Premier League

Arsenal 3-2 Southampton

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: 3-2-2. 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.

ARS 3 - 2 Finished

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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

Match context 4 facts

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

Away form L L D D L 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.

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

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 2–2SOU 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 3–2ARS 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%

Head-to-head H2H last 12: 5-3-4

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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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

Team statistics 18 metrics

65% Ball Possession 35%

65% 35%

1.59 Expected Goals 2.17

42% 57%

13 Total Shots 15

46% 53%

7 Shots on Goal 8

46% 53%

8 Corner Kicks 6

57% 42%

11 Fouls 7

61% 38%

2 Yellow Cards 1

66% 33%

5 Goalkeeper Saves 4

55% 44%

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2 Blocked shots 3

1 Offsides 2

7 Free kicks 11

4 Shots off target 4

24 Throw-ins 19

6 Goal kicks 5

5 Total saves 4

0 Hit woodwork 0

7 Shots inside box 10

1 Red Cards 1

Lineups

13 Alex McCarthy GK 5 Jack Stephens DEF 3 Maya Yoshida DEF 6 Wesley Hoedt DEF 2 Cédric Soares MID 14 Oriol Romeu MID 23 Pierre-Emile Højbjerg MID 21 Ryan Bertrand MID 16 James Ward-Prowse FWD 11 Dušan Tadić FWD 7 Shane Long FWD 33 Petr Čech GK 24 Héctor Bellerín DEF 20 Shkodran Mustafi DEF 21 Calum Chambers DEF 31 Sead Kolašinac DEF 35 Mohamed Elneny MID 29 Granit Xhaka MID 61 Reiss Nelson MID 17 Alex Iwobi MID 23 Danny Welbeck MID 14 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang FWD

Southampton

3-4-2-1 · Manager Mark Hughes

13 A Alex McCarthy GK

5 J Jack Stephens DEF

3 M Maya Yoshida DEF

6 W Wesley Hoedt DEF

2 C Cédric Soares MID

14 O Oriol Romeu MID

23 P Pierre-Emile Højbjerg MID

21 R Ryan Bertrand · Captain MID

16 J James Ward-Prowse FWD

11 D Dušan Tadić FWD

7 S Shane Long FWD

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10 C Charlie Austin FWD

39 J Josh Sims MID

44 F Fraser Forster GK

26 J Jérémy Pied DEF

22 N Nathan Redmond MID

19 S Sofiane Boufal MID

20 M Manolo Gabbiadini FWD

Arsenal

4-2-3-1 · Manager Arsène Wenger

33 P Petr Čech · Captain GK

24 H Héctor Bellerín DEF

20 S Shkodran Mustafi DEF

21 C Calum Chambers DEF

31 S Sead Kolašinac DEF

35 M Mohamed Elneny MID

29 G Granit Xhaka MID

61 R Reiss Nelson MID

17 A Alex Iwobi MID

23 D Danny Welbeck MID

14 P Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang FWD

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10 J Jack Wilshere MID

9 A Alexandre Lacazette FWD

16 R Rob Holding DEF

54 M Matt Macey GK

18 N Nacho Monreal DEF

11 M Mesut Özil MID

62 E Eddie Nketiah FWD