Aston Villa v Southampton, 21 December 2019

Score3-1 to Southampton
RefereeCraig Pawson
CompetitionPremier League
VenueVilla Park
Attendance41,834

View Aston Villa v Southampton head to head

Kick-off: 3.00pm Premier League Head to Head Played: 35 Aston Villa won: 13 Drawn: 9 Southampton won: 13 Aston Villa scored: 44 Southampton scored: 50 Southampton had now won on consecutive league visits to Villa Park for the first time.

1 Aston Villa

Manager: Dean Smith

3 Southampton

Manager: Ralph Hasenhüttl

Goals:

Jack Grealish 75 G

Goals:

Danny Ings 21 G
Jack Stephens 31 G
Danny Ings 51 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Tom Heaton
Defender Björn Engels
Defender Frederic Guilbert
Defender Kortney Hause
Defender Matt Targett
Midfielder Douglas Luiz
Midfielder Anwar El Ghazi
Midfielder Conor Hourihane
Midfielder John McGinn
Midfielder/Forward Jack Grealish
Forward Wesley

Starting lineup:

Alex McCarthy Goalkeeper
Jan Bednarek Defender
Cédric Soares Defender
Jack Stephens Defender
Ryan Bertrand Defender/Midfielder
Stuart Armstrong Midfielder
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg Midfielder
James Ward-Prowse Midfielder
Nathan Redmond Midfielder/Forward
Danny Ings Forward
Shane Long Forward

Substitutions:

Marvelous Nakamba for John McGinn 8
Jonathan Kodjia for Conor Hourihane 56
Trézéguet for Anwar El Ghazi 68

Substitutions:

Oriol Romeu for Stuart Armstrong 76
Michael Obafemi for Shane Long 82
Che Adams for Danny Ings 87

Cards:

Anwar El Ghazi 67 Y
Jonathan Kodjia 87 Y

Cards:

James Ward-Prowse 44 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Orjan Nyland
Defender/Midfielder Ahmed Elmohamady
Defender/Midfielder Ezri Konsa
Midfielder Henri Lansbury
Midfielder Trézéguet
Midfielder/Forward Marvelous Nakamba
Forward Jonathan Kodjia

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Angus Gunn
Defender Jannik Vestergaard
Defender Maya Yoshida
Midfielder/Forward Che Adams
Midfielder/Forward Sofiane Boufal
Midfielder/Forward Oriol Romeu
Forward Michael Obafemi

Comments:

League position: 18th Aston Villa had now lost four consecutive league games for the first time since February 2017 in the League Championship. Villa had now lost seven of their last nine games in the Premier League (won one). Jack Grealish had now scored seven goals in a season in all competitions for the first time in his career.

Comments:

League position: 17th Southampton had now gone 13 consecutive games in the Premier League without keeping a clean sheet; the longest current such run in the division. This was the first time they had scored three or more goals in an away game in the Premier League since a 3-1 win at Huddersfield Town on 22 December 2018. Danny Ings became the third Saints player to score ten or more goals in a season in the Premier League before Christmas; also Matt Le Tissier in 1994-95 and James Beattie in 2002-03.

1 Aston Villa

Manager: Dean Smith

Goals:

Jack Grealish 75 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Tom Heaton
Defender Björn Engels
Defender Frederic Guilbert
Defender Kortney Hause
Defender Matt Targett
Midfielder Douglas Luiz
Midfielder Anwar El Ghazi
Midfielder Conor Hourihane
Midfielder John McGinn
Midfielder/Forward Jack Grealish
Forward Wesley

Substitutions:

Marvelous Nakamba for John McGinn 8
Jonathan Kodjia for Conor Hourihane 56
Trézéguet for Anwar El Ghazi 68

Cards:

Anwar El Ghazi 67 Y
Jonathan Kodjia 87 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Orjan Nyland
Defender/Midfielder Ahmed Elmohamady
Defender/Midfielder Ezri Konsa
Midfielder Henri Lansbury
Midfielder Trézéguet
Midfielder/Forward Marvelous Nakamba
Forward Jonathan Kodjia

Comments:

League position: 18th Aston Villa had now lost four consecutive league games for the first time since February 2017 in the League Championship. Villa had now lost seven of their last nine games in the Premier League (won one). Jack Grealish had now scored seven goals in a season in all competitions for the first time in his career.

3 Southampton

Manager: Ralph Hasenhüttl

Goals:

Danny Ings 21 G
Jack Stephens 31 G
Danny Ings 51 G

Starting lineup:

Alex McCarthy Goalkeeper
Jan Bednarek Defender
Cédric Soares Defender
Jack Stephens Defender
Ryan Bertrand Defender/Midfielder
Stuart Armstrong Midfielder
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg Midfielder
James Ward-Prowse Midfielder
Nathan Redmond Midfielder/Forward
Danny Ings Forward
Shane Long Forward

Substitutions:

Oriol Romeu for Stuart Armstrong 76
Michael Obafemi for Shane Long 82
Che Adams for Danny Ings 87

Cards:

James Ward-Prowse 44 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Angus Gunn
Defender Jannik Vestergaard
Defender Maya Yoshida
Midfielder/Forward Che Adams
Midfielder/Forward Sofiane Boufal
Midfielder/Forward Oriol Romeu
Forward Michael Obafemi

Comments:

League position: 17th Southampton had now gone 13 consecutive games in the Premier League without keeping a clean sheet; the longest current such run in the division. This was the first time they had scored three or more goals in an away game in the Premier League since a 3-1 win at Huddersfield Town on 22 December 2018. Danny Ings became the third Saints player to score ten or more goals in a season in the Premier League before Christmas; also Matt Le Tissier in 1994-95 and James Beattie in 2002-03.