Premier League

Southampton 3-2 Arsenal

Southampton vs Arsenal finished 3-2 in Premier League. Key event: 5' Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (assist Matteo Guendouzi · xG 0.35 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 91.5%, 61.4%). Head to head: H2H last 8: 2-2-4. Home form: L L D L D; Away form: W D W W D. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

SOU 3 - 2 Finished

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Competition Premier League Season 2018/2019 Country England Venue Venue to confirm

Your time 16 Dec 2018, 13:30 Venue time 16 Dec 2018, 13:30 GMT

Match context 4 facts

Home form L L D L D 2 pts, goals 6-10, 1.20 scored/match, 2.00 conceded/match

Away form W D W W D 11 pts, goals 10-6, 2.00 scored/match, 1.20 conceded/match

Southampton · season record 1 W · 6 D · 9 L 2018/2019: 16 recorded matches, goals 13–30; before 16 Dec 2018 UTC. Not official standings.

Arsenal · season record 10 W · 4 D · 2 L 2018/2019: 16 recorded matches, goals 35–20; before 16 Dec 2018 UTC. Not official standings.

Shot map 25 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.

Southampton 12 shots · 1.21 xG · 3 goals

Arsenal 13 shots · 1.87 xG · 2 goals

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Timeline 40 events

5' shot Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang ARS assist Matteo Guendouzi · xG 0.35 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 91.5%, 61.4%

6' shot Henrikh Mkhitaryan ARS assist Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang · xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 76.2%, 46.7%

13' shot Nathan Redmond SOU assist Stuart Armstrong · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 77.1%, 65.8%

17' shot Stuart Armstrong SOU assist Nathan Redmond · xG 0.06 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 80.4%, 62.3%

19' shot Danny Ings SOU assist Matt Targett · xG 0.28 · Open Play · location 92.5%, 57.1%

20' Goal Danny Ings 1–0 SOU assist Matt Targett

22' shot Danny Ings SOU assist Stuart Armstrong · xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 74.3%, 63%

22' shot Stuart Armstrong SOU assist Nathan Redmond · xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 78.2%, 39.2%

27' shot Henrikh Mkhitaryan ARS assist Nacho Monreal · xG 0.24 · Open Play · location 87.2%, 51.5%

28' Goal Henrikh Mkhitaryan 1–1 ARS assist Nacho Monreal

31' shot Jannik Vestergaard SOU assist Matt Targett · xG 0.01 · Set Piece · location 85.9%, 47.4%

39' shot Stuart Armstrong SOU assist Oriol Romeu · xG 0.04 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 79.3%, 59%

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41' shot Nathan Redmond SOU assist Stuart Armstrong · xG 0.02 · Left Foot · From Corner · location 78.4%, 35.7%

43' shot Danny Ings SOU assist Nathan Redmond · xG 0.05 · Open Play · location 90.3%, 48.8%

44' Goal Danny Ings 2–1SOU assist Nathan Redmond

45' shot Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang ARS assist Henrikh Mkhitaryan · xG 0.43 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 91.9%, 57.3%

46' Sub Alexandre Lacazette ARS on for Héctor Bellerín · Injury substitution

51' Yellow Jan Bednarek SOU Yellow card

52' shot Henrikh Mkhitaryan ARS assist Alexandre Lacazette · xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 75.9%, 53%

53' shot Alex Iwobi ARS assist Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang · xG 0.06 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 88%, 69%

53' Goal Henrikh Mkhitaryan 2–2ARS assist Alexandre Lacazette

55' shot Granit Xhaka ARS assist Lucas Torreira · xG 0.01 · Left Foot · From Corner · location 78.8%, 66.4%

60' Yellow Laurent Koscielny ARS Yellow card

63' Sub Shane Long SOU on for Nathan Redmond · Injury substitution

70' Sub Mesut Özil ARS on for Alex Iwobi

71' Sub Charlie Austin SOU on for Danny Ings

71' Yellow Stuart Armstrong SOU Yellow card

74' shot Maya Yoshida SOU assist Matt Targett · xG 0.07 · From Corner · location 92.4%, 57%

74' Sub Ainsley Maitland-Niles ARS on for Stephan Lichtsteiner · Injury substitution

79' shot Pierre-Emile Højbjerg SOU xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 71.2%, 52.6%

80' shot Matteo Guendouzi ARS assist Mesut Özil · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 77.9%, 67.2%

80' shot Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang ARS xG 0.63 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 95.6%, 45.4%

81' shot Matteo Guendouzi ARS assist Nacho Monreal · xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 75.2%, 70.5%

83' shot Laurent Koscielny ARS assist Mesut Özil · xG 0.02 · From Corner · location 92.3%, 58.3%

84' shot Charlie Austin SOU assist Shane Long · xG 0.59 · Open Play · location 96.4%, 52.2%

85' Goal Charlie Austin 3–2SOU assist Shane Long

90+4' Sub Tyreke Johnson SOU on for Stuart Armstrong

90+5' Yellow Shane Long SOU Yellow card

92' shot Matteo Guendouzi ARS assist Alexandre Lacazette · xG 0.02 · Open Play · location 86.9%, 58.8%

95' shot Henrikh Mkhitaryan ARS assist Granit Xhaka · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 71.2%, 55.7%

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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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 17 metrics

33% Ball Possession 67%

33% 67%

1.21 Expected Goals 1.86

39% 60%

12 Total Shots 13

48% 52%

7 Shots on Goal 4

63% 36%

4 Corner Kicks 5

44% 55%

12 Fouls 10

54% 45%

3 Yellow Cards 1

75% 25%

2 Goalkeeper Saves 4

33% 66%

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4 Blocked shots 5

2 Offsides 2

9 Free kicks 11

1 Shots off target 4

22 Throw-ins 32

7 Goal kicks 3

2 Total saves 4

0 Hit woodwork 0

5 Shots inside box 7

Lineups

19 Bernd Leno GK 12 Stephan Lichtsteiner DEF 6 Laurent Koscielny DEF 34 Granit Xhaka DEF 2 Héctor Bellerín MID 11 Lucas Torreira MID 29 Mattéo Guendouzi MID 18 Nacho Monreal MID 7 Henrikh Mkhitaryan FWD 14 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang FWD 17 Alex Iwobi FWD 1 Alex McCarthy GK 35 Jan Bednarek DEF 3 Maya Yoshida DEF 4 Jannik Vestergaard DEF 43 Yan Valery MID 23 Pierre-Emile Højbjerg MID 14 Oriol Romeu MID 33 Matt Targett MID 22 Nathan Redmond FWD 17 Stuart Armstrong FWD 9 Danny Ings FWD

Arsenal

3-4-3 · Manager Unai Emery

19 B Bernd Leno GK

12 S Stephan Lichtsteiner DEF

6 L Laurent Koscielny · Captain DEF

34 G Granit Xhaka DEF

2 H Héctor Bellerín MID

11 L Lucas Torreira MID

29 M Mattéo Guendouzi MID

18 N Nacho Monreal MID

7 H Henrikh Mkhitaryan FWD

14 P Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang FWD

17 A Alex Iwobi FWD

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9 A Alexandre Lacazette FWD

10 M Mesut Özil MID

15 A Ainsley Maitland-Niles MID

1 P Petr Čech GK

4 M Mohamed Elneny MID

8 A Aaron Ramsey MID

49 E Eddie Nketiah FWD

Southampton

3-4-2-1 · Manager Ralph Hasenhüttl

1 A Alex McCarthy GK

35 J Jan Bednarek DEF

3 M Maya Yoshida DEF

4 J Jannik Vestergaard DEF

43 Y Yan Valery MID

23 P Pierre-Emile Højbjerg · Captain MID

14 O Oriol Romeu MID

33 M Matt Targett MID

22 N Nathan Redmond FWD

17 S Stuart Armstrong FWD

9 D Danny Ings FWD

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7 S Shane Long FWD

10 C Charlie Austin FWD

51 T Tyreke Johnson FWD

28 A Angus Gunn GK

6 W Wesley Hoedt DEF

16 J James Ward-Prowse MID

8 S Steven Davis MID