Aston Villa vs Southampton Prediction & Betting Tips - Premier League

Prediction published on 02/03/2022, 22:32  by Indran | Modified on 02/03/2022 at 23:32 in Premier League Predictions

Aston Villa and Southampton meet at Villa Park in this Premiership encounter. They hosts are in 13th position with 30 points while their opponents are in 9th position with 35 points. Aston Villa won their last match 2-0 against Brighton to end a run of three matches without a win. They last won two successive matches in November in which was Steven Gerrard's first two matches in charge. Aston Villa have now gone four home matches without a win with their last home victory coming in December against Leicester. They have not won in their last six home matches against Southampton, losing the last three matches. Villa have lost six of the last eight matches against them, the same number of defeats they suffered in the previous 25 matches against them.

Southampton are on a three match winning run and are unbeaten in their last seven matches across all competition. They had an excellent 3-1 win over West Ham in their last match which has seen them progress to the quarter finals of the FA Cup. Southampton last suffered a loss when they were defeated 3-1 by Wolves in January. Their away form has also been excellent with just one defeat in their last six matches. Southampton have won their last two matches with a 2-0 scoreline and last won three consecutive matches without conceding a goal in the 2016 season. They have scored in their last ten league matches with only Manchester City on a longer run having scored in 17 consecutive matches.