Southampton 0-3 Aston Villa
Key numbers
- Possession 40% – 60%
- Shots 7 (2 on target) – 25 (10)
- Decisive moment: 73' Ollie Watkins, FN xPts +1.2
HT 0:0
Ollie Watkins 73'
Donyell Malen 79'
John McGinn 90+4'
Donyell Malen 79'
John McGinn 90+4'
Southampton 20th · 10 pts|Aston Villa 7th → 5th · 54 pts
Aston Villa won on the scoreboard and on xG (0.31–3.03).
Player of the matchAaron RamsdaleDecisive moment73' Ollie Watkins+1.2
Player of the match
Aaron Ramsdale Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.6 (Dominant)
Game state
Southampton ahead 0 min · level 73 min · Aston Villa ahead 17 min
- Ollie Watkins — off the bench 24 min · 1G 0A
- Donyell Malen — off the bench 24 min · 1G 0A
- John McGinn — off the bench 13 min · 1G 0A
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
69'
Marco Asensio
Pen miss
−0.8
73'
Ollie Watkins
Goal · scorer +0.8 · assist Youri Tielemans +0.4
+1.2
79'
Donyell Malen
Goal · scorer +0.2 · assist Morgan Rogers +0.1
+0.3
90+4'
Marco Asensio
Pen miss
0.0
90+4'
John McGinn
Goal
0.0
Southampton
Expected (last two seasons) 0.8Own moments 0.0Opponent moments −0.3Time effect −0.5→ League points won 0
Aston Villa
Expected (last two seasons) 2.0Own moments +0.7Opponent moments 0.0Time effect +0.3→ League points won 3
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
SouthamptonAston Villa
40%Possession60%
0.31Expected goals (xG)3.03
0.04xG per shot0.12
7Shots25
2Shots on target10
29%Shots on target %40%
5Shots in box13
354Passes537
87%Pass accuracy93%
2Corners13
7Saves2
11Fouls4
3Yellow cards1
0Offsides0
Compared with usual
Southampton
37 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 0 | 0.97 | |
| Conceded | 3 | 2.2 | |
| xG | 0.31 | 0.79 | |
| xG against | 3.03 | 2 | |
| Shots | 7 | 9.8 | |
| On target | 2 | 3.4 | |
| Shots faced | 25 | 16.2 | |
| xG per shot | 0.04 | 0.08 | |
| Possession | 40% | 52% | |
| Passes | 354 | 493.8 | |
| Pass accuracy | 87% | 85.7% | |
| Corners | 2 | 4.1 | |
| Fouls | 11 | 12 |
Aston Villa
48 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 3 | 1.6 | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1.3 | |
| xG | 3.03 | 1.3 | |
| xG against | 0.31 | 1.2 | |
| Shots | 25 | 13.1 | |
| On target | 10 | 4.8 | |
| Shots faced | 7 | 12 | |
| xG per shot | 0.12 | 0.1 | |
| Possession | 60% | 52.2% | |
| Passes | 537 | 452.1 | |
| Pass accuracy | 93% | 85.4% | |
| Corners | 13 | 5.7 | |
| Fouls | 4 | 10.8 |
Timeline
- 38' Yellow Mateus Fernandes
- 46' Sub Paul Onuachu → Tyler Dibling
- 61' Sub Cameron Archer → Ross Stewart
- 61' Sub Kamaldeen Sulemana → Will Smallbone
- 66' Sub Marcus Rashford → Ollie Watkins
- 66' Sub Jacob Ramsey → Donyell Malen
- 68' Yellow Jan Bednarek
- 69' Pen miss Marco Asensio
- 73' Goal Ollie Watkins league goal #14 assist Youri Tielemans
- 79' Goal Donyell Malen league goal #3 assist Morgan Rogers
- 82' Sub Ryan Manning → Yukinari Sugawara
- 85' Sub Matty Cash → Andrés García
- 85' Sub Morgan Rogers → John McGinn
- 87' Yellow John McGinn
- 88' Yellow Taylor Harwood-Bellis
- 89' Sub Mateus Fernandes → Jay Robinson
- 89' Sub Amadou Onana → Boubacar Kamara
- 90+4' Pen miss Marco Asensio
- 90+4' Goal John McGinn league goal #1
Category leaders
- Key passesYouri Tielemans3
- Duels wonJack Stephens11/14
- DribblesMorgan Rogers2/5
- Defensive actionsJack Stephens12
- ShotsYouri Tielemans4 (on target 2)
Past-season matches are summarised from match data (API-Football) without a written review. FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.