Aston Villa 2-0 Southampton: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 14 August 2004

Result

Aston Villa 2-0 Southampton

Premier League · Saturday 14 August 2004, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Aston Villa 2-0 Southampton: match report

Aston Villa defeated Southampton 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 14 August 2004. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Darius Vassell opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Aston Villa's goals came from Darius Vassell (12') and Carlton Cole (34'). Southampton did not score.

Neither side received a card.

Aston Villa went on to finish that season 10th with 47 points, and Southampton 20th with 32.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Aston Villa wins, 3 draws and 2 for Southampton.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

12'Goal · Darius VassellAston Villa · 1-0
34'Goal · Carlton ColeAston Villa · 2-0

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Aston Villa 3, draws 3, Southampton 2.

Southampton 1-1 Aston VillaPremier League · 8 May 2004
Aston Villa 1-0 SouthamptonPremier League · 29 Nov 2003
Southampton 2-2 Aston VillaPremier League · 21 Mar 2003
Aston Villa 0-1 SouthamptonPremier League · 20 Oct 2002
Aston Villa 2-1 SouthamptonPremier League · 26 Apr 2002
Southampton 1-3 Aston VillaPremier League · 23 Sep 2001

Team news

Aston Villa expected line-up

Thomas Sorensen, Ronny Johnsen, Ulises de la Cruz Bernardo, Liam Ridgewell, Gareth Barry, Gavin McCann, Thomas Hitzlsperger, Jlloyd Samuel, Lee Hendrie, Darius Vassell, Juan Ángel Arango

Southampton expected line-up

Antti Niemi, Claus Lundekvam, Fitz Hall, Danny Higginbotham, Paul Telfer, Anders Svensson, David Prutton, Yoann Folly, Fabrice Fernandes, Kevin Phillips, James Beattie