English Premier League

FT Wednesday, May 10, 2017
Arsenal WWWLW 2
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Southampton WLLDD 0
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SOU000
St. Mary's Stadium · 31,474 att.

Match Report

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Arsenal beat Southampton to stay in hunt for Champions League

Arsenal kept their Champions League hopes alive as they edged past Southampton 2-0 to move one point ahead of Manchester United into fifth place.

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Team Stats

0
Fouls
0
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
0
Corner Kicks
0
0
Saves
0
0
Possession
0
0
SHOTS
0
0
ON GOAL
0
0.0
On Target %
0.0
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
0
0
Crosses
0
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
0
Blocked Shots
0
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
0
Clearances
0

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

SOU · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Fraser ForsterG
  2. 3Maya YoshidaCD-L
  3. 24Jack StephensCD-R
  4. 21Ryan BertrandLB
  5. 2CédricRB
  6. 11Dusan TadicAM
  7. 14Oriol RomeuLM
  8. 8Steven DavisRM
  9. 20Manolo GabbiadiniF
  10. 22Nathan RedmondAM-L
  11. 16James Ward-ProwseAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 23Pierre-Emile HøjbjergSUB
  2. 9Jay RodríguezSUB
  3. 12Martín CáceresSUB
  4. 26Jérémy PiedSUB
  5. 40Mouez HassenSUB
  6. 7Shane LongSUB
  7. 19Sofiane BoufalSUB

ARS · 3-4-2-1

  1. 33Petr CechG
  2. 20Shkodran MustafiCD
  3. 18Nacho MonrealCD-L
  4. 16Rob HoldingCD-R
  5. 29Granit XhakaCM-L
  6. 8Aaron RamseyCM-R
  7. 3Kieran GibbsLM
  8. 15Alex Oxlade-ChamberlainRM
  9. 23Danny WelbeckF
  10. 7Alexis SánchezCF-L
  11. 11Mesut ÖzilCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 14Theo WalcottSUB
  2. 13David OspinaSUB
  3. 12Olivier GiroudSUB
  4. 34Francis CoquelinSUB
  5. 17Alex IwobiSUB
  6. 5Gabriel PaulistaSUB
  7. 24Héctor BellerínSUB

Timeline

  1. 36' Substitution, Arsenal. Héctor Bellerín replaces Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain because of an injury.
  2. 44' James Ward-Prowse (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 60' Goal! Southampton 0, Arsenal 1. Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mesut Özil.
  4. 70' Substitution, Southampton. Sofiane Boufal replaces James Ward-Prowse.
  5. 70' Substitution, Southampton. Shane Long replaces Nathan Redmond.
  6. 73' Mesut Özil (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 80' Substitution, Southampton. Jay Rodríguez replaces Dusan Tadic.
  8. 80' Substitution, Arsenal. Olivier Giroud replaces Danny Welbeck.
  9. 83' Goal! Southampton 0, Arsenal 2. Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Aaron Ramsey with a headed pass.
  10. 89' Substitution, Arsenal. Francis Coquelin replaces Mesut Özil.
  11. 90'+3' Héctor Bellerín (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.

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