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BIRMINGHAM. Aston Villa demolishes Southampton 4-0 with goals of O. Watkins (9′), D. Luiz (44′), Coutinho (52′) and D. Ings (54′). Southampton was decisively better in terms of ball possession (62%).​

The match was played at the Villa Park stadium in Birmingham on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Peter Bankes assisted by Ian Hussin and Wade Smith. The 4th official was Tim Robinson. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 22.8 degrees Celsius or 73.04 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 50%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Southampton had a strong ball possession 62% while Aston Villa was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Southampton was more aggressive with 51 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 1 were on target. Anyway, Aston Villa managed to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Aston Villa shot 14 times, 9 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Southampton shot 11 times, 1 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Aston Villa received 1 yellow card (O. Watkins). Regarding the opposition, Southampton received 1 yellow card (O. Romeu).

Standings

After playing this contest, Aston Villa will have 33 points like Crystal Palace, Leicester City and Brighton & Hove Albion to remain in the 11th place. On the other side, Southampton will stay with 35 points to hold in the 9th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Aston Villa will play away with Norwich City on the 14th of December with a 11-6 head to head stats in favor of Aston Villa (1 draw).

Southampton will host Watford on the 13th of March with a 8-6 head to head statistic in favor of Southampton (6 draws).

Aston Villa – Formation

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

The manager Steven Gerrard decided to play with the following team: Emiliano Martínez (6.9), Matty Cash (7.6), Calum Chambers (7.3), Tyrone Mings (6.5), Ashley Young (7.0), John McGinn (6.8), Douglas Luiz (7.5), Jacob Ramsey (6.5), Danny Ings (8.4), Ollie Watkins (7.6) and Philippe Coutinho (7.8).

The home team had on the bench: Morgan Sanson (7.0), T. O’Reilly, Leon Bailey (6.5), K. Hause, B. Chrisene, R. Olsen, Emiliano Buendía (6.4), T. Iroegbunam and B. Traoré.

Substitutions

Aston Villa made 3 changes: D. Ings for M. Sanson (71′), J. Ramsey for L. Bailey (78′) and Coutinho for E. Buendia (81′).

Best player: Danny Ings​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Aston Villa was Danny Ings.

His rating is (8.4) with 1 goal, 18 passes (77% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 12.

Southampton – Formation

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

Ralph Hasenhüttl played with: Fraser Forster (6.8), Valentino Livramento (7.2), Jan Bednarek (6.4), Jack Stephens (6.1), Romain Perraud (6.0), Stuart Armstrong (6.8), James Ward-Prowse (6.2), Oriol Romeu (6.5), Mohamed Elyounoussi (6.3), Che Adams (6.2) and Armando Broja (6.5).

These were the players on the bench: T. Walcott, Kyle Walker-Peters (6.8), Ibrahima Diallo (6.7), W. Smallbone, Yan Valery (6.4), M. Djenepo, W. Caballero, A. Armstrong and N. Redmond.

Substitutions

Southampton made 3 changes: M. Elyounoussi for Y. Valery (46′), R. Perraud for K. Walker-Peters (58′) and O. Romeu for I. Diallo (76′).

Best player: Valentino Livramento​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Southampton was Valentino Livramento.

His rating is (7.2) with 56 passes (80% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 7. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Aston Villa – Southampton – 4-0
• Burnley – Chelsea – 0-4
• Leicester City – Leeds United – 1-0
• Liverpool – West Ham United – 1-0
• Newcastle United – Brighton & Hove Albion – 2-1
• Norwich City – Brentford – 1-3
• Wolverhampton Wanderers – Crystal Palace – 0-2