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Aston Villa Thrashes Southampton in Dominant Display at St. Mary’s
Aston Villa secured a resounding 4-0 victory over Southampton at St. Mary’s Stadium in Southampton, Hampshire on April 12th, 2025, in a Premier League matchday 32 clash. Aston Villa dominated possession (60%) and created numerous scoring opportunities, with 10 shots on target out of a total of 25 attempts. Despite missing two penalties, courtesy of Marco Asensio in the 69th and 90th minutes, the visitors managed to find the back of the net three times in open play. Ollie Watkins opened the scoring in the 73rd minute, assisted by Youri Tielemans. Donyell Malen added another in the 79th minute, with an assist from Matty Rogers. Finally, John McGinn sealed the victory in stoppage time (90th minute).
Southampton struggled in the face of Aston Villa’s dominance, managing only 40% possession and 7 shots, with just 2 on target. The match was a tense affair, with three yellow cards for the home side (M. Fernandes, J. Bednarek, and T. Harwood-Bellis) and one for Aston Villa (J. McGinn). Despite their efforts, Southampton couldn’t overcome Aston Villa’s resolute defence. The victory solidifies Aston Villa’s comfortable position in the league table, while Southampton will need to improve their performance in the coming weeks. The referee for the match was Thomas Bramall.
Substitutions southampton: at minute 46 T. Dibling came in and P. Onuachu went out., at minute 61 R. Stewart came in and C. Archer went out., at minute 61 W. Smallbone came in and K. Sulemana went out., at minute 82 Y. Sugawara came in and R. Manning went out., at minute 89 J. Robinson came in and M. Fernandes went out.
Substitutions aston villa: at minute 66 O. Watkins came in and M. Rashford went out., at minute 66 D. Malen came in and J. Ramsey went out., at minute 86 A. Garcia came in and M. Cash went out., at minute 86 J. McGinn came in and M. Rogers went out., at minute 89 B. Kamara came in and A. Onana went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
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