Aston Villa vs Southampton Premier League Match Preview or Key Statistics 📊
Aston Villa are winless in their last seven Premier League encounters with Southampton (D3 L4), conceding 16 goals against them across the last five meetings (D1 L4).
Southampton are looking to win four consecutive league games against Aston Villa for the first time since August 1989.
Southampton have won their last two Premier League away games against Aston Villa, netting seven goals in the process. Their previous seven league goals at Villa Park had come across a 14-game spell between 1994-2014.
Aston Villa's winning start to the season was ended at home to Leeds last time out (0-3). However. they've still picked up more points in their five games this season (12) than they managed in their final 14 games last term (10).
Only Liverpool (18) and Manchester City (15) have won more Premier League games in 2020 than Southampton (12, level with Arsenal and Manchester United).
Aston Villa have won three of their last four Premier League games on Sunday (D1) - as many as they'd won in their previous 29 such matches in the competition (W3 D4 L22).
Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhiittl has won 13 away games in the Premier League (W13 D8 L1 2), only Ronald Koeman (14) has won more in the competition for the club.
Indeed. Hasenhtittl has the best points- pergame ratio in away matches of any other Southampton manager in the Premier League (1.42).
Southampton striker Shane Long has been directly involved in 11 goals in his last eight Premier League starts against Aston Villa (7 goals, 4 assists). four of those goal involvements came in a 6-1 drubbing in May 2015.
Since the start of last season, Aston Villa captain Jack Greaiish has created more goalscoring chances in the Premier League than any other Englishman (106). indeed, only Kevin De Bruyne (1 51) has supplied more chances in the competition in this period amongst all players than Grealish. After failing to score in his first 24 Premier League appearances.
Southampton’s Che Adams has scored six in his last 12 matches, including in each of the last two. He hasn‘t found the net in three successive league games since a run of six for Birmingham City between January~February 2019.
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