England - Premier LeagueStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Aston Villa and Southampton, taking place on Friday, 16 September 2022, at Villa Park in Birmingham.
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Aston Villa, Recent FormAston Villa will have been reasonably pleased with their 1-1 draw against Manchester City, not least because of the valuable point gained. Their share of possession in that meeting was 27%, while racking up 3 shots along the way, 1 of which were on target, in contrast to the numbers reached by Manchester City, who had 13 shots on goal with 4 on target.
They may consider themselves adept at breaking through their opponent's defences, having scored 5 goals in their last 6 outings, but they have had their own defensive frailties to worry about, having conceded 10 and seen valuable points lost. Having found the back of the net in 5 of their last 6 matches at Villa Park, they are developing an impressive scoring record at home. They are struggling defensively and as a result have failed to keep a clean sheet in their last 11 games.
They have been on a bad run over their last 6 league matches, with 4 defeats and only 1 victory, so they know full well that a change of form is needed if they want to begin moving up the league table.
Southampton, Recent FormFailing to acquire any points in their 1-0 away defeat by Wolverhampton Wanderers will have left the Southampton squad feeling a little deflated. They came away from that fixture with a possession stat of 49% and clocked up 12 attempts on goal with 1 on target, in comparison to Wolverhampton Wanderers, who managed 7 attempts on goal, 2 of which were on target.
Manager Ralph Hasenhüttl will be reasonably pleased with his team's attacking displays in recent matches, with them having managed to score 7 goals in their last 6 games, but he will have work to do defensively after they conceded 10 goals in those games and dropped some valuable points along the way. On their travels, they have made a habit of scoring goals, having found the net in 4 of their last 6 outings away from home. They, for whatever reason, are unable to keep a clean sheet away from home, having not done so for the past 17 games.
They've had a bad run of form away from home recently, having lost 4 of their last 6 on the road and managing just 1 win.
James Ward-Prowse will be hoping to create problems for Aston Villa in this one, having scored 4 goals in his last 6 outings on the road for Southampton.
Southampton will be looking to forget their last league encounter with Aston Villa, when a slew of goals ended in a heavy 4-0 defeat.
Away from home, The Saints have shipped at least one goal to Aston Villa in each of their previous 5 league matches against them. Goals come easy for Southampton when they travel to The Villans, having recorded 7 goals in their past 3 visits and an impressive average of 2.33 goals per match.
With 2 goals notched up from the last 3 league meetings against Aston Villa at their home ground Villa Park, Southampton man James Ward-Prowse will be looking for more of the same in this one.
Aston Villa manager Steven Gerrard has some team selection issues to consider ahead of this match. Diego Carlos (Achilles tendon), Matty Cash (Muscle) and Leander Dendoncker (Illness) are all currently out of contention for this game.
With only Duje Ćaleta-Car (Lack of fitness) and Tino Livramento (Cruciate ligament) the main fitness concerns ahead of this fixture, Ralph Hasenhüttl will be happy to have an otherwise healthy squad to pick from.
Aston Villa Playing at home | Southampton Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goals scored | 1 |
| 1 | Goals conceded | 2 |
| 53' | Time first goal scored | 40' |
| 70' | Time first goal conceded | 40' |
| 2.7 | Yellow cards | 1.7 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 4 | Subs used | 4.3 |
| 2-1 | Biggest victory | 2-1 |
| 1-0 | Biggest defeat | 4-1 |
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