Southampton vs Aston Villa

22 February 2020 · Premier League · 2019/20 · Referee Craig Pawson

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Shane Long 8’
  • Stuart Armstrong 90+5’

Match summary

Southampton saw off Aston Villa 2-0. Southampton led 1-0 at half-time.

Shane Long put Southampton ahead in the 8th minute, set up by Moussa Djenepo and Stuart Armstrong made it 2-0 in stoppage time, set up by Che Adams.

The chances backed that up: Southampton created 3.03 expected goals (xG) from 28 shots to Aston Villa's 0.47 from 4.

Match stats

Southampton Aston Villa
28 Shots 4
9 Shots on Target 1
9 Corners 6
1 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
3.03 xG 0.47
3.03 Non-penalty xG 0.47
7 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Southampton Aston Villa
Kick-off
Shane Long
Assist: Moussa Djenepo1-0 (Southampton)
8’
Half-time1-0
Stuart Armstrong
Assist: Che Adams2-0 (Southampton)
90+5’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Southampton
  • Stuart Armstrong
Aston Villa
  • José Reina
  • Ezri Konsa Ngoyo
  • Frederic Guilbert
  • Jack Grealish

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 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.03 0.47 8’ Shane Long (Southampton), 1-0 8’ 90+5’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), 2-0 90+5’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.03 0.47 8’ Shane Long (Southampton), 1-0 Long 8’ 90+5’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), 2-0 Armstrong 90+5’
Southampton 3.03 xGAston Villa 0.47 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Aston Villa attacking Southampton attacking 
84’ Che Adams (Southampton), open play, 0.42 xG, blocked 8’ Shane Long (Southampton), open play, 0.40 xG, goal 18’ Danny Ings (Southampton), open play, 0.37 xG, saved 23’ Moussa Djenepo (Southampton), open play, 0.33 xG, saved 61’ Trézéguet (Aston Villa), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 90+5’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.29 xG, goal 57’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.15 xG, off target 84’ Michael Obafemi (Southampton), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 59’ Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 19’ Moussa Djenepo (Southampton), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 68’ Mbwana Samatta (Aston Villa), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 90+2’ Che Adams (Southampton), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 56’ Jack Stephens (Southampton), set piece, 0.07 xG, off target 53’ Danny Ings (Southampton), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 42’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), set piece, 0.05 xG, blocked 52’ Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 66’ Conor Hourihane (Aston Villa), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 13’ Ryan Bertrand (Southampton), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 43’ Shane Long (Southampton), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 90+4’ Jack Grealish (Aston Villa), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 1’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 5’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, blocked 88’ Michael Obafemi (Southampton), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 90+3’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 48’ Danny Ings (Southampton), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 58’ Moussa Djenepo (Southampton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 79’ Che Adams (Southampton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 70’ Ryan Bertrand (Southampton), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 7’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 6’ William Smallbone (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 40’ Ryan Bertrand (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 53’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 84’ Che Adams (Southampton), open play, 0.42 xG, blocked 8’ Shane Long (Southampton), open play, 0.40 xG, goal 18’ Danny Ings (Southampton), open play, 0.37 xG, saved 23’ Moussa Djenepo (Southampton), open play, 0.33 xG, saved 61’ Trézéguet (Aston Villa), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 90+5’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.29 xG, goal 57’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.15 xG, off target 84’ Michael Obafemi (Southampton), open play, 0.12 xG, saved 59’ Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 19’ Moussa Djenepo (Southampton), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 68’ Mbwana Samatta (Aston Villa), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 90+2’ Che Adams (Southampton), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 56’ Jack Stephens (Southampton), set piece, 0.07 xG, off target 53’ Danny Ings (Southampton), from a corner, 0.07 xG, blocked 42’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), set piece, 0.05 xG, blocked 52’ Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 66’ Conor Hourihane (Aston Villa), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 13’ Ryan Bertrand (Southampton), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 43’ Shane Long (Southampton), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 90+4’ Jack Grealish (Aston Villa), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 88’ Michael Obafemi (Southampton), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 1’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 5’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, blocked 48’ Danny Ings (Southampton), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 58’ Moussa Djenepo (Southampton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+3’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 79’ Che Adams (Southampton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 70’ Ryan Bertrand (Southampton), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 7’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 6’ William Smallbone (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 40’ Ryan Bertrand (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 53’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked
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 0.030.051
Jan Bednarek DEF900 0.000.021
Jack Stephens DEF901 0.070.000
Ryan Bertrand DEF903 0.090.071
Stuart Armstrong MID9017 0.590.175
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg MID902 0.160.000
William Smallbone MID841 0.020.000
Moussa Djenepo MID9013 0.470.504
Shane Long FWD7712 0.440.253
Danny Ings FWD773 0.460.331
Michael Obafemi Sub132 0.160.000
Che Adams Sub1313 0.530.291
Oriol Romeu Sub60 0.000.112

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Southampton win 56% Avg odds 1.72
Draw 24% Avg odds 4.03
Aston Villa win 20% Avg odds 4.71

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

Form going into the game

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Aston Villa 1-3 Southampton, 21 Dec 19 Next meeting: Aston Villa 3-4 Southampton, 01 Nov 20  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.