Southampton vs Aston Villa

Southampton will look to extend their winning run to three games across all competitions when they welcome Aston Villa to St Mary’s stadium for their Matchday 21 tie on Saturday evening. Southampton have endured  a difficult campaign and are currently rooted to the bottom of the Premier League standings. They are however coming off a 2-1 win over Everton, which ended their six-match losing streak in the top flight, while extending their winning streak to three games across all competitions. The Saints will now be desperate to add to that run on Saturday and should have some confidence, but have lost their two league meetings against Villa and will have a lot to prove on Saturday. Aston Villa, on the other hand, are in 11th place in the league table at the moment and have been inconsistent this season. The away side defeated Leeds United by a 2-1 margin last week and will be confident ahead of this fixture.

Southampton vs Aston Villa head to head

Both sides have met in 40 encounters since 1993 with both sides winning 16 times and there have been eight draws.

• Aston Villa 1-0 Southampton
• Aston Villa 4-0 Southampton
• Southampton 1-0 Aston Villa
• Southampton 0-1 Aston Villa
• Aston Villa 3-4 Southampton

Home

• Everton 1-2 Southampton
• Southampton 2-0 Man City
• Crystal Palace 1-2 Southampton
• Southampton 0-1 Nottingham
• Fulham 2-1 Southampton

Away

• Aston Villa 2-1 Leeds
• Aston Villa 1-2 Stevenage
• Aston Villa 1-1 Wolves
• Tottenham 0-2 Aston Villa
• Aston Villa 1-3 Liverpool

Southampton team news

Southampton will be without Valentino Livramento, Juan Larios, Alex McCarthy and Armel Bella-Kotchap due to injuries, while Theo Walcott is a doubt.

Aston Villa team news

Aston Villa will be without Diego Carlos, John McGinn, Ludwig Augustinsson, Leander Dendoncker, Ollie Watkins, Jed Steer and Lucas Digne due to injuries, while Matty Cash is a doubt.

Prediction and odds

• 1X2: 1X
• BTTS: Yes
• Over 2.5: Yes