Arsenal 2-1 Southampton: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 10 September 2016

Result

Arsenal 2-1 Southampton

Premier League · Saturday 10 September 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Arsenal · Southampton · Premier League predictions

Arsenal 2-1 Southampton: match report

Arsenal defeated Southampton 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 10 September 2016. The half-time score was 1-1.

Arsenal's goals came from Laurent Koscielny (29') and Santi Cazorla (90+4', penalty). Southampton scored through an own goal by Petr Čech (18').

Discipline: Arsenal received 2 yellow cards; Southampton received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 8th on 4 points from 3 and Southampton 15th on 2 points from 3. Arsenal went on to finish that season 5th with 75 points, and Southampton 8th with 46.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Southampton in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Santi Cazorla of Arsenal (8.2), ahead of Laurent Koscielny (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Arsenal wins, 4 draws and 2 for Southampton.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Yellow card · Nacho MonrealArsenal
  • 18'Own goal · Petr ČechSouthampton · 0-1
  • 26'Yellow card · Santi CazorlaArsenal
  • 29'Goal · Laurent KoscielnyArsenal · 1-1
  • 54'Yellow card · Fraser ForsterSouthampton
  • 86'Yellow card · Pierre-Emile HöjbjergSouthampton
  • 90+1'Yellow card · José FonteSouthampton
  • 90+4'Penalty goal · Santi CazorlaArsenal · 2-1
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Ryan BertrandSouthampton
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Virgil van DijkSouthampton

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 4, draws 4, Southampton 2.

Team news

Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)

Petr Čech, Héctor Bellerín, Shkodran Mustafi, Laurent Koscielny, Nacho Monreal, Santi Cazorla, Francis Coquelin, Theo Walcott, Mesut Özil, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Lucas Pérez

Southampton line-up (4-3-3)

Fraser Forster, Cédric Soares, José Fonte, Virgil van Dijk, Ryan Bertrand, Jordy Clasie, Oriol Romeu, Steven Davis, Dusan Tadic, Jay Rodríguez, Nathan Redmond