Aston Villa vs Southampton LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
Follow all the action from Villa Park
Follow live coverage as Aston Villa face Southampton today in the Premier League. Another top-flight season will be covered in full right here with The Independent, as reigning champions Manchester City look to make it an unprecedented five titles in a row come the end of 2024/25.
The likes of Arsenal and Liverpool will be chasing Pep Guardiola's side, but just as fascinating will be the race for Champions League places, with more teams than ever before having designs on top-four finishes. Chelsea remain big-spending, Manchester United's latest rebuild continues and both Tottenham and Newcastle will expect improvements this year - yet it was Aston Villa who snared fourth last term.
Meanwhile, it's Southampton, Leicester City and Ipswich Town who made it back to the elite after promotion last year and each will have hope they can make it more than a one-year stay. Follow the latest live action from the Premier League below:
Aston Villa vs Southampton
Southampton will be without nine players for today’s trip to Villa Park. Aaron Ramsdale, Adam Lallana, Gavin Bazunu, Jan Bednarek, Lesley Ugochukwu, Paul Onuachu, Ross Stewart, Will Smallbone and Jack Stephens remain unavailable.
Aston Villa vs Southampton
The hosts enter the match all near full-strength, Jacob Ramsey is the only absentee through injury.
Aston Villa vs Southampton
SUBS: Alex McCarthy, Joe Aribo, Ronnie Edwards, Yukinari Sugawara, Ben Brereton Diaz, Kamaldeen Sulemana, Charlie Taylor, Ryan Fraser, Samuel Amo-Ameyaw.
Aston Villa vs Southampton
SOUTHAMPTON (5-3-2): Joe Lumley; Kyle Walker-Peters, James Bree, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Nathan Wood, Ryan Manning; Tyler Dibling, Flynn Downes, Mateus Fernandes; Adam Armstrong, Cameron Archer.
Aston Villa vs Southampton
SUBS: Matty Cash, Tyrone Mings, Ross Barkley, Emiliano Buendia, Ollie Watkins, Lucas Digne, Jaden Philogene, Amadou Onana, Robin Olsen.
Aston Villa vs Southampton
ASTON VILLA (4-4-1-1): Emiliano Martinez; Ian Maatsen, Pau Torres, Diego Carlos, Ezri Konsa; John McGinn, Youri Tielemans, Boubacar Kamara, Leon Bailey; Morgan Rogers; Jhon Duran.
Aston Villa vs Southampton
Struggling Southampton are winless in four consecutive Premier League games going into their match against Aston Villa on Saturday. Aston Villa are in seventh place with 22 points through 14 matches. The hosts won their last Premier League match 3-1 at home against Brentford, snapping a five-match winless streak. Southampton's last Premier League match saw them beaten 5-1 by Chelsea at St. Mary's Stadium, extending their winless streak to four, leaving them in 20th place on five points. Aston Villa won the last Premier League meeting between the sides, triumphing 1-0 at St. Mary's Stadium in January 2023. Ollie Watkins scored Villa's only goal in the 77th minute.
Aston Villa vs Southampton
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the Premier League clash between Aston Villa and Southampton. Team news will follow shortly.
Aston Villa vs Southampton team news
Aston Villa XI: Martínez, Konsa, Carlos, Torres, Maatsen, Bailey, Kamara, Tielemans, McGinn, Rogers, Durán
Southampton XI: Lumley, Walker-Peters, Bree, Harwood-Bellis, Wood, Manning, Dibling, Downes, Fernandes, Armstrong, Archer
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