Premier League

Arsenal 3-2 Southampton

Competition Premier League Season 2017/2018 Country England Venue Venue to confirm

Your time 08 Apr 2018, 13:15 Venue time 08 Apr 2018, 14:15 BST

Arsenal vs Southampton finished 3-2 in Premier League. Key event: 7' James Ward-Prowse (assist Dusan Tadic · xG 0.38 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 90%, 57.9%). Head to head: H2H last 7 before 08 Apr 2018: 3 W / 2 D / 2 L for Arsenal. Home form: W W L L L; Away form: L L D D L. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

Match context 4 facts

Form before this match (08 Apr 2018): up to 5 scored matches per team, latest first. W = win, D = draw, L = loss. Each row states its sample size.

Home form W W L L L Matches: 5 · 6 pts, goals 7-6, 1.40 scored/match, 1.20 conceded/match

Away form L L D D L Matches: 5 · 2 pts, goals 1-9, 0.20 scored/match, 1.80 conceded/match

Arsenal · season record 15 W · 6 D · 10 L 2017/2018: 31 recorded matches, goals 58–41; before 08 Apr 2018 UTC. Not official standings.

Southampton · season record 5 W · 13 D · 13 L 2017/2018: 31 recorded matches, goals 29–47; before 08 Apr 2018 UTC. Not official standings.

Timeline 43 events

7' shot James Ward-Prowse SOU assist Dusan Tadic xG 0.38 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 90%, 57.9%

7' shot Shane Long SOU xG 0.09 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 91.9%, 59.7%

8' shot Pierre-Emile Højbjerg SOU xG 0.02 · Left Foot · From Corner · location 80.7%, 44%

16' shot Shane Long SOU assist Cédric Soares xG 0.4 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 96.4%, 41.9%

17' Goal Shane Long 0–1 SOU assist Cédric Soares

27' shot Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang ARS assist Danny Welbeck xG 0.09 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 88.5%, 54.8%

28' Goal Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 1–1 ARS assist Danny Welbeck

32' shot Danny Welbeck ARS assist Granit Xhaka xG 0.04 · From Corner · location 92%, 53.4%

32' shot Calum Chambers ARS assist Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang xG 0.08 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 90.7%, 46.9%

34' shot Granit Xhaka ARS xG 0.05 · Left Foot · Direct Freekick · location 73.6%, 59.9%

37' shot Danny Welbeck ARS assist Alex Iwobi xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 82.6%, 59.8%

38' Goal Danny Welbeck 2–1 ARS assist Alex Iwobi

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39' shot Granit Xhaka ARS assist Mohamed Elneny xG 0.01 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 67.9%, 48.5%

42' shot James Ward-Prowse SOU assist Pierre-Emile Højbjerg xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 77.3%, 53.7%

44' shot Calum Chambers ARS assist Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang xG 0.04 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 83.7%, 59.4%

46' shot Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang ARS assist Alex Iwobi xG 0.09 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 89.1%, 33.7%

46' shot Granit Xhaka ARS assist Mohamed Elneny xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 73.8%, 57%

50' Yellow Héctor Bellerín ARS Yellow card

51' shot Alex Iwobi ARS assist Mohamed Elneny xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 76.8%, 49.3%

53' shot Pierre-Emile Højbjerg SOU assist Ryan Bertrand xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 75%, 43.1%

55' shot Wesley Hoedt SOU assist James Ward-Prowse xG 0.02 · From Corner · location 93.2%, 59.3%

61' shot Shane Long SOU assist Dusan Tadic xG 0.03 · Open Play · location 91%, 44.5%

62' shot Cédric Soares SOU assist Oriol Romeu xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 70.9%, 39.2%

64' Sub Jack Wilshere ARS on for Reiss Nelson

67' shot Wesley Hoedt SOU xG 0.01 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 69.4%, 66.1%

71' Sub Alexandre Lacazette ARS on for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

72' shot Charlie Austin SOU assist Cédric Soares xG 0.82 · Right Foot · Set Piece · location 96.6%, 48.8%

72' Sub Charlie Austin SOU on for Maya Yoshida

73' Goal Charlie Austin 2–2 SOU assist Cédric Soares

74' shot Mohamed Elneny ARS xG 0.01 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 77.5%, 35.1%

74' Sub Rob Holding ARS on for Héctor Bellerín

77' shot Danny Welbeck ARS assist Jack Wilshere xG 0.75 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 96.7%, 50.9%

78' shot Charlie Austin SOU assist Dusan Tadic xG 0.13 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 84.5%, 47.8%

80' shot Danny Welbeck ARS assist Alex Iwobi xG 0.31 · Open Play · location 97.3%, 58.1%

80' Sub Josh Sims SOU on for Shane Long · Injury substitution

81' Goal Danny Welbeck 3–2 ARS assist Alex Iwobi

85' shot Dusan Tadic SOU assist Ryan Bertrand xG 0.07 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 93.3%, 64.5%

86' shot Josh Sims SOU assist Charlie Austin xG 0.06 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 87.3%, 34%

90+2' Red Jack Stephens SOU Red card

90+2' Yellow Jack Wilshere ARS Yellow card

90+3' Red Mohamed Elneny ARS Red card

90+6' Yellow Wesley Hoedt SOU Yellow card

91' shot Pierre-Emile Højbjerg SOU xG 0.09 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 86.8%, 61%

Shot map 28 shots · 5 goals

Both teams attack from left to right. The attacking half is shown when every location fits it; larger markers represent higher xG.

Arsenal 13 shots · 1.59 xG · 3 goals

Southampton 15 shots · 2.17 xG · 2 goals

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Head-to-head Meetings: 12

Arsenal leads the last 12 head-to-head meetings: 5 wins, 3 losses, 4 draws. Latest meeting: 04 Apr 2026 · Southampton vs Arsenal · 2 - 1.

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Latest 12 recorded results shown; this match is excluded. Includes 12 after this match (08 Apr 2018). These rows are separate from the pre-match sample.

04 Apr 2026

Southampton 2 - 1 Arsenal

25 May 2025

Southampton 1 - 2 Arsenal

05 Oct 2024

Arsenal 3 - 1 Southampton

21 Apr 2023

Arsenal 3 - 3 Southampton

23 Oct 2022

Southampton 1 - 1 Arsenal

16 Apr 2022

Southampton 1 - 0 Arsenal

11 Dec 2021

Arsenal 3 - 0 Southampton

26 Jan 2021

Southampton 1 - 3 Arsenal

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23 Jan 2021

Southampton 1 - 0 Arsenal

16 Dec 2020

Arsenal 1 - 1 Southampton

25 Jun 2020

Southampton 0 - 2 Arsenal

23 Nov 2019

Arsenal 2 - 2 Southampton

Latest team results

Latest 12 recorded results shown; this match is excluded. Includes 12 after this match (08 Apr 2018). These rows are separate from the pre-match sample. Form badges refer to the period before each listed fixture.

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