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 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.
Key events
- 16'Yellow card · Nacho Monreal
- 18'Own goal · Petr Čech
- 26'Yellow card · Santi Cazorla
- 29'Goal · Laurent Koscielny
- 54'Yellow card · Fraser Forster
- 86'Yellow card · Pierre-Emile Höjbjerg
- 90+1'Yellow card · José Fonte
- 90+4'Penalty goal · Santi Cazorla
- 90+4'Yellow card · Ryan Bertrand
- 90+4'Yellow card · Virgil van Dijk
Head-to-head
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