Aston Villa 1-3 Southampton: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 21 December 2019

Result

Aston Villa 1-3 Southampton

Premier League · Saturday 21 December 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Aston Villa 1-3 Southampton: match report

Aston Villa lost to Southampton 1-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 21 December 2019. The half-time score was 0-2.

D. Ings opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Aston Villa's goal came from Jack Grealish (75'). Southampton scored through D. Ings (21'), J. Stephens (31') and D. Ings (51').

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

Going into the game Aston Villa were 17th on 15 points from 17 and Southampton 18th on 15 points from 17. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 17th with 35 points, and Southampton 11th with 52.

Aston Villa lined up in a 4-3-3 and Southampton in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jack Grealish of Aston Villa (8.7), level with Danny Ings (8.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Aston Villa wins, 4 draws and 4 for Southampton.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Goal · D. IngsSouthampton · 0-1
  • 31'Goal · J. StephensSouthampton · 0-2
  • 44'Yellow card · James Ward-ProwseSouthampton
  • 51'Goal · D. IngsSouthampton · 0-3
  • 67'Yellow card · Anwar El GhaziAston Villa
  • 75'Goal · Jack GrealishAston Villa · 1-3
  • 87'Yellow card · J. KodjiaAston Villa

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Aston Villa 2, draws 4, Southampton 4.

Team news

Aston Villa line-up (4-3-3)

Tom Heaton, Frédéric Guilbert, Björn Engels, Kortney Hause, Matt Targett, John McGinn, Douglas Luiz, C. Hourihane, Anwar El Ghazi, Wesley Moraes, Jack Grealish

Southampton line-up (4-4-2)

Alex Simon McCarthy, Cédric Soares, Jack Stephens, Jan Bednarek, Ryan Bertrand, Stuart Armstrong, James Ward-Prowse, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Nathan Redmond, Shane Long, Danny Ings