English Premier League

FT Thursday, January 1, 2015
Arsenal WWDWW 0
–
Southampton LLWWD 2
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SOU112
St. Mary's Stadium · 31,492 att.

Match Report

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
14
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
7
Corner Kicks
2
4
Saves
6
58.5
Possession
41.5
11
SHOTS
13
6
ON GOAL
6
0.5
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
473
Accurate Passes
314
557
Passes
395
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
10
30
Crosses
21
0.2
Cross %
0.5
40
Long Balls
66
21
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
2
14
Effective Tackles
17
14
Tackles
21
1.0
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
11
Effective Clearances
35
11
Clearances
35

Head to Head

ARS leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

SOU · 4-2-3-1

  1. 23Fraser ForsterG
  2. 5Florin GardosCD-L
  3. 6José FonteCD-R
  4. 21Ryan BertrandLB
  5. 17Toby AlderweireldRB
  6. 10Sadio ManéAM
  7. 12Victor WanyamaLM
  8. 8Steven DavisRM
  9. 19Graziano PellèF
  10. 11Dusan TadicAM-L
  11. 16James Ward-ProwseAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 1Kelvin DavisSUB
  2. 32Jason McCarthySUB
  3. 27Lloyd IsgroveSUB
  4. 28Harrison ReedSUB
  5. 33Matt TargettSUB
  6. 3Maya YoshidaSUB
  7. 7Shane LongSUB

ARS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Wojciech SzczesnyG
  2. 6Laurent KoscielnyCD-L
  3. 4Per MertesackerCD-R
  4. 3Kieran GibbsLB
  5. 2Mathieu DebuchyRB
  6. 19Santi CazorlaAM
  7. 34Francis CoquelinLM
  8. 21Calum ChambersRM
  9. 17Alexis SánchezF
  10. 7Tomas RosickyAM-L
  11. 15Alex Oxlade-ChamberlainAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 26Emiliano MartínezSUB
  2. 70Ainsley Maitland-NilesSUB
  3. 28Joel CampbellSUB
  4. 18Nacho MonrealSUB
  5. 14Theo WalcottSUB
  6. 38Chuba AkpomSUB
  7. 39Héctor BellerínSUB

Timeline

  1. 23' Victor Wanyama (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 34' Goal! Southampton 1, Arsenal 0. Sadio Mané (Southampton) left footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right to the centre of the goal. Assisted by James Ward-Prowse.
  3. 42' Substitution, Southampton. Harrison Reed replaces Sadio Mané because of an injury.
  4. 56' Goal! Southampton 2, Arsenal 0. Dusan Tadic (Southampton) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner.
  5. 60' Substitution, Arsenal. Theo Walcott replaces Calum Chambers.
  6. 67' Florin Gardos (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 71' Substitution, Southampton. Maya Yoshida replaces Florin Gardos.
  8. 74' Francis Coquelin (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 84' Substitution, Arsenal. Chuba Akpom replaces Mathieu Debuchy.
  10. 85' Substitution, Southampton. Shane Long replaces Dusan Tadic.

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