Aston Villa failed to threaten for much of this game with Saints well on top. However, the Joleon Lescott goal just before half-time came at a huge cost.

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Oriol Romeu scored his first goal for the club to make it 1-1 on 73 minutes and some late pressure failed to pay off.

Saints should have easily dispatched the Premier League's bottom club, but couldn't find that all important winner.