Southampton vs Aston Villa Match Analysis and Prediction

Aston Villa will be looking to return to winnings ways when they travel to St Mary’s Stadium on Friday to take on Southampton in the 11th Premier League round with kickoff at 23:00.

Southampton made a slow start to their Premier league campaign going without a win in their opening seven matches, while picking up four draws and three defeats in the process. However, Ralph Hasenhuttl’s side have been displaying signs of improvement in the recent weeks as they have now recorded a three-match unbeaten run winning two in the in the process and currently occupy the 14th spot in the league standings on 11 points.

The Saints head into the Friday’s clash in a good form having just lost one of their last four matches across all competitions and are off their second Premier League win against Watford, a match that ended 1-0.  Prior to the win Southampton were impressive in their EFL Cup tie against Chelsea as they held the Champions League winners to a 1-1 draw at 90 but eventually losing out 3-4 on penalties.

The Saints will fancy their chances here and will hope to keep the current momentum going with a win against Villa a side they have only lost to in one of their last nine Premier league matches, picking up five victories in the process.

Meanwhile Aston Villa made a strong start to their English top tier campaign recording three impressive wins in their opening six matches while picking up one draw and suffered two defeats in the process. However, Villa have been struggling in the recent weeks and have now recorded a four-match losing streak conceding 12 goals and scoring six in the run. Their poor run has seen them drop to 15th position in the league standings with 10 points.

Dean Smith’s side head into the match in poor form having just won one match in their last six across all competitions while picking up five defeats in the run. Villa couldn’t bounce back in their last match where they were hammered 4-1 by the West Ham at home last weekend with Olie Watkins equalizing the scores at 1-1 in the 34th minute, but then the Hammers scored three times without reply.

Thus, Villa will be desperate to return to winning ways in the Friday’s fixture as they look to avoid any relegation trouble this term. Villa’s November fixtures are really crucial and will need to at least collect points against Southampton, Brighton and Crystal Palace since they face a very difficult December on paper as they are to face Man City, Leicester City, Liverpool and Chelsea in the month.

Southampton vs Aston Villa head to head

Both sides have met 37 fixtures since 1993 with Southampton holding a slight advantage of 15 victories while Aston Villa have 14 victories and there have been eight draws.

  • Southampton 0-1 Villa 30/01/21
  • Villa 3-4 Southampton 01/11/20
  • Southampton 2-0 Villa 22/02/20
  • Villa 1-3 Southampton 21/12/19
  • Villa 2-4 Southampton 23/04/16

Home

  • Watford 0-1 Southampton
  • Chelsea 4-3 Southampton (AP)
  • Southampton 2-2 Burnley
  • Southampton 1-0 Leeds
  • Chelsea 3-1 Southampton

Away

  • Villa 1-4 West Ham
  • Arsenal 3-1 Villa
  • Villa 2-3 Wolves
  • Tottenham 2-1 Villa
  • Man United 0-1 Villa

Southampton team news

Southampton will be without Jack Stephens who is nursing an injury while Armondo Broja makes the doubt list.

Aston Villa team news

Villa will be without Trezeguet and Bertrand Traore due to injuries while Morgan Sanson and Jaden Philogene-Bidace have been ruled out due to illness.

Prediction and odds

  • Southampton win
  • Both sides to score
  • Goals over 2.5

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