Premier League

Southampton 4-0 Arsenal

Southampton vs Arsenal finished 4-0 in Premier League. Key event: 1' Olivier Giroud (assist Mesut Özil · xG 0.02 · From Corner · location 87.5%, 57.7%). Head to head: H2H last 2: 1-0-1. Home form: L L D L L; Away form: W W W D L. Forecast and odds: Home / Draw / Away: 3.60 / 3.50 / 2.10; Bookmaker samples: 7. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

SOU 4 - 0 Finished

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Competition Premier League Season 2015/2016 Country England Venue Venue to confirm

Your time 26 Dec 2015, 23:45 Venue time 26 Dec 2015, 23:45 GMT

Match context 4 facts

Home form L L D L L 1 pts, goals 2-8, 0.40 scored/match, 1.60 conceded/match

Away form W W W D L 10 pts, goals 9-5, 1.80 scored/match, 1.00 conceded/match

Southampton · season record 5 W · 6 D · 6 L 2015/2016: 17 recorded matches, goals 21–21; before 26 Dec 2015 UTC. Not official standings.

Arsenal · season record 11 W · 3 D · 3 L 2015/2016: 17 recorded matches, goals 31–14; before 26 Dec 2015 UTC. Not official standings.

Shot map 22 shots · 4 goals

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

Southampton 14 shots · 2.43 xG · 4 goals

Arsenal 8 shots · 0.83 xG · 0 goals

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Pass map directional passes

Solid arrows are completed passes; dashed arrows are incomplete.

Southampton160 plotted of 271 coordinate passes

Focused view: 48 of 160 plotted passes Show all passesShow focused passes

CompletedIncompleteArrow = direction

Arsenal160 plotted of 428 coordinate passes

Focused view: 48 of 160 plotted passes Show all passesShow focused passes

CompletedIncompleteArrow = direction

Passing networkexact player links onlyfull match

Node position is the player's full-match average pass location. Thicker connections represent more completed passes.

Southampton154 exact passer-recipient links

WAR DIJ BER WAN CLA MAN LON TAD STE DAV

WARJames Ward-Prowse11 passes
DIJVirgil van Dijk21 passes
BERRyan Bertrand18 passes
WANVictor Wanyama22 passes
CLAJordy Clasie13 passes
MANSadio Mané22 passes
LONShane Long13 passes
TADDušan Tadić4 passes
STEMaarten Stekelenburg7 passes
DAVSteven Davis23 passes

Arsenal235 exact passer-recipient links

GIR IWO ČEC KOS ÖZI WAL RAM MER CHA FLA OXL

GIROlivier Giroud16 passes
IWOAlex Iwobi2 passes
ČECPetr Čech17 passes
KOSLaurent Koscielny27 passes
ÖZIMesut Özil30 passes
WALTheo Walcott9 passes
RAMAaron Ramsey52 passes
MERPer Mertesacker40 passes
CHACalum Chambers8 passes
FLAMathieu Flamini29 passes
OXLAlex Oxlade-Chamberlain5 passes

Pass-location heatmapevent density, not tracking datafull match

Density is calculated from pass start locations in the accepted event feed.

Southampton271 coordinate passes

Fewer pass startsMore pass starts

Arsenal428 coordinate passes

Fewer pass startsMore pass starts

Possession flow 27 recorded possessions

Share of recorded possession time in each five-minute interval. Official full-match possession is shown above.

SouthamptonArsenal

0–5′95–5
5–10′0–100
10–15′93–7
15–20′87–13
20–25′0–100
25–30′7–93
30–35′99–1
35–40′91–9
40–45′25–75
50–55′22–78
55–60′32–68
60–65′100–0
65–70′40–60
70–75′0–100
75–80′29–71
80–85′100–0
85–90′100–0
90–95′49–51

Timeline 37 events

1' shot Olivier Giroud ARS assist Mesut Özil · xG 0.02 · From Corner · location 87.5%, 57.7%

12' shot Sadio Mané SOU assist Steven Davis · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 79.5%, 70.6%

16' shot Ignacio Monreal Eraso ARS Open Play · Saved · xG 0.09

16' shot Olivier Giroud ARS assist Mesut Özil · xG 0.03 · Open Play · location 87.8%, 51.5%

16' shot Nacho Monreal ARS xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 88.3%, 61%

18' Goal Rhu-endly Martina SOU Open Play · Goal

18' shot Cuco Martina SOU xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 73.4%, 34%

24' shot James Ward-Prowse SOU xG 0.05 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 78.2%, 43.6%

26' shot James Ward-Prowse SOU assist Ryan Bertrand · xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 79.5%, 59.3%

28' shot Steven Davis SOU xG 0.08 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 86.5%, 36.3%

33' Yellow Shane Long SOU Yellow Card

34' Yellow Shane Long SOU

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36' shot Theo Walcott ARS assist Aaron Ramsey · xG 0.06 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 86.2%, 39.2%

38' shot Theo Walcott ARS assist Mesut Özil · xG 0.02 · From Corner · location 91.2%, 63%

42' shot Shane Long SOU assist Sadio Mané · xG 0.31 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 90.7%, 60.2%

54' shot Shane Long SOU assist Sadio Mané · xG 0.62 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 91.5%, 54%

59' shot Aaron Ramsey ARS assist Mesut Özil · xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 77.3%, 53.7%

63' Sub Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain ARS on for Joel Nathaniel Campbell Samuels · Tactical

66' Sub Oriol Romeu Vidal SOU on for Jordy Clasie · Tactical

68' Goal José Miguel da Rocha Fonte SOU Open Play · Goal

68' shot José Fonte SOU assist Ryan Bertrand · xG 0.5 · From Corner · location 96.4%, 46.2%

70' Sub Dušan Tadić SOU on for James Ward-Prowse · Tactical

73' Sub Calum Chambers ARS on for Mathieu Flamini · Tactical

74' shot Dusan Tadic SOU xG 0.03 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 75.4%, 54.6%

77' Sub Alex Iwobi ARS on for Theo Walcott · Tactical

79' shot Mesut Özil ARS assist Nacho Monreal · xG 0.58 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 95.2%, 53.6%

80' Sub Juan Miguel Jiménez López SOU on for Sadio Mané · Tactical

83' shot Olivier Giroud ARS assist Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain · xG 0.03 · Open Play · location 87.4%, 52.8%

88' shot Oriol Romeu Vidal SOU Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.06

88' shot Shane Long SOU assist Dusan Tadic · xG 0.09 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 90.9%, 32.1%

88' shot Oriol Romeu SOU assist Dusan Tadic · xG 0.12 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 86.9%, 56.6%

89' shot Juan Miguel Jiménez López SOU Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.04

89' shot Juanmi SOU assist Oriol Romeu · xG 0.07 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 88.6%, 67.4%

90+1' Goal Shane Long SOU Open Play · Goal

90+3' shot Dušan Tadić SOU Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.11

91' shot Shane Long SOU assist Dusan Tadic · xG 0.4 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 89.6%, 34.9%

93' shot Dusan Tadic SOU xG 0.09 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 84.7%, 48.7%

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

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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Showing 8 of 12 head-to-head matches.

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 8 metrics

2.43 Expected Goals 0.83

74% 25%

14 Total Shots 8

63% 36%

35% Ball Possession 65%

35% 65%

5 Shots on Goal 5

50% 50%

10 Fouls 9

52% 47%

3 Corner Kicks 4

42% 57%

Possession over time 4 recorded checkpoints · Exact checkpoints

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5 Shots off target 2

13 Crosses 22

Lineups

Southampton

12 V Victor Wanyama RIGHT DEFENSIVE MIDFIELD

16 J James Ward-Prowse RIGHT WING

15 R Rhu-endly Martina RIGHT BACK

10 S Sadio Mané CENTER ATTACKING MIDFIELD

17 V Virgil van Dijk LEFT CENTER BACK

8 S Steven Davis LEFT WING

7 S Shane Long CENTER FORWARD

6 J José Miguel da Rocha Fonte RIGHT CENTER BACK

4 J Jordy Clasie LEFT DEFENSIVE MIDFIELD

21 R Ryan Bertrand LEFT BACK

22 M Maarten Stekelenburg GK

Arsenal

6 L Laurent Koscielny LEFT CENTER BACK

33 P Petr Čech GK

4 P Per Mertesacker RIGHT CENTER BACK

11 M Mesut Özil CENTER ATTACKING MIDFIELD

18 I Ignacio Monreal Eraso LEFT BACK

24 H Héctor Bellerín Moruno RIGHT BACK

16 A Aaron Ramsey LEFT DEFENSIVE MIDFIELD

12 O Olivier Giroud CENTER FORWARD

14 T Theo Walcott LEFT WING

28 J Joel Nathaniel Campbell Samuels RIGHT WING

20 M Mathieu Flamini RIGHT DEFENSIVE MIDFIELD

Historical 1X2 odds

Home / Draw / Away3.60 / 3.50 / 2.10

Bookmaker samples7