English Premier League

FT Saturday, December 26, 2015
Arsenal DWWWW 0
–
Southampton LLDLL 4
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SOU134
St. Mary's Stadium · 31,669 att.

Match Report

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Arsenal miss chance to top table in one-sided defeat at Southampton

Needing a win to go top of the Premier League, Arsenal instead put in one of their worst performances of the campaign, falling to Southampton 4-0.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
10
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
6
4
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
5
64.8
Possession
35.2
8
SHOTS
14
5
ON GOAL
5
0.6
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
487
Accurate Passes
231
571
Passes
312
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
8
Accurate Crosses
3
22
Crosses
11
0.4
Cross %
0.3
50
Long Balls
62
18
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.4
Long Balls %
0.3
0
Blocked Shots
4
7
Effective Tackles
15
11
Tackles
22
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
18
Effective Clearances
14
20
Clearances
22

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

SOU · 4-2-3-1

  1. 22Maarten StekelenburgG
  2. 17Virgil van DijkCD-L
  3. 6José FonteCD-R
  4. 21Ryan BertrandLB
  5. 15Cuco MartinaRB
  6. 10Sadio ManéAM
  7. 4Jordy ClasieLM
  8. 12Victor WanyamaRM
  9. 7Shane LongF
  10. 8Steven DavisAM-L
  11. 16James Ward-ProwseAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 14Oriol RomeuSUB
  2. 25Paulo GazzanigaSUB
  3. 20JuanmiSUB
  4. 11Dusan TadicSUB
  5. 3Maya YoshidaSUB
  6. 23Gastón RamírezSUB
  7. 26Steven CaulkerSUB

ARS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 33Petr CechG
  2. 6Laurent KoscielnyCD-L
  3. 4Per MertesackerCD-R
  4. 18Nacho MonrealLB
  5. 24Héctor BellerínRB
  6. 11Mesut ÖzilAM
  7. 16Aaron RamseyLM
  8. 20Mathieu FlaminiRM
  9. 12Olivier GiroudF
  10. 14Theo WalcottAM-L
  11. 28Joel CampbellAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 3Kieran GibbsSUB
  2. 45Alex IwobiSUB
  3. 5Gabriel PaulistaSUB
  4. 54Jeff Reine-AdélaideSUB
  5. 15Alex Oxlade-ChamberlainSUB
  6. 21Calum ChambersSUB
  7. 13David OspinaSUB

Timeline

  1. 19' Goal! Southampton 1, Arsenal 0. Cuco Martina (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
  2. 34' Shane Long (Southampton) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 55' Goal! Southampton 2, Arsenal 0. Shane Long (Southampton) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sadio Mané following a fast break.
  4. 64' Substitution, Arsenal. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain replaces Joel Campbell.
  5. 67' Substitution, Southampton. Oriol Romeu replaces Jordy Clasie because of an injury.
  6. 69' Goal! Southampton 3, Arsenal 0. Jose Fonte (Southampton) header from very close range to the top right corner. Assisted by Ryan Bertrand with a cross following a corner.
  7. 71' Substitution, Southampton. Dusan Tadic replaces James Ward-Prowse.
  8. 73' Substitution, Arsenal. Calum Chambers replaces Mathieu Flamini.
  9. 78' Substitution, Arsenal. Alex Iwobi replaces Theo Walcott.
  10. 81' Substitution, Southampton. Juanmi replaces Sadio Mané.
  11. 90'+2' Goal! Southampton 4, Arsenal 0. Shane Long (Southampton) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dusan Tadic with a through ball.

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