Southampton 0-1 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 21 January 2023

Result

Southampton 0-1 Aston Villa

Premier League · Saturday 21 January 2023, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Southampton 0-1 Aston Villa: match report

Southampton were beaten by Aston Villa 0-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 21 January 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Ollie Watkins of Aston Villa in the 77th minute.

Discipline: Southampton received 1 yellow card; Aston Villa received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Southampton were 20th on 15 points from 19 and Aston Villa 11th on 25 points from 19. Southampton went on to finish that season 20th with 25 points, and Aston Villa 7th with 61.

Southampton lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Aston Villa in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Emiliano Martínez of Aston Villa (8.2), ahead of Ashley Young (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Southampton wins, 1 draw and 3 for Aston Villa.

Going into the match Southampton's last five read W-L-L-L-L and Aston Villa's W-D-W-L-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Yellow card · LyancoSouthampton
  • 64'Yellow card · Douglas LuizAston Villa
  • 77'Goal · Ollie WatkinsAston Villa · 0-1
  • 82'Yellow card · Álex MorenoAston Villa

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Southampton 6, draws 1, Aston Villa 3.

Team news

Southampton line-up (4-2-3-1)

Gavin Bazunu, Lyanco, Duje Caleta-Car, Mohammed Salisu, Kyle Walker-Peters, Ibrahima Diallo, Roméo Lavia, Samuel Edozie, James Ward-Prowse, Adam Armstrong, Ché Adams

Aston Villa line-up (4-4-2)

Emiliano Martínez, Ashley Young, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Álex Moreno, Jacob Ramsey, Douglas Luiz, Boubacar Kamara, Emiliano Buendía, Leon Bailey, Ollie Watkins