Game #5343
Saturday, 23 April 2016
Attendance: 29,729
Lost
Premier League
20th (-)
Southampton
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
Villa Park
Villa lose for the twenty fifth time in thirty five Premier League games.
Aston Villa
2-4
Southampton
Assist(s) | Kevin Toner | 85’ |
KEY MAN
Ashley Westwood scores his first goals of the season after relegation is confirmed but Villa are never in control and lose for the twenty fifth time in thirty five Premier League games, Saturday, 23 April 2016.
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MATCH TIMELINE
🥅 | 15’ Goal, 0-1, (Southampton), Shane Long
🥅 | 39’ Goal, 0-2, (Southampton), Dušan Tadić
⚽ | 45’+1 Goal, 1-2, Ashley Westwood
🕒 | HT Aston Villa 1-2 Southampton
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Micah Richards, Sub on, Kevin Toner 🟢
🟨 | 58’ Booking, Alan Hutton
🔁 | 59’ Sub off, Jordan Ayew, Sub on, Rudy Gestede
🔁 | 68’ Sub off, Carlos Sánchez, Sub on, Jack Grealish
🥅 | 71’ Goal, 1-3, (Southampton), Dušan Tadić
🟨 | 82’ Booking, Idrissa Gueye
⚽ | 85’ Goal, 2-3, Ashley Westwood, Assist by Kevin Toner
🥅 | 90’+4 Goal, 2-4, (Southampton), Sadio Mané
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-4 Southampton
ON THIS DAY
Eric Black loses his fourth game in charge as caretaker manager and Villa make it ten consecutive defeats, their twenty six loss in forty one games this season.
Villa’s tenth successive league loss was the first time since 1962-63 and only the second time in the club’s history.
Meanwhile, goalkeeper Brad Guzan made his final appearance for Villa aged 31 before moving on to Middlesbrough on a free transfer in July 2016.
Guzan had been with the club since 2008 after joining from Club Deportivo Chivas USA for a fee of £900,000 and was released by the club in 2012 having failed to make the grade.
Incredibly Paul Lambert brought Guzan back to the club and installed him as first choice despite his limitations, a period that coincided with Villa’s worst run of seasons in decades.
Centre back Kevin Toner made his Villa debut aged 19 after joining from Home Farm in July 2012.
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 | 2015-16 |
Matchday | #41 |
League Game | #35 |
Manager Game | #4 |
Saturday, 23 April 2016
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Eric Black (Caretaker) | 🏴 | Bellshill, 2016
Referee: Neil Swarbrick | 🏴 | Preston, 2005-2018
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 1-2
FT Score: 🟥 2-4
FT Result: 🟥 Lost
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟥
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Neil Swarbrick | 🏴 | Preston, 2005-2018
Previous 5: 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 2 Apr 16, Villa 0-4 Chelsea (h)
Cards: 🟨 🟨
Assistants: Andy Garratt, Matt Wilkes
CARDS
TEAM NEWS
Micah Richards and Carlos Sánchez replace Ciaran Clark and Kieran Richardson.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age: | 28.41 |
Oldest Player: CB Joleon Lescott | 🏴 | 33.71 |
Youngest Player: F Jordan Ayew | 🇬🇭 | 24.63 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Eric Black | 🏴 | Caretaker
Ronald Koeman | 🇳🇱 |
Aston Villa
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 | 🔴 |
CB Micah Richards | 🏴 | 🔁 |
CB Joleon Lescott | 🏴 |
RB Aly Cissokho | 🇫🇷 |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 | 🟨 |
M Ashley Westwood | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
M Carlos Sánchez | 🇨🇴 | 🔁 |
M Idrissa Gueye | 🇸🇳 | 🟨 |
M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 |
W Scott Sinclair | 🏴 |
F Jordan Ayew | 🇬🇭 | 🔁 |
Southampton
GK Fraser Forster | 🏴 |
LB Ryan Bertrand | 🏴 |
CB José Fonte | 🇵🇹 |
CB Virgil van Dijk | 🇳🇱 |
RB Cédric Soares | 🇵🇹 |
M Steven Davis (ex) | 🇬🇧 |
M Victor Wanyama | 🇰🇪 | 🔁 |
M Oriel Romeu | 🇪🇸 |
W Dušan Tadić | 🇷🇸 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CF Shane Long | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
CF Jay Rodriguez | 🏴 | 🔁 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 CB Kevin Toner | 🇮🇪 | 🟢 | 🔥 | for CB Micah Richards | 🏴 | 46’ |
🔁 CF Rudy Gestede | 🇧🇯 | for F Jordan Ayew | 🇬🇭 | 59’ |
🔁 M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | for M Carlos Sánchez | 🇨🇴 | 68’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Jordy Clasie | 🇳🇱 | for M Victor Wanyama | 🇰🇪 | 46’ |
🔁 | W Sadio Mané | 🇸🇳 | ⚽ | for CF Jay Rodriguez | 🏴 | 70’ |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Mark Bunn | 🏴 |
M Jordan Veretout | 🇫🇷 |
M Jordan Lyden | 🇦🇺 |
W Carles Gil | 🇪🇸 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Maarten Stekelenburg | 🇳🇱 |
CB Maya Yoshida | 🇯🇵 |
CB Cuco Martina | 🇨🇼 |
M James Ward-Prowse | 🏴 |
CF Graziano Pellè | 🇮🇹 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI Cost: £39.42m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Homegrown: ⭕/11
Subs Cost: £7.65m
Team Cost: £47.07m
Squad Cost: £59.85m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/18
Homegrown: 3/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 | £0.90m |
GK Mark Bunn | 🏴 | Free |
CB Joleon Lescott | 🏴 | £1.26m |
CB Kevin Toner | 🇮🇪 | Youth |
CB Micah Richards | 🏴 | Free |
RB Alan Hutton | 🏴 | £4.05m |
RB Aly Cissokho | 🇫🇷 | £2.25m |
M Jordan Veretout | 🇫🇷 | £9.00m |
M Idrissa Gueye | 🇸🇳 | £8.10m |
M Carlos Sánchez | 🇨🇴 | £5.40m |
M Ashley Westwood | 🏴 | £2.25m |
M Leandro Bacuna | 🇨🇼 | £1.26m |
M Jack Grealish | 🏴 | Youth |
M Jordan Lyden | 🇦🇺 | Youth |
W Carles Gil | 🇪🇸 | £3.78m |
W Scott Sinclair | 🏴 | £3.15m |
F Jordan Ayew | 🇬🇭 | £10.80m |
CF Rudy Gestede | 🇧🇯 | £7.65m |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI Cost: £95.08m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 4/11
Homegrown: ⭕/11
Subs Cost: £32.86m
Team Cost: £127.94m
Squad Cost: £141.17m
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/18
Homegrown: 1/18
MATCHDAY SQUAD
Southampton field a breathtakingly expensive side for a club who only recently returned to the top flight after a previous financial catastrophe as £141m worth of players line up for the South coast side at Villa Park.
GK Fraser Forster | 🏴 | £10.81m |
GK Maarten Stekelenburg | 🇳🇱 | Loan |
LB Ryan Bertrand (ex) | 🏴 | £11.50m |
RB Cédric Soares | 🇵🇹 | £6.05m |
CB Virgil van Dijk | 🇳🇱 | £13.58m |
CB Maya Yoshida | 🇯🇵 | £2.42m |
CB Cuco Martina | 🇨🇼 | £1.30m |
CB José Fonte | 🇵🇹 | £1.21m |
M Jordy Clasie | 🇳🇱 | £12.97m |
M Victor Wanyama | 🇰🇪 | £12.54m |
M Oriel Romeu | 🇪🇸 | £6.05m |
M Steven Davis (ex) | 🇬🇧 | £0.86m |
M James Ward-Prowse | 🏴 | Youth |
W Sadio Mané | 🇸🇳 | £19.89m |
W Dušan Tadić | 🇷🇸 | £12.11m |
CF Shane Long | 🇮🇪 | £12.89m |
CF Graziano Pellè | 🇮🇹 | £9.51m |
CF Jay Rodriguez | 🏴 | £7.48m |
UNAVAILABLE
Injury | 4 |
LB Jordan Amavi | 🇫🇷 |
CF Libor Kozák | 🇨🇿 |
CB Ciaran Clark | 🇮🇪 |
LB Kieran Richardson | 🏴 |
Out on Loan | 8 |
CB Nathan Baker | 🏴 | Bristol City
GK Jed Steer | 🏴 | Huddersfield
RB Janoi Donacien | 🇱🇨 | Newport
F Callum Robinson | 🇮🇪 | Preston
M Gary Gardner | 🏴 | Forest
LB Joe Bennett | 🏴 | Wednesday
FB José Ángel Crespo | 🇪🇸 | Vallecano
F Jerell Sellars | 🏴 | Wycombe
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
CB Kevin Toner | 🇮🇪 |
FINAL APPEARANCES
GK Brad Guzan | 🇺🇸 |
MATCH STATS
Possession F | 38%
Possession A | 62%
Shots F | 11
Shots A | 9
Shots on Target F | 5
Shots on Target A | 5
Corners F | 6
Corners A | 11
Fouls F | 8
Fouls A | 9
TABLE

PROGRAMME



MATCHDAY QUOTES
“We created more chances. We had two or three chances, and if we’d taken them, we might have got something. But if we have to score five goals at home to win a game, then we’re going to be in for a tough challenge. We did get a response under difficult circumstances, but it wasn’t enough to win the game.
“We conceded poor goals that put us on the back foot. There was a response, and credit for that, but on the day it wasn’t enough.
“The fans are entitled to vent their displeasure. It’s not an ideal atmosphere, but it’s understandable, given the circumstances. We have to continue to be professional.”
Eric Black, Saturday, 23 April 2016.
*Sky Sports*
Saturday, 23 April 2016
Southampton boosted their top-six hopes with a 4-2 win at already-relegated Aston Villa in the Premier League on Saturday.
Saints were ahead on 15 minutes through Shane Long’s close-range header, before Long put the ball on a plate for Dusan Tadic to make it 2-0 with six minutes to go in the first half.
Ashley Westwood gave Villa a lifeline just before the break with a cool finish from inside the area, but Tadic added Saints’ third with 20 minutes remaining with a deflected effort from just outside the area.
Westwood halved the deficit once again with a low effort into the bottom corner from 15 yards to set up a nervous ending, but substitute Sadio Mane’s header made it four in stoppage time.
The result leaves Southampton in eighth, two points off sixth-placed West Ham.
Villa - now a game away from equalling their club record losing streak of 11 from1962-63 -made two changes from the side that lost 1-0 at Manchester United last Saturday, while Saints made four and gave a start to striker Jay Rodriguez, his first in the Premier League since September.
It was Long, another of those replacements, who caused the problems early on, hitting the bar from 10 yards after getting the better of Joleon Lescott, who bore the brunt of the Villa fans’ anger.
“You’re not fit to wear the shirt” rang out at Villa Park, and the home fans soon saw their side go one down thanks to former West Brom striker Long, who headed home unmarked from six yards after Ryan Bertrand’s superb left-wing ball.
Villa went close at the other end through Leandro Bacuna, who headed wide from Westwood’s cross from the right, before Saints hit the woodwork again through Virgil van Dijk after the Dutchman cut inside in the area and drilled an effort towards the near post.
Westwood’s close-range effort fell into the grateful hands of Fraser Forster moments later, but it was 2-0 to Southampton on 39 minutes thanks to Tadic’s simple finish.
Long looked to round Brad Guzan after easily beating Lescott with pace, and despite the goalkeeper getting a touch on the ball, the Irishman composed himself to centre for Tadic, who slotted past Lescott on the line.
Villa halved the deficit on the stroke of half-time through Westwood, whose half-volley from 12 yards found the bottom left corner after the ball broke to him kindly from the left.
Guzan stood tall to deny Long just before the hour mark after Tadic’s superb through ball, and it was the Serbian midfielder who scored Saints’ third with a low deflected effort off the boot of Westwood from just outside the area.
Long poked the ball over the bar from close range with 10 minutes remaining after Guzan’s fumble in the area, but Villa produced a nervous finish after Westwood’s fine finish into the bottom right corner from 15 yards with five minutes remaining.
But Tadic worked his magic again at the other end as Saints killed the game in injury time, laying the ball off for Cedric Soares on the right byline, before his lofted ball was headed into the bottom corner by Mane.