0.000.000
Lyanco DEF902 0.030.000
Mohammed Salisu DEF902 0.080.000
Duje Caleta-Car DEF870 0.000.000
Kyle Walker-Peters DEF900 0.000.000
Ibrahima Diallo MID900 0.000.000
Romeo Lavia MID641 0.010.011
Samuel Edozie MID650 0.000.000
James Ward-Prowse MID900 0.000.533
Adam Armstrong MID871 0.450.000
Che Adams FWD640 0.000.011
Sékou Mara Sub261 0.050.000
Mohamed Elyounoussi Sub260 0.000.041
Romain Perraud Sub250 0.000.000
Mislav Orsic Sub30 0.000.000
Moussa Djenepo Sub31 0.040.051

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Southampton win 36% Avg odds 2.69
Draw 30% Avg odds 3.21
Aston Villa win 34% Avg odds 2.82

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

Form going into the game

Southampton LLLLW
Aston Villa WLWDW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Aston Villa 1-0 Southampton, 16 Sep 22 Next meeting: Aston Villa 1-0 Southampton, 07 Dec 24  All Southampton vs Aston Villa 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.