Southampton vs Aston Villa

Aston Villa have won four consecutive Premier League games for the first time since a run of five in March/April 2023, while they’ve won three successive away matches without conceding in the competition for the first time since November 2020.

Southampton have lost 26 of their 32 matches in the Premier League this term (W2 D4) – it’s the Saints’ most defeats across a single season in the top four tiers.

Aston Villa have failed to score three of their last five penalties in the Premier League, as many failed attempts as in their previous 19 penalties in the top-flight.

Southampton lost this exact fixture 1-0 in 2022-23, last losing consecutive home league games against the Villans between 1995 and 1998 (a run of four).

Aston Villa have won their last four Premier League games against Southampton by an aggregate score of 7-0. In their league history, only against Stoke (1905-1923), Sunderland (1983-1990) and Hull (1988-2010) have they won five in a row without conceding.

Southampton have lost 25 of their 31 Premier League games this season (W2 D4), the joint-most league defeats in a single campaign in their history, also losing 25 times in their last top-flight campaign (2022-23).

No side are on a longer ongoing winning run in the Premier League than Aston Villa (3). The Villans haven’t won four successive matches in the competition since April 2023 (run of 5).

Southampton are without a win in their last 10 home games in the Premier League, losing nine of them (D1). The Saints have only once before failed to win 11 successive home league matches, doing so from October 2008 to February 2009 in the Championship.