Southampton vs Aston Villa

30 January 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Lee Mason

Full time 0 – 1

Half-time: 0–1

  • Ross Barkley 41’

Match summary

Aston Villa took a 1-0 win at Southampton. Aston Villa led 1-0 at half-time.

Ross Barkley put Aston Villa ahead with a header in the 41st minute, set up by Jack Grealish.

Southampton can feel hard done by, creating 2.42 expected goals (xG) from 20 shots to Aston Villa's 0.80 from 8.

Match stats

Southampton Aston Villa
20 Shots 8
5 Shots on Target 4
7 Corners 1
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
2.23 xG 0.80
2.23 Non-penalty xG 0.80
17 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Southampton Aston Villa
Kick-off
41’
Ross Barkley
Assist: Jack Grealish0-1 (Aston Villa)
Half-time0-1
Full-time0-1

Bookings

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

Southampton
  • James Ward-Prowse

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 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.42 0.80 41’ Ross Barkley (Aston Villa), 0-1 41’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.42 0.80 41’ Ross Barkley (Aston Villa), 0-1 Barkley 41’
Southampton 2.42 xGAston Villa 0.80 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Aston Villa attacking Southampton attacking 
85’ Jack Stephens (Southampton), from a corner, 0.52 xG, blocked 8’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.44 xG, blocked 85’ Che Adams (Southampton), from a corner, 0.37 xG, blocked 70’ Che Adams (Southampton), open play, 0.36 xG, saved 41’ Ross Barkley (Aston Villa), open play, 0.33 xG, goal 53’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), direct free kick, 0.11 xG, blocked 38’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 42’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 90+3’ Ryan Bertrand (Southampton), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 83’ Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 7’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 36’ Oriol Romeu (Southampton), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 42’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 14’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 51’ Nathan Redmond (Southampton), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 84’ Nathan Redmond (Southampton), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 34’ Nathan Redmond (Southampton), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 90+1’ Moussa Djenepo (Southampton), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 49’ Danny Ings (Southampton), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 90’ Ross Barkley (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 31’ Ryan Bertrand (Southampton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 75’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 14’ Jan Bednarek (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 45’ Nathan Redmond (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 85’ Jan Bednarek (Southampton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 14’ Oriol Romeu (Southampton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 77’ Danny Ings (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 40’ Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 85’ Jack Stephens (Southampton), from a corner, 0.52 xG, blocked 8’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.44 xG, blocked 85’ Che Adams (Southampton), from a corner, 0.37 xG, blocked 70’ Che Adams (Southampton), open play, 0.36 xG, saved 41’ Ross Barkley (Aston Villa), open play, 0.33 xG, goal 53’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), direct free kick, 0.11 xG, blocked 38’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 42’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 90+3’ Ryan Bertrand (Southampton), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 83’ Bertrand Traoré (Aston Villa), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 7’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 14’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 36’ Oriol Romeu (Southampton), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 42’ Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 51’ Nathan Redmond (Southampton), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 84’ Nathan Redmond (Southampton), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 90+1’ Moussa Djenepo (Southampton), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 34’ Nathan Redmond (Southampton), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 49’ Danny Ings (Southampton), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 90’ Ross Barkley (Aston Villa), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 31’ Ryan Bertrand (Southampton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 75’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 14’ Jan Bednarek (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 45’ Nathan Redmond (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 85’ Jan Bednarek (Southampton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 14’ Oriol Romeu (Southampton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 77’ Danny Ings (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 40’ Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Alex McCarthy GK900 0.000.000
James Ward-Prowse DEF901 0.110.083
Jan Bednarek DEF902 0.040.000
Jack Stephens DEF901 0.520.000
Ryan Bertrand DEF902 0.120.000
Theo Walcott MID660 0.000.000
Oriol Romeu MID902 0.090.000
Ibrahima Diallo MID600 0.000.052
Stuart Armstrong MID903 0.530.102
Danny Ings FWD902 0.050.802
Nathan Redmond FWD904 0.190.092
Moussa Djenepo Sub301 0.050.000
Che Adams Sub242 0.730.091
Alexandre Jankewitz Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Southampton win 30% Avg odds 3.22
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.68
Aston Villa win 44% Avg odds 2.18

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

Form going into the game

Southampton DDWLL
Aston Villa DLLWL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Aston Villa 3-4 Southampton, 01 Nov 20 Next meeting: Southampton 1-0 Aston Villa, 05 Nov 21  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.