Southampton 4-1 Aston Villa: result and report

Southampton 4-1 Aston Villa

Premier League · Saturday 22 September 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Southampton defeated Aston Villa 4-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 22 September 2012. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Darren Bent opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Southampton's goals came from Rickie Lambert (58'), N. Clyne (63'), an own goal by Ciaran Clark (72') and Rickie Lambert (90+5', penalty). Aston Villa scored through Darren Bent (36').

Discipline: Southampton received 1 yellow card; Aston Villa received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Southampton were 20th on 0 points from 4 and Aston Villa 13th on 4 points from 4. Southampton went on to finish that season 11th with 43 points, and Aston Villa 16th with 41.

Southampton lined up in a 4-4-2 and Aston Villa in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Southampton wins, 3 draws and 5 for Aston Villa.

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