Premier League

Aston Villa 2-4 Southampton

Aston Villa vs Southampton finished 2-4 in Premier League. Key event: 1' Shane Long (xG 0.35 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 87.5%, 54.8%). Head to head: H2H last 8: 2-3-3. Home form: L L L L L; Away form: D W L W W. Forecast and odds: Home / Draw / Away: 6.61 / 4.00 / 1.55; Bookmaker samples: 7. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

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Competition Premier League Season 2015/2016 Country England Venue Venue to confirm

Your time 23 Apr 2016, 18:00 Venue time 23 Apr 2016, 19:00 BST

Match context 4 facts

Home form L L L L L 0 pts, goals 1-10, 0.20 scored/match, 2.00 conceded/match

Away form D W L W W 10 pts, goals 9-6, 1.80 scored/match, 1.20 conceded/match

Aston Villa · season record 3 W · 7 D · 24 L 2015/2016: 34 recorded matches, goals 23–65; before 23 Apr 2016 UTC. Not official standings.

Southampton · season record 14 W · 9 D · 11 L 2015/2016: 34 recorded matches, goals 45–35; before 23 Apr 2016 UTC. Not official standings.

Shot map 33 shots · 6 goals

Both teams attack from left to right. The attacking half is shown when every location fits it; larger markers represent higher xG.

Aston Villa 16 shots · 1.48 xG · 2 goals

Southampton 17 shots · 3.67 xG · 4 goals

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Pass map directional passes

Solid arrows are completed passes; dashed arrows are incomplete.

Southampton160 plotted of 401 coordinate passes

Focused view: 48 of 160 plotted passes Show all passesShow focused passes

CompletedIncompleteArrow = direction

Aston Villa160 plotted of 306 coordinate passes

Focused view: 48 of 160 plotted passes Show all passesShow focused passes

CompletedIncompleteArrow = direction

Passing networkexact player links onlyfull match

Node position is the player's full-match average pass location. Thicker connections represent more completed passes.

Southampton227 exact passer-recipient links

DIJ FOR BER WAN CLA MAN LON TAD ROD DAV

DIJVirgil van Dijk47 passes
FORFraser Forster10 passes
BERRyan Bertrand34 passes
WANVictor Wanyama16 passes
CLAJordy Clasie22 passes
MANSadio Mané8 passes
LONShane Long13 passes
TADDušan Tadić32 passes
RODJay Rodriguez10 passes
DAVSteven Davis35 passes

Aston Villa155 exact passer-recipient links

AYE GRE HUT LES RIC CIS WES GES BAC SIN TON

AYEJordan Ayew10 passes
GREJack Grealish9 passes
HUTAlan Hutton21 passes
LESJoleon Lescott15 passes
RICMicah Richards5 passes
CISAly Cissokho23 passes
WESAshley Westwood37 passes
GESRudy Gestede3 passes
BACLeandro Bacuna17 passes
SINScott Sinclair8 passes
TONKevin Toner7 passes

Pass-location heatmapevent density, not tracking datafull match

Density is calculated from pass start locations in the accepted event feed.

Southampton401 coordinate passes

Fewer pass startsMore pass starts

Aston Villa306 coordinate passes

Fewer pass startsMore pass starts

Possession flow 39 recorded possessions

Share of recorded possession time in each five-minute interval. Official full-match possession is shown above.

Aston VillaSouthampton

0–5′0–100
5–10′3–97
10–15′0–100
15–20′89–11
20–25′100–0
25–30′100–0
30–35′100–0
35–40′100–0
40–45′38–62
55–60′0–100
60–65′35–65
65–70′45–55
70–75′0–100
75–80′0–100
80–85′0–100
85–90′16–84
90–95′88–12

Timeline 50 events

1' shot Shane Long SOU xG 0.35 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 87.5%, 54.8%

1' shot Dusan Tadic SOU assist Oriol Romeu · xG 0.07 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 86.3%, 37.5%

6' shot Leandro Bacuna AST xG 0.08 · Right Foot · Direct Freekick · location 77.5%, 42.8%

7' shot Jordan Ayew AST assist Alan Hutton · xG 0.09 · Right Foot · Set Piece · location 85.7%, 57.7%

8' shot Shane Long SOU assist Steven Davis · xG 0.05 · Set Piece · location 92.4%, 56.4%

11' shot Jordan Ayew AST xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 91.7%, 25.8%

14' shot Shane Long SOU assist Ryan Bertrand · xG 0.41 · Open Play · location 93%, 51.8%

16' shot Jay Rodriguez SOU assist Steven Davis · xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 80.5%, 25%

20' shot Leandro Bacuna AST assist Ashley Westwood · xG 0.36 · Open Play · location 92.3%, 54.5%

22' shot Shane Long SOU Open Play · Saved · xG 0.03

25' shot Dusan Tadic SOU assist Victor Wanyama · xG 0.03 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 76.9%, 37.4%

29' shot Victor Wanyama SOU assist Shane Long · xG 0.06 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 86.3%, 52%

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29' shot Virgil van Dijk SOU xG 0.07 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 90%, 62.8%

34' shot Scott Sinclair AST assist Carlos Sánchez · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 77.5%, 64.5%

37' shot Ashley Westwood AST xG 0.09 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 90.7%, 51.5%

38' shot Dusan Tadic SOU assist Shane Long · xG 0.39 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 88.5%, 52.4%

41' shot Jordan Ayew AST assist Ashley Westwood · xG 0.07 · From Corner · location 93.5%, 50.7%

44' shot Jordan Ayew AST assist Leandro Bacuna · xG 0.06 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 88.6%, 56.9%

45' shot Idrissa Gana Gueye AST Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.06

45' Sub Jordy Clasie SOU on for Victor Wanyama · Tactical

45' Sub Kevin Toner AST on for Micah Richards · Tactical

45' shot Idrissa Gueye AST assist Jordan Ayew · xG 0.05 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 85.2%, 51.5%

45' shot Ashley Westwood AST xG 0.08 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 88%, 45%

55' shot Jay Rodriguez SOU assist Cédric Soares · xG 0.64 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 94.7%, 49.9%

56' shot Shane Long SOU assist Dusan Tadic · xG 0.36 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 87.7%, 57.9%

57' Yellow Alan Hutton AST Yellow Card

58' Sub Rudy Gestede AST on for Jordan Ayew · Tactical

58' shot Steven Davis SOU xG 0.06 · Right Foot · Direct Freekick · location 90.5%, 82.6%

58' Yellow Alan Hutton AST

59' shot Idrissa Gana Gueye AST Open Play · Saved · xG 0.03

59' shot Idrissa Gueye AST assist Scott Sinclair · xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 77%, 52.9%

60' shot Jay Rodriguez SOU assist Jordy Clasie · xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 76.4%, 40.9%

65' shot Rudy Gestede AST assist Aly Cissokho · xG 0.1 · Open Play · location 92.4%, 54.5%

67' Sub Jack Grealish AST on for Carlos Alberto Sánchez Moreno · Tactical

69' Sub Sadio Mané SOU on for Jay Rodriguez · Tactical

70' shot Dusan Tadic SOU assist Shane Long · xG 0.07 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 81.6%, 49.1%

77' shot Oriol Romeu Vidal SOU Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.07

79' shot Shane Long SOU xG 0.59 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 92.1%, 51.3%

81' Yellow Idrissa Gana Gueye AST Yellow Card

83' shot Alan Hutton AST Open Play · Saved · xG 0.01

84' shot Ashley Westwood AST assist Kevin Toner · xG 0.05 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 86.2%, 62.8%

87' shot Shane Long SOU assist Dusan Tadic · xG 0.08 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 91.7%, 32.9%

90+3' Goal Sadio Mané SOU Open Play · Goal

90+4' shot Scott Sinclair AST Open Play · Saved · xG 0.13

90+5' shot Alan Hutton AST Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.08

90+5' shot Ashley Westwood AST Open Play · Off T · xG 0.02

93' shot Sadio Mané SOU assist Cédric Soares · xG 0.37 · Open Play · location 91.9%, 48.9%

94' shot Scott Sinclair AST assist Rudy Gestede · xG 0.1 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 84.9%, 53.6%

95' shot Alan Hutton AST assist Jack Grealish · xG 0.25 · From Corner · location 92%, 57.4%

95' shot Ashley Westwood AST xG 0.03 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 78.1%, 35.7%

Head-to-head H2H last 12: 6-5-1

Aston Villa leads the last 12 head-to-head meetings: 6 wins, 5 losses, 1 draw. Latest meeting: 12 Apr 2025 · Southampton vs Aston Villa · 0 - 3.

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Showing 8 of 12 head-to-head matches.

12 Apr 2025

Southampton 0 - 3 Aston Villa

07 Dec 2024

Aston Villa 1 - 0 Southampton

21 Jan 2023

Southampton 0 - 1 Aston Villa

16 Sep 2022

Aston Villa 1 - 0 Southampton

05 Mar 2022

Aston Villa 4 - 0 Southampton

05 Nov 2021

Southampton 1 - 0 Aston Villa

30 Jan 2021

Southampton 0 - 1 Aston Villa

01 Nov 2020

Aston Villa 3 - 4 Southampton

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22 Feb 2020

Southampton 2 - 0 Aston Villa

21 Dec 2019

Aston Villa 1 - 3 Southampton

05 Dec 2015

Southampton 1 - 1 Aston Villa

16 May 2015

Southampton 6 - 1 Aston Villa

Recent form

Showing 8 of 12 recent form matches.

16 Sep 2026

Coventry 1 - 3 Aston Villa

12 Sep 2026

Southampton 4 - 1 Bristol City

12 Sep 2026

Aston Villa 1 - 2 Nottingham Forest

08 Sep 2026

Southampton 3 - 1 Swansea

08 Sep 2026

Club Brugge KV 2 - 3 Aston Villa

05 Sep 2026

Hull City 0 - 0 Aston Villa

05 Sep 2026

Lincoln 1 - 1 Southampton

01 Sep 2026

Birmingham 1 - 1 Southampton

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31 Aug 2026

Aston Villa 0 - 1 Arsenal

29 Aug 2026

Southampton 5 - 1 Millwall

25 Aug 2026

Southampton 1 - 4 West Ham

23 Aug 2026

Brighton 4 - 0 Aston Villa

Team statistics 8 metrics

1.47 Expected Goals 3.66

28% 71%

16 Total Shots 17

48% 51%

42% Ball Possession 58%

42% 58%

9 Shots on Goal 6

60% 40%

9 Fouls 9

50% 50%

6 Corner Kicks 11

35% 64%

Possession over time 21 recorded checkpoints · Trend view

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6 Shots off target 8

15 Crosses 16

Lineups

Aston Villa

8 I Idrissa Gana Gueye CENTER DEFENSIVE MIDFIELD

19 J Jordan Ayew CENTER FORWARD

15 A Ashley Westwood RIGHT CENTER MIDFIELD

24 C Carlos Alberto Sánchez Moreno LEFT CENTER MIDFIELD

7 L Leandro Bacuna RIGHT WING

21 A Alan Hutton RIGHT BACK

9 S Scott Sinclair LEFT WING

1 B Bradley Guzan GK

16 J Joleon Lescott LEFT CENTER BACK

43 A Aly Cissokho LEFT BACK

4 M Micah Richards RIGHT CENTER BACK

Southampton

12 V Victor Wanyama LEFT CENTER MIDFIELD

14 O Oriol Romeu Vidal RIGHT CENTER MIDFIELD

2 C Cédric Ricardo Alves Soares RIGHT BACK

17 V Virgil van Dijk LEFT CENTER BACK

9 J Jay Rodriguez CENTER ATTACKING MIDFIELD

8 S Steven Davis RIGHT WING

11 D Dušan Tadić LEFT WING

7 S Shane Long CENTER FORWARD

6 J José Miguel da Rocha Fonte RIGHT CENTER BACK

44 F Fraser Forster GK

21 R Ryan Bertrand LEFT BACK

Historical 1X2 odds

Home / Draw / Away6.61 / 4.00 / 1.55

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