Arsenal 2-2 Southampton: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 30 October 2004

Result

Arsenal 2-2 Southampton

Premier League · Saturday 30 October 2004, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Arsenal 2-2 Southampton: match report

Arsenal drew with Southampton 2-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 30 October 2004. The half-time score was 0-0.

Thierry Henry opened the scoring in the 67th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Thierry Henry (67') and Robin van Persie (90'). Southampton scored through Rory Delap (80') and Rory Delap (85').

Discipline: Arsenal received 1 yellow card; Southampton received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 1st on 25 points from 10 and Southampton 18th on 6 points from 10. Arsenal went on to finish that season 2nd with 83 points, and Southampton 20th with 32.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Arsenal wins, 1 draw and 2 for Southampton.

Going into the match Arsenal's last five read L-W-W-W-D and Southampton's D-L-D-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Yellow card · Paul TelferSouthampton
  • 51'Yellow card · Darren KentonSouthampton
  • 63'Yellow card · Patrick VieiraArsenal
  • 67'Goal · Thierry HenryArsenal · 1-0
  • 68'Yellow card · Brett OrmerodSouthampton
  • 80'Goal · Rory DelapSouthampton · 1-1
  • 85'Goal · Rory DelapSouthampton · 1-2
  • 87'Yellow card · Neill McCannSouthampton
  • 90'Goal · Robin van PersieArsenal · 2-2

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Arsenal 5, draws 1, Southampton 2.

Team news

Southampton line-up

Antti Niemi, Claus Lundekvam, Andreas Jakobsson, Danny Higginbotham, Darren Kenton, Paul Telfer, Anders Svensson, Mikael Nilsson, Dexter Blackstock, Rory Delap, Brett Ormerod