Aston Villa 4-0 Southampton: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 5 March 2022

Result

Aston Villa 4-0 Southampton

Premier League · Saturday 5 March 2022, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Aston Villa 4-0 Southampton: match report

Aston Villa won against Southampton 4-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 5 March 2022. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Ollie Watkins opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Aston Villa's goals came from Ollie Watkins (9'), Douglas Luiz (44'), Philippe Coutinho (52') and Danny Ings (54'). Southampton did not score.

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

Going into the game Aston Villa were 13th on 30 points from 25 and Southampton 9th on 35 points from 26. Aston Villa went on to finish that season 14th with 45 points, and Southampton 15th with 40.

Aston Villa lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Southampton in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Danny Ings of Aston Villa (8.2), ahead of Matty Cash (7.8).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Ollie WatkinsAston Villa · 1-0
  • 44'Goal · Douglas LuizAston Villa · 2-0
  • 52'Goal · Philippe CoutinhoAston Villa · 3-0
  • 54'Goal · Danny IngsAston Villa · 4-0
  • 68'Yellow card · Oriol RomeuSouthampton
  • 74'Yellow card · Ollie WatkinsAston Villa

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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Aston Villa line-up (4-3-1-2)

Emiliano Martínez, Matty Cash, Calum Chambers, Tyrone Mings, Ashley Young, John McGinn, Douglas Luiz, Jacob Ramsey, Philippe Coutinho, Danny Ings, Ollie Watkins

Southampton line-up (4-4-2)

Fraser Forster, Tino Livramento, Jan Bednarek, Jack Stephens, Romain Perraud, Stuart Armstrong, James Ward-Prowse, Oriol Romeu, Mohamed Elyounoussi, Ché Adams, Armando Broja