Southampton 0-3 Aston Villa: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 12 April 2025

Result

Southampton 0-3 Aston Villa

Premier League · Saturday 12 April 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Southampton 0-3 Aston Villa: match report

Southampton lost to Aston Villa 0-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 12 April 2025. The half-time score was 0-0.

Ollie Watkins opened the scoring in the 73rd minute. Southampton did not score. Aston Villa scored through Ollie Watkins (73'), Donyell Malen (79') and John McGinn (90+4').

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

Going into the game Southampton were 20th on 10 points from 31 and Aston Villa 7th on 51 points from 31. Southampton went on to finish that season 20th with 12 points, and Aston Villa 6th with 66.

Southampton lined up in a 3-4-3 and Aston Villa in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Youri Tielemans of Aston Villa (8.6), ahead of Aaron Ramsdale (8.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Southampton wins, 0 draws and 5 for Aston Villa.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 38'Yellow card · Mateus FernandesSouthampton
  • 68'Yellow card · Jan BednarekSouthampton
  • 69'Missed penalty · Marco AsensioAston Villa
  • 73'Goal · Ollie WatkinsAston Villa · 0-1
  • 79'Goal · Donyell MalenAston Villa · 0-2
  • 87'Yellow card · John McGinnAston Villa
  • 88'Yellow card · Taylor Harwood-BellisSouthampton
  • 90+4'Missed penalty · Marco AsensioAston Villa
  • 90+4'Goal · John McGinnAston Villa · 0-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Southampton 5, draws 0, Aston Villa 5.

Team news

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Southampton line-up (3-4-3)

Aaron Ramsdale, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Jan Bednarek, Jack Stephens, Kyle Walker-Peters, Mateus Fernandes, Lesley Ugochukwu, Ryan Manning, Cameron Archer, Paul Onuachu, Kamaldeen Sulemana

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

Emiliano Martínez, Matty Cash, Ezri Konsa, Tyrone Mings, Ian Maatsen, Amadou Onana, Youri Tielemans, Morgan Rogers, Marco Asensio, Jacob Ramsey, Marcus Rashford