In a weekend match in week 8, on Friday Sep 16th, Aston Villa plays host to Southampton in a meeting of these two closely matched Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 17th placed Aston Villa, recorded a 1-1 draw against Manchester City. Erling Braut Håland struck first for Manchester City in the 50th minute on a feed from Kevin De Bruyne, then Leon Bailey got the equalizer for Aston Villa in the 74th minute on a feed from Jacob Ramsey squeezing out at least the one point for Aston Villa. Aston Villa looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10, while in their last match, Southampton recorded a 0-1 loss against Wolverhampton Wanderers. Daniel Podence scored the first goal for Wolverhampton Wanderers in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Southampton couldn’t muster any offence and Wolverhampton Wanderers ran away with the shutout win. Southampton is looking for direction having 2 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Che Adams has been the most prolific scorer on Southampton in the last five matches with 2 goals. Emiliano Buendía and Danny Ings are the top scorers for Aston Villa in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats
Aston Villa will be without Leander Dendoncker and Diego Carlos, while Ralph Hasenhüttl’s squad will be without Valentino Livramento.