SOUTHAMPTON. Southampton overcomes Aston Villa 1-0 after A. Armstrong scored just 1 goal (3′). Southampton took advantage of its better ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the St. Mary’s Stadium stadium in Southampton on Friday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. In front of 30,178 spectators.​ The referee was Andy Madley assisted by Darren Cann and Derek Eaton. The 4th official was Michael Salisbury. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 8.8 degrees Celsius or 47.88 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Southampton had a strong ball possession 57% while Aston Villa was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Aston Villa was more pushing with 62 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyway, Southampton found a way to find the solution to win this contest.​

Southampton shot 9 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Aston Villa shot 14 times, 3 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Southampton received 2 yellow cards (M. Salisu and O. Romeu). Regarding the opposition, Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards (A. Tuanzebe and A. El-Ghazi).

Standings

After playing this match, Southampton will have 14 points like Everton and Leicester City to remain in the 12th place. On the other side, Aston Villa will stay with 10 points like Watford and Leeds United to remain in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Southampton will play away against Norwich City on the 20th of November with a 10-5 head to head statistic in favor of Southampton (5 draws).

Aston Villa will host Brighton & Hove Albion on the 20th of November with a 2-1 head to head record in favor of Aston Villa (4 draws).

Southampton – Formation

Southampton started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Ralph Hasenhüttl decided to play with the following team: Alex McCarthy (7.1), Valentino Livramento (7.3), Jan Bednarek (6.8), Mohammed Salisu (7.2), Kyle Walker-Peters (6.4), Stuart Armstrong (6.4), James Ward-Prowse (7.6), Oriol Romeu (7.3), Mohamed Elyounoussi (6.1), Adam Armstrong (7.2) and Che Adams (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Romain Perraud, Lyanco (7.1), Shane Long, Moussa Djenepo, Ibrahima Diallo (6.4), Nathan Tella, Fraser Forster, Armando Broja (6.6) and Theo Walcott.

Substitutions

Southampton made 3 changes: S. Armstrong for Lyanco (56′), M. Elyounoussi for I. Diallo (76′) and A. Armstrong for A. Broja (81′).

Best player: James Ward-Prowse​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Southampton was James Ward-Prowse even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.6) with 55 passes (90% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 11. He performed 14 crosses.

Aston Villa – Formation

Aston Villa started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Talking about the opposition, Dean Smith played with: Emiliano Martínez (6.8), Matty Cash (7.5), Axel Tuanzebe (6.4), Tyrone Mings (7.0), Matt Targett (7.1), John McGinn (6.8), Marvelous Nakamba (7.1), Leon Bailey (7.0), Emiliano Buendía (7.8), Anwar El Ghazi (6.4) and Ollie Watkins (7.3).

These were the players on the bench: Carney Chukwuemeka, Jaden Philogene-Bidace, Jacob Ramsey (6.4), Jed Steer, Keinan Davis (6.4), Ashley Young, Aaron Ramsey, Kortney Hause and Cameron Archer (6.5).

Substitutions

Aston Villa made 3 changes: M. Nakamba for J. Ramsey (63′), E. Buendia for C. Archer (71′) and A. El-Ghazi for K. Davis (79′).

Best player: Emiliano Buendía​

The most impressive player for Aston Villa was Emiliano Buendía.

His rating is (7.8) with 23 passes (73% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 10. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Southampton – Aston Villa – 1-0