Southampton vs Aston Villa

5 November 2021 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Andy Madley

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Adam Armstrong 3’

Match summary

Southampton saw off Aston Villa 1-0. Southampton led 1-0 at half-time.

Adam Armstrong put Southampton ahead in the 3rd minute.

The chances backed that up: Southampton created 0.90 expected goals (xG) from 9 shots to Aston Villa's 0.54 from 14.

Match stats

Southampton Aston Villa
9 Shots 14
3 Shots on Target 3
10 Corners 8
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0.90 xG 0.54
0.90 Non-penalty xG 0.54
8 Deep Completions 13

Key events

Southampton Aston Villa
Kick-off
Adam Armstrong1-0 (Southampton)
3’
Half-time1-0
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Southampton
  • Mohammed Salisu
  • Oriol Romeu
Aston Villa
  • Axel Tuanzebe
  • Anwar El Ghazi

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 0.90 0.54 3’ Adam Armstrong (Southampton), 1-0 3’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.90 0.54 3’ Adam Armstrong (Southampton), 1-0 Armstrong 3’
Southampton 0.90 xGAston Villa 0.54 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Aston Villa attacking Southampton attacking 
9’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), from a corner, 0.50 xG, off target 5’ Mohamed Elyounoussi (Southampton), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 7’ Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 53’ Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 60’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 64’ Leon Bailey (Aston Villa), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 66’ Che Adams (Southampton), set piece, 0.05 xG, saved 47’ Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 51’ Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 56’ Adam Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 42’ Oriol Romeu (Southampton), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 3’ Adam Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 26’ Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 50’ Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 14’ Che Adams (Southampton), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 34’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 49’ Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 85’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 86’ Cameron Archer (Aston Villa), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 24’ Mohammed Salisu (Southampton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+2’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.01 xG, blocked 6’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 20’ Leon Bailey (Aston Villa), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 9’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), from a corner, 0.50 xG, off target 5’ Mohamed Elyounoussi (Southampton), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 7’ Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 53’ Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 60’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 64’ Leon Bailey (Aston Villa), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, off target 66’ Che Adams (Southampton), set piece, 0.05 xG, saved 47’ Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 51’ Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 56’ Adam Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 26’ Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 42’ Oriol Romeu (Southampton), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 50’ Emiliano Buendía (Aston Villa), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 3’ Adam Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 14’ Che Adams (Southampton), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 34’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 49’ Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 85’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 86’ Cameron Archer (Aston Villa), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 24’ Mohammed Salisu (Southampton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 90+2’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.01 xG, blocked 6’ John McGinn (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 20’ Leon Bailey (Aston Villa), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Alex McCarthy GK900 0.000.000
Valentino Livramento DEF900 0.000.000
Mohammed Salisu DEF901 0.020.000
Jan Bednarek DEF900 0.000.000
Kyle Walker-Peters DEF900 0.000.000
Stuart Armstrong MID571 0.500.162
Oriol Romeu MID901 0.040.000
James Ward-Prowse MID901 0.030.154
Mohamed Elyounoussi MID781 0.120.000
Che Adams FWD902 0.090.041
Adam Armstrong FWD8212 0.090.000
Lyanco Sub330 0.000.000
Ibrahima Diallo Sub120 0.000.000
Armando Broja Sub80 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Southampton win 47% Avg odds 2.06
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.64
Aston Villa win 27% Avg odds 3.56

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

Form going into the game

Southampton LLWDW
Aston Villa WLLLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Southampton 0-1 Aston Villa, 30 Jan 21 Next meeting: Aston Villa 4-0 Southampton, 05 Mar 22  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.