Southampton vs Aston Villa Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 12th April 2025

When Aston Villa come to St. Mary's Stadium for the Premier League match this coming Saturday, Southampton will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.

Sitting bottom of the table, The Saints have claimed ten points after 31 rounds, while Aston Villa have amassed 51 points. This places the latter as number 7 in the Premier League at the moment.

Southampton are out to avenge a disappointing loss against Aston Villa in their most recent meeting. According to the bookmakers, the home side could be in for another tough ride, though as it looks like an fairly unequal pairing at St. Mary's Stadium.

The Saints go into their next Premier League match, scoring a humble average of one per game in their last ten matches. They scored a mundane ten times, while conceding 27. That amounts to an average of 2.7 per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring zero times.

Aston Villa scored 15 goals, conceded 14 and managed two clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

The last three times Southampton faced in the Premier League, Aston Villa didn't concede a single goal, as they won 1-0, 1-0 and 1-0.

Southampton vs Aston Villa Prediction

Southampton Form

A draw is the best Southampton can show from their last three games, where they came up short in a 1-2 defeat against Wolverhampton. A1-1 draw with Crystal Palace followed before they were defeated 3-1 by Tottenham. Southampton are without a win in their last six Premier League matches on home soil, which produced a record of one draws and five defeats, in which they conceded 18 and scored four goals.

Aston Villa Form

Despite losing their latest outing, results have generally been decent in the last three matches for Aston Villa. They first took out Brighton by 0-3 before downing Nottingham Forest by 2-1. The winning streak came to an end against Paris Saint-Germain, who ran out 3-1 winners. Aston Villa won half their previous six away matches in the Premier League, as well as seeing one draw and suffering two defeats. They scored eight goals whilst conceding eight.

Southampton and Aston Villa are both scoring more or less for fun right now, and a very entertaining game should be on the menu. More often than not, their matches against each other turn out high scoring affairs.

Aston Villa won seven of their previous 11 encounters with opponents from the bottom six of the Premier League. They scored 18 and conceded 12 goals and collected 24 points. Southampton claimed two wins, four draws as well as 25 defeats in the Premier League this season. Aston Villa are looking at 14 wins, nine draws and eight defeats in the Premier League.

Southampton vs Aston Villa Squads

Southampton Squad

Aaron Ramsdale (0/23), Alex McCarthy (0/5), Joe Lumley (0/3), Armel Bella-Kotchap (0/4), Charlie Taylor (0/0), Jack Stephens (0/13), James Bree (0/14), Jan Bednarek (2/25), Joachim Kayi Sanda (0/0), Juan Larios (0/0), Kyle Walker-Peters (0/29), Nathan Wood (0/9), Taylor Harwood-Bellis (1/28), Welington (0/0), Yukinari Sugawara (1/28), Adam Lallana (0/14), Albert Groenbaek (0/0), Flynn Downes (1/21), Joe Aribo (3/30), Lesley Ugochukwu (0/20), Mateus Fernandes (2/29), Ryan Fraser (0/8), Ryan Manning (0/19), William Smallbone (1/13), Cameron Archer (2/28), Kamaldeen Sulemana (1/19), Paul Onuachu (4/21), Rento Takaoka (0/0), Ross Stewart (0/0), Tyler Dibling (2/27).

Aston Villa Squad

Here is the full team squad of Aston Villa. The 53 year-old Unai Emery will select his starting lineup from the following players:

Emiliano Martinez (0/30), Robin Olsen (0/3), Axel Disasi (1/12), Ezri Konsa (1/27), Ian Maatsen (0/23), Kortney Hause (0/0), Lamare Bogarde (0/8), Lucas Digne (0/29), Matty Cash (1/20), Pau Torres (0/19), Tyrone Mings (0/11), Amadou Onana (2/19), Boubacar Kamara (0/19), Bradley Burrowes (0/0), Jacob Ramsey (1/23), Jamaldeen Jimoh (0/0), John McGinn (0/27), Leon Bailey (1/23), Ross Barkley (3/16), Youri Tielemans (2/31), Andres Garcia (0/6), Donyell Malen (2/8), Marco Asensio (3/6), Marcus Rashford (5/22), Morgan Rogers (8/30), Ollie Watkins (13/31).

Southampton vs Aston Villa Team News

Southampton vs Aston Villa Lineups

Southampton vs Aston Villa H2H

The last three times Southampton faced Aston Villa in the Premier League, Aston Villa didn't concede a single goal, as they won by 1-0, 1-0 and 1-0 scoreline. Aston Villa go into the game on Saturday at the best betting odds of 11/20 for a fourth win on the bounce. Look for a win for either side in the betting market here, as a stalemate seems highly unlikely. They have not played out a single draw in their last ten encounters. The Saints managed five wins, while The Villans grabbed all three points five times in these ten encounters. Picking the home win gets you odds at 5/1 with the bookies, whereas the best betting odds on an away win at full-time are at 11/20.

Southampton vs Aston Villa Results

Both teams to score only came out three times in the previous ten games between Aston Villa and Southampton. Odds on both teams not to score are best priced at 21/20 with the bookies.

Southampton vs Aston Villa Betting Tips

With two goals in six matches Paul Onuachu has been a regular feature on the scoresheet in recent matches, making him a tempting betting prospect, when going up against Aston Villa and their defence. The visitors hope Marco Asensio adds another to his current tally of three goals in his latest matches.

Southampton claimed a measly one home win in 10 most recent games at St. Mary's Stadium. However, they did draw one whilst losing eight. Aston Villa won five of their last 10 away games, with one draws and four defeats as well. Aston Villa arrives at St. Mary's Stadium feeling optimistic about scoring on Saturday, since Southampton only managed a one clean sheet once in 10 home games. Aston Villa kept three clean sheets in their previous 10 away games.

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 seven times. Southampton managed an average of 1.4 goals, with Aston Villa averaging 1.4 goals. Over 2.5 goals came out eight times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Southampton, who scored an average of 0.8 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals came out in eight of the last 10 matches Aston Villa played across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 2.2 goals themselves during this run.