Game #5300
Saturday, 16 May 2015
Attendance: 31,636
Lost
Premier League
16th (-2)
Southampton
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥
St Mary's Stadium
Villa, needing just one win to secure Premier League safety after their revival under Tim Sherwood, are humiliated at St Mary's in a shambling performance but luck is on Villa's side as results elsewhere go their way to leave them safe ahead of another top flight season.
Southampton
6-1
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Leandro Bacuna | 45’+3 |
KEY MAN
Christian Benteke rushes the ball back to the spot after reducing the deficit to just 1-5 on the stroke of half time as results elsewhere secure Villa's top flight status under Tim Sherwood, Saturday, 16 May 2015.
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MATCH TIMELINE
🥅 | 13’ Goal, 1-0, (Southampton), Sadio Mané
🥅 | 14’ Goal, 2-0, (Southampton), Sadio Mané
🥅 | 16’ Goal, 3-0, (Southampton), Sadio Mané
🟨 | 21’ Booking, Ashley Westwood
🥅 | 26’ Goal, 4-0, (Southampton), Shane Long
🥅 | 38’ Goal, 5-0, (Southampton), Shane Long
⚽ | 45’+3 Goal, 1-5, Christian Benteke, Assist by Leandro Bacuna
🕒 | HT Southampton 5-1 Aston Villa
🔁 | 57’ Sub off, Charles N’Zogbia, Sub on, Gabriel Agbonlahor
🔁 | 67’ Sub off, Leandro Bacuna, Sub on, Matt Lowton 🔴
🥅 | 81’ Goal, 6-1, (Southampton), Graziano Pellè
🔁 | 82’ Sub off, Jack Grealish, Sub on, Scott Sinclair
🕒 | Southampton 6-1 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Tim Sherwood's Villa lose their sixth Premier League game in twelve and drop to 15th place in the table as they are ripped apart in the first 45' at St Mary's. The result itself however did not matter as courtesy of Hull's defeat, Villa had secured Premier League safety once again. Meanwhile, right back Matt Lowton made his final appearance for Villa aged 25 before moving on to Burnley for a fee of £1,260,000 in July 2015. Lowton had joined Villa from Sheffield United for £3,380,000 in July 2012 and he went on to make 82 appearances, 9 as substitute and scored twice during his three seasons with Villa.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Southampton
European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: 🏆
League Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: 1975-76
FIXTURE HISTORY
Southampton
Previous 5 vs. Southampton: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟨
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 2014-15 |
Matchday | #43 |
League Game | #37 |
Manager Game | #14 |
Saturday, 16 May 2015
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Tim Sherwood | 🏴 | Borehamwood, 2015
Referee: Bobby Madley | 🏴 | Wakefield, 2010-
Kick off: 12.45pm
HT Score: 🟥 1-5
FT Score: 🟥 1-6
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟥
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Bobby Madley | 🏴 | Wakefield, 2010-
Previous 5: 🟥 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 21 Mar 15, Villa 0-1 Swansea (h)
Cards: 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Peter Kirkup, Darren Cann
CARDS
TEAM NEWS
Alan Hutton replaces Kieran Richardson (injury).
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age: | 26.90 |
Oldest Player: GK Shay Given | 🇮🇪 | 39.10 |
Youngest Player: M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | 19.69 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Tim Sherwood | 🏴 |
Ronald Koeman | 🇳🇱 |
Aston Villa
GK Shay Given | 🇮🇪 |
CB Jores Okore | 🇩🇰 |
CB Ron Vlaar | 🇳🇱 |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 |
M Fabian Delph | 🏴 |
M Tom Cleverley | 🏴 |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Ashley Westwood | 🏴 | 🟨 |
W Charles N’Zogbia | 🇫🇷 | 🔁 |
M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 | 🔥 | 🔁 |
CF Christian Benteke | 🇧🇪 | ⚽ |
Southampton
GK Paulo Gazzaniga | 🇦🇷 |
LB Ryan Bertrand (ex) | 🏴 |
CB José Fonte | 🇵🇹 |
CB Toby Alderweireld | 🇧🇪 |
RB Nathaniel Clyne | 🏴 |
M Steven Davis (ex) | 🇬🇧 | 🔁 |
M Victor Wanyama | 🇰🇪 | 🟨 |
M James Ward-Prowse | 🏴 | 🔁 |
W Sadio Mané | 🇸🇳 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Graziano Pellè | 🇮🇹 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
CF Shane Long | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | for W Charles N’Zogbia | 🇫🇷 | 57’ |
🔁 RB Matt Lowton | 🏴 | 🔴 | for M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 | 67’ |
🔁 W Scott Sinclair | 🏴 | for M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | 82’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Filip Đuričić | 🇷🇸 | for M James Ward-Prowse | 🏴 |
🔁 | CB Maya Yoshida | 🇯🇵 | for M Steven Davis (ex) | 🇬🇧 |
🔁 | W Eljero Elia | 🇳🇱 | for CF Graziano Pellè | 🇮🇹 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
CB Philippe Senderos |🇨🇭|
M Carlos Sánchez | 🇨🇴 |
F Andreas Weimann | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Kelvin Davis | 🏴 |
CB Florin Gardoș | 🇧🇪 |
LB Matt Targett | 🏴 |
M Harrison Reed | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI Cost: £44.78m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Subs Cost: £3.38m
Team Cost: £48.16m
Squad Cost: £54.46m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/18
Homegrown: 2/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
GK Shay Given | 🇮🇪 | £3.38m |
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 | £0.90m |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 | £4.05m |
RB Matt Lowton | 🏴 | £3.38m |
CB Jores Okore | 🇩🇰 | £4.23m |
CB Ron Vlaar | 🇳🇱 | £3.42m |
CB Philippe Senderos |🇨🇭| Free |
M Fabian Delph | 🏴 | £8.55m |
M Carlos Sánchez | 🇨🇴 | £5.40m |
M Ashley Westwood | 🏴 | £2.25m |
M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 | £1.26m |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | Youth |
M Tom Cleverley | 🏴 | Loan |
W Charles NZogbia | 🇫🇷 | £9.72m |
W Scott Sinclair | 🏴 | Loan |
CF Christian Benteke | 🇧🇪 | £7.92m |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴 | Youth |
F Andreas Weimann | 🏴 | Free |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI Cost: £73.83m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Homegrown: 1/11
Subs Cost: £2.42m
Team Cost: £76.25m
Squad Cost: £83.03m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/18
Homegrown: 3/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 4 |
CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 |
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴 |
LB Kieran Richardson | 🏴 |
CF Libor Kozák | 🇨🇿 |
Out on Loan | 5 |
CF Nicklas Helenius | 🇩🇰 | Aalborg BK
M Yacouba Sylla | 🇲🇱 | Kayseri Erciyesspor
W Aleksandar Tonev | 🇧🇬 | Celtic
LB Antonio Luna | 🇪🇸 | Spezia Calcio
RB Janoi Donacien | 🇱🇨 | Tranmere
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Abbreviations:
GK : Goalkeeper
LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back
CB, D : Centre Back, Defender
M, W : Midfielder. Winger
F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
RB Matt Lowton | 🏴 |
MATCH STATS
Possession F | 64%
Possession A | 36%
Shots F | 9
Shots A | 18
Shots on Target F | 4
Shots on Target A | 11
Corners F | 3
Corners A | 6
Fouls F | 7
Fouls A | 19
TABLE
PROGRAMME
MATCHDAY QUOTES
“The first 45 minutes of football there was not good enough. Southampton punished every mistake we made and we made quite a few. Everyone at the club has to take responsibility and we do, it was not good enough.
“We’ve done brilliant over the past couple of months that’s why we can’t get too carried away. It’s a defeat and a heavy defeat It’s happened, we need to wipe our mouths and get on with it.
“I have always said it will go right down to the wire and I believe it will. It’s still in our hands. We had one foot in the Championship when I arrived and we have one foot in the Premier League now and we need to keep that foot in the Premier League.”
Tim Sherwood, Saturday, 16 May 2015.
*BBC Sport*
Saturday, 16 May 2015
*Sadio Mane scored the fastest hat-trick in Premier League history as Southampton demolished Aston Villa to keep their Europa League hopes alive.*
Mane’s three goals came in two minutes and 56 seconds with Saints 3-0 up inside 16 minutes.
They were 5-1 up at half-time with two strikes from Shane Long, while Christian Benteke headed home his 15th goal of the season for Villa before Graziano Pelle’s late volley.
The result means Southampton stay seventh with one game left and - despite the heavy defeat - Aston Villa sealed their Premier League safety after 18th-placed Hull lost.
Saints felt they had an early goal wrongly disallowed when Pelle was flagged offside but it mattered little after three stunning minutes at St Mary’s.
Mane side-footed home on 13 minutes after Shay Given’s initial save. He had his second when Long latched onto Ron Vlaar’s poor backpass and the Senegalese was on hand to stick it away into an empty net.
He created history with a fine first-time side foot from just inside the box to seal his hat-trick and also beat Robbie Fowler’s 21-year record of four minutes 33 seconds for Liverpool in 1994.
The goal prompted wild scenes at St Mary’s and there was more to come with Long curling home from 12 yards for 4-0.
His second and Southampton’s fifth was a stunning strike from 40 yards that flew over Given and into the net.
Villa had a consolation on the stroke of half time through Benteke’s header from close range in what was a breathless 45 minutes of football.
Mane turned provider with 10 minutes remaining sending in a fierce low cross which Pelle thumped home from close range for 6-1.
Saints end their season at Manchester City next weekend with Liverpool, Tottenham and Swansea also in the hunt for the two Europa League places. An Arsenal victory over Villa in the FA Cup final would also see seventh place earn entry into Europe.
Villa host already-relegated Burnley on the final day of the season and their own Premier League status was be confirmed after Hull lost 2-0 to Tottenham on Saturday afternoon.