Southampton 6-1 Aston Villa: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 16 May 2015
Result
Southampton 6-1 Aston Villa
Premier League · Saturday 16 May 2015, 11:45 UTC · half-time 5-1
Southampton 6-1 Aston Villa: match report
Southampton defeated Aston Villa 6-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 16 May 2015. It was 5-1 at half-time.
Sadio Mané opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Southampton's goals came from Sadio Mané (13'), Sadio Mané (14'), Sadio Mané (16'), Ingo Goetze (26'), Ingo Goetze (38') and Graziano Pellè (81'). Aston Villa scored through Christian Benteke (45+3').
Discipline: Southampton received 1 yellow card; Aston Villa received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Southampton were 5th on 58 points from 36 and Aston Villa 15th on 39 points from 36. Southampton went on to finish that season 5th with 61 points, and Aston Villa 16th with 39.
Southampton lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Aston Villa in a 4-5-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Sadio Mané of Southampton (9.9), ahead of Shane Long (9.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Southampton wins, 5 draws and 3 for Aston Villa.
Key events
- 13'Goal · Sadio Mané
- 14'Goal · Sadio Mané
- 16'Goal · Sadio Mané
- 21'Yellow card · Ashley Westwood
- 26'Goal · Ingo Goetze
- 38'Goal · Ingo Goetze
- 45+3'Goal · Christian Benteke
- 69'Yellow card · Victor Wanyama
- 81'Goal · Graziano Pellè
Head-to-head
Team news
Southampton line-up (4-2-3-1)
Paulo Gazzaniga, Nathaniel Clyne, José Fonte, Toby Alderweireld, Ryan Bertrand, Victor Wanyama, Steven Davis, Shane Long, James Ward-Prowse, Sadio Mané, Graziano Pellè
Aston Villa expected line-up (4-5-1)
Brad Guzan, Jores Okore, Ciaran Clark, Leandro Bacuna, Alan Hutton, Fabian Delph, Tom Cleverley, Christian Benteke, Gabriel Agbonlahor