Comments and predictions for Southampton vs Aston Villa: Away team wins big
The match between Southampton vs Aston Villa in the Premier League takes place at 9:00 p.m. on April 12. Nghe An Newspaper analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score.
Latest Southampton vs Aston Villa team information
Ross Barkley returned to the bench for the defeat to PSG after a knee injury. Aston Villa’s only concern now is Leon Bailey – who could still be fit if he passes his final fitness test.
Matty Cash was withdrawn at half-time in Paris as a precaution after picking up an early yellow card, so Emery is likely to have a full squad available for the trip to St Mary's.
With the return leg of the Champions League approaching, Emery is likely to rotate his squad. One name that could benefit is Donyell Malen – who scored against Forest but is not registered to play in the Champions League.
Southampton have almost no serious injuries, except for Albert Gronbaek, who is still nursing a tendon injury. Flynn Downes will miss this match due to suspension after picking up 10 yellow cards. Meanwhile, Will Smallbone has returned from a hip injury and is ready to play in midfield.
Former Villa striker Cameron Archer started last time out, but Paul Onuachu is likely to be given the nod ahead of Mateus Fernandes, who is aiming to become only the second Southampton player under the age of 21 to score or assist in three consecutive Premier League games, after Kevin Davies in 1997.
Latest predicted lineup Southampton vs Aston Villa
Southampton:
Ramsdale; Bednarek, Harwood-Bellis, Stephens; Walker-Peters, Smallbone, Ugochukwu, Manning; Fernandes; Onuachu, Sulemana
Aston Villa:
Martinez; Garcia, Disasi, Mings, Maatsen; Onana, Tielemans; Malen, Asensio, Ramsey; Watkins
Latest football commentary Southampton vs Aston Villa
Aston Villa, watched by Prince William, sent the heir to the English throne into a frenzy when Morgan Rogers opened the scoring against PSG at the Parc des Princes. However, the French side quickly responded with quickfire strikes from Désiré Doué and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia. With the game looking set to end 2-1, Nuno Mendes added a late winner, making Villa's return leg much more difficult.
Still, a 1-2 away defeat is not a bad result for Villa, and if anyone understands the ability of their old rivals to come back, it is Unai Emery – who was bitterly eliminated by Barcelona in the "Remontada" in 2017 when he was in charge of PSG.
Villa are currently one of three teams in the Premier League's top form, along with Wolves and Newcastle, with three consecutive wins, including a 2-1 win over Nottingham Forest in the last round - thereby consolidating their position in the top 7 and just two points off the top 5.
The win over Forest was Villa’s seventh in a row in all competitions ahead of the trip to Paris. However, Emery’s side have often struggled after European fixtures, winning just two of their nine Premier League games that followed.
On the other side, Southampton – the team that has just been officially relegated – is fighting just to avoid becoming the worst team in Premier League history. They had to beat Tottenham in round 31 to keep their hopes alive, but Brennan Johnson's double and Mathys Tel's penalty extinguished that fragile hope, despite Mateus Fernandes's equalizer.
After becoming the first team in Premier League history to be relegated seven games early, Southampton have terminated the contract of coach Ivan Juric and appointed Simon Rusk as interim coach, with Adam Lallana as assistant.
Rusk's task is now clear: pick up at least two more points to avoid a repeat of Derby County's dismal 2007-08 record of just 11 points, but that will be difficult to achieve with Southampton having failed to win any of their last 10 Premier League home games.
If Southampton lose another game this weekend, they will set another "sad record" - the first time in history they have lost 13 home games in a season in the English top flight.
Despite not being too bad in the first leg at Villa Park, that 1-0 loss was their fourth consecutive Premier League defeat to Aston Villa. In all four games, Southampton failed to score a single goal and conceded seven times.
Latest Southampton vs Aston Villa score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Southampton vs Aston Villaas follows:
- Sportsmole:Southampton 1-2 Aston Villa
- WhoScore:Southampton 1-3 Aston Villa
- Our newspaper predicts:Southampton 1-3 Aston Villa
When and where to watch Southampton vs Aston Villa live?
To watch the live match Southampton vs Aston Villa in the Premier League taking place at 9:00 p.m. on April 12, viewers can watch onK+ Sport,K+PMor online sports channels. Wish you have fun watching football.
