In between two crunch Champions League clashes with Paris Saint-Germain, Aston Villa can strengthen their top-five charge in the Premier League by getting the better of doomed Southampton on Saturday afternoon at St Mary’s.
Unai Emery‘s men make the trek to the South Coast on the back of a gut-wrenching 3-1 defeat to PSG in the first leg of their UCL quarter-final, but they will have the chance to turn the tide at Villa Park in the return fixture on Tuesday night.
Meanwhile, the manager-less Saints are now only fighting to avoid being the worst Premier League team in history, having been relegated with seven games left to play courtesy of their own 3-1 loss to Tottenham Hotspur last week.
Here, Sports Mole takes an in-depth look at the head-to-head record and previous meetings between the two sides.
Head-to-head record
Previous meetings: 85
Southampton wins: 29
Draws: 23
Aston Villa wins: 33
From 85 previous head-to-heads between Aston Villa and Southampton, the two clubs share close to an identical number of victories, although the Lions just about hold the bragging rights with 33 wins compared to 29 for the South Coast outfit.
In fact, Villa have only surged ahead on the triumphs tally over the past three years, having won each of their last four Premier League matches against the Saints, netting seven goals and conceding zero in that time.
A few weeks before he jetted off to Saudi Arabia, Jhon Duran came up with the only strike in a 1-0 win for Unai Emery’s side in December 2024, and the Lions also did the double over the Saints in the 2022-23 Premier League season with a pair of identical successes.
However, the triumph that kicked off Villa’s winning sequence was far more emphatic, as Ollie Watkins, Philippe Coutinho, Douglas Luiz and former Southampton striker Danny Ings struck in a 4-0 home victory under Steven Gerrard in March 2022.
As a result, Villa could now make Southampton just the fifth side they have beaten in five straight league matches without conceding, following streaks against Stoke City (1905-1923), Sunderland (1983-1990) and Hull City (1988-2010).
November 2021 was the last time that Southampton managed to slay the Lions, winning 1-0 on that occasion courtesy of an early Adam Armstrong strike, and there has not been a draw in this battle since a 1-1 stalemate in December 2015.
Not long before that, Southampton marched to the joint-biggest margin of victory in this fixture with a 6-1 slaughter of Villa at St Mary’s in May 2015, where Sadio Mane scored the fastest hat-trick in Premier League history in just two minutes and 56 seconds.
However, it is another former Saints striker who is by far and away the highest scorer in this fixture, as Matt Le Tissier bagged 12 against Villa, the joint-most he ever scored against one opponent alongside Tottenham Hotspur.
Previous meetings
Dec 07, 2024: Aston Villa 1-0 Southampton (Premier League)
Jan 21, 2023: Southampton 0-1 Aston Villa (Premier League)
Sep 16, 2022: Aston Villa 1-0 Southampton (Premier League)
Mar 05, 2022: Aston Villa 4-0 Southampton (Premier League)
Nov 05, 2021: Southampton 1-0 Aston Villa (Premier League)
Jan 30, 2021: Southampton 0-1 Aston Villa (Premier League)
Nov 01, 2020: Aston Villa 3-4 Southampton (Premier League)
Feb 22, 2020: Southampton 2-0 Aston Villa (Premier League)
Dec 21, 2019: Aston Villa 1-3 Southampton (Premier League)
Apr 23, 2016: Aston Villa 2-4 Southampton (Premier League)
Dec 05, 2015: Southampton 1-1 Aston Villa (Premier League)
Oct 28, 2015: Southampton 2-1 Aston Villa (League Cup Round Four)
May 16, 2015: Southampton 6-1 Aston Villa (Premier League)
Nov 24, 2014: Aston Villa 1-1 Southampton (Premier League)
Apr 19, 2014: Aston Villa 0-0 Southampton (Premier League)
Dec 04, 2013: Southampton 2-3 Aston Villa (Premier League)
Jan 12, 2013: Aston Villa 0-1 Southampton (Premier League)
Sep 22, 2012: Southampton 4-1 Aston Villa (Premier League)
Apr 16, 2005: Southampton 2-3 Aston Villa (Premier League)
Aug 14, 2004: Aston Villa 2-0 Southampton (Premier League)
Last 10 Premier League meetings
Dec 07, 2024: Aston Villa 1-0 Southampton (Premier League)
Jan 21, 2023: Southampton 0-1 Aston Villa (Premier League)
Sep 16, 2022: Aston Villa 1-0 Southampton (Premier League)
Mar 05, 2022: Aston Villa 4-0 Southampton (Premier League)
Nov 05, 2021: Southampton 1-0 Aston Villa (Premier League)
Jan 30, 2021: Southampton 0-1 Aston Villa (Premier League)
Nov 01, 2020: Aston Villa 3-4 Southampton (Premier League)
Feb 22, 2020: Southampton 2-0 Aston Villa (Premier League)
Dec 21, 2019: Aston Villa 1-3 Southampton (Premier League)
Apr 23, 2016: Aston Villa 2-4 Southampton (Premier League)
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