Aston Villa vs Southampton Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 7th December 2024

Despite their unconvincing form, Aston Villa stand a good chance of adding three more points to their account in round 15. They face Southampton this coming Saturday, and they'll be disappointed to miss out on a win at Villa Park.

Aston Villa are number 7 in the table on 22 points after 14 matches. Southampton rank as number 20 with five points after 14 matches played.

Aston Villa took down Southampton in their most recent meeting, and bookmakers deem another win for the home side a likely scenario this coming Saturday.

The Villans only average a modest 1.5 goals per game in their last ten matches in this tournament, in which they scored 15 goals. They also conceded 17 for an average of 1.7 per game. They kept their opponents from scoring one times.

Southampton scored ten goals, conceded 22 and kept their opponents from scoring one times in ten matches.

Aston Villa won 1-0, followed up winning 1-0 before a third win by 4-0 secure total dominance in their last three matches against Southampton.

Aston Villa vs Southampton Prediction

Aston Villa Form

Aston Villa hope for some consistency, as their fans saw their team win, lose and draw in their last three matches. A close game with Juventus resulted in a 0-0 draw, followed by a 3-0 defeat against Chelsea, before beating Brentford by 3-1. Aston Villa claimed three wins in their last six matches at home in the Premier League, while also drawing three but lost none. They scored 12 and conceded seven goals.

Southampton Form

Southampton were only able to take a single draw from their past three games. They came up short in a 2-3 defeat against Liverpool before drawing 1-1 with Brighton. They were defeated once again, when Chelsea ran out 1-5 winners. Southampton didn't manage a single away win in their last six Premier League matches, but managed one draws, while suffering five defeats. They conceded 13 and scored four goals themselves.

We'd be flabbergasted to see Aston Villa waste away a win against Southampton, who could be in for a battering, the way goals have been flowing lately.

Aston Villa scored 18 goals and conceded 11 in their last nine games against teams from the bottom half of the Premier League table. They collected 19 points and five victories. Southampton claimed zero wins and one points from their last eight encounters with teams in the top half of the Premier League, while scoring six goals to 18 against. Aston Villa have a record of six wins, four draws and four defeats in the Premier League this season. Southampton are looking at one win, two draws and 11 defeats in the Premier League.

Aston Villa vs Southampton Squads

Aston Villa Squad

Emery will select the starting XI for the upcoming match against Southampton from the following players (the statistics in the brackets represent goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Emiliano Martinez (0/14), Joe Gauci (0/0), Robin Olsen (0/1), Diego Carlos (0/7), Ezri Konsa (1/12), Ian Maatsen (0/11), Kortney Hause (0/0), Kosta Nedeljkovic (0/3), Lamare Bogarde (0/3), Lucas Digne (0/14), Matty Cash (1/9), Pau Torres (0/13), Sil Swinkels (0/0), Tyrone Mings (0/1), Amadou Onana (2/10), Boubacar Kamara (0/5), Emiliano Buendia (0/7), Jacob Ramsey (0/10), Jaden Philogene-Bidace (0/10), John McGinn (0/12), Leon Bailey (0/13), Ross Barkley (2/11), Youri Tielemans (0/14), Jhon Duran (4/14), Morgan Rogers (4/14), Ollie Watkins (7/14).

Southampton Squad

Below is the full team squad of Southampton. The manager Martin will pick his starting XI against Aston Villa from these players:

Aaron Ramsdale (0/9), Alex McCarthy (0/3), Gavin Bazunu (0/0), Joe Lumley (0/2), Armel Bella-Kotchap (0/0), Charlie Taylor (0/6), Jack Stephens (0/10), James Bree (0/2), Jan Bednarek (0/11), Juan Larios (0/0), Kyle Walker-Peters (0/12), Nathan Wood (0/1), Ronnie Edwards (0/0), Taylor Harwood-Bellis (1/13), Yukinari Sugawara (1/13), Adam Lallana (0/8), Flynn Downes (1/12), Joe Aribo (2/13), Lesley Ugochukwu (0/6), Mateus Fernandes (1/13), Ryan Fraser (0/7), Ryan Manning (0/7), William Smallbone (0/4), Adam Armstrong (2/11), Ben Brereton Diaz (0/9), Cameron Archer (2/14), Kamaldeen Sulemana (0/0), Maxwel Cornet (0/0), Paul Onuachu (0/6), Ross Stewart (0/4), Samuel Amo-Ameyaw (0/0), Tyler Dibling (1/13).

Aston Villa vs Southampton Team News

Aston Villa could have as few as two players on the injured and absent list for their next assignment this coming Saturday.

Boubacar Kamara and Tyrone Mings are missing from the squad, Aston Villa will field against Southamptonon Saturday.

Aston Villa vs Southampton Lineups

Aston Villa vs Southampton H2H

Aston Villa not only managed to beat Southampton in their last three meetings in the Premier League. They also kept a clean sheet on the way, winning 1-0, 1-0 and 4-0. Aston Villa go into the game on Saturday at the best betting odds of 2/5 for a fourth win on the trot. A draw might be high-priced, but nevertheless seems fairly unlikely, judging by their ten recent outings against each other. The Villans managed four wins, while Southampton grabbed all three points five times in these ten matches. Picking the home win gets you odds at 2/5 with the bookies, whereas the best betting odds on an away win at full-time are at 11/2.

Aston Villa vs Southampton Results

At least one team managed to keep a clean sheet six times in the last ten matches between Southampton and Aston Villa. Odds on both teams not to score are best priced at 21/20 with the bookies.

Aston Villa vs Southampton Betting Tips

Looking at the market for a goalscorer, it seems a good idea to side with Ross Barkley, who is performing well for Aston Villa. He found the back of the net twice in his most recent Premier League outings. He'll be out to add more goals against Southampton.The visitors will be looking to Adam Armstrong to find the net once again, after managing two Premier League goals for Southampton in recent matches.

Aston Villa claimed five wins, drew four and lost one of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. Southampton won two, drew two and lost six of their last 10 games away. Goals are usually flowing for Aston Villa on home soil these days, and at both ends of pitch. Both teams found the back of the net in six of their last 10 matches here. In contrast, both teams to score happened six times for Southampton in their last 10 league games away from home.

Less than 2.5 goals came out four times in the past ten encounters between these two while both teams not to score was a winning bet six times. Aston Villa managed an average of 1.4 goals, with Southampton averaging 1.5 goals. Over 2.5 goals happened in five of Aston Villa’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of one goal during this run. In the last ten games for Southampton, six of them had more than 2.5 goals, and they scored an average of 1.2 times goals per game themselves.