English Premier League

FT Sunday, April 8, 2018
Southampton DDLWL 2
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Arsenal WWWWW 3
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SOU112
ARS213
Emirates Stadium · 59,374 att.

Match Report

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Danny Welbeck hits double and two sent off as Arsenal beat Southampton

Danny Welbeck scored twice as Arsenal deepened Southampton's relegation worries with a 3-2 win on an entertaining afternoon at a rainy Emirates.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
1
2
Offsides
1
6
Corner Kicks
8
4
Saves
6
35.4
Possession
64.6
15
SHOTS
13
8
ON GOAL
7
0.5
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
266
Accurate Passes
597
370
Passes
699
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
3
23
Crosses
18
0.1
Cross %
0.2
64
Long Balls
41
26
Accurate Long Balls
17
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
2
7
Effective Tackles
6
12
Tackles
11
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
0
Interceptions
0
24
Effective Clearances
33
24
Clearances
33

Head to Head

ARS leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

ARS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 33Petr CechG
  2. 21Calum ChambersCD-L
  3. 20Shkodran MustafiCD-R
  4. 31Sead KolasinacLB
  5. 24Héctor BellerínRB
  6. 17Alex IwobiAM
  7. 29Granit XhakaLM
  8. 35Mohamed ElnenyRM
  9. 14Pierre-Emerick AubameyangF
  10. 23Danny WelbeckAM-L
  11. 61Reiss NelsonAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 11Mesut ÖzilSUB
  2. 18Nacho MonrealSUB
  3. 62Eddie NketiahSUB
  4. 16Rob HoldingSUB
  5. 54Matt MaceySUB
  6. 10Jack WilshereSUB
  7. 9Alexandre LacazetteSUB

SOU · 3-4-2-1

  1. 13Alex McCarthyG
  2. 3Maya YoshidaCD
  3. 6Wesley HoedtCD-L
  4. 5Jack StephensCD-R
  5. 23Pierre-Emile HøjbjergCM-L
  6. 14Oriol RomeuCM-R
  7. 21Ryan BertrandLM
  8. 2CédricRM
  9. 7Shane LongF
  10. 11Dusan TadicCF-L
  11. 16James Ward-ProwseCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 26Jérémy PiedSUB
  2. 10Charlie AustinSUB
  3. 22Nathan RedmondSUB
  4. 39Josh SimsSUB
  5. 44Fraser ForsterSUB
  6. 20Manolo GabbiadiniSUB
  7. 19Sofiane BoufalSUB

Timeline

  1. 17' Goal! Arsenal 0, Southampton 1. Shane Long (Southampton) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Cédric Soares with a cross.
  2. 28' Goal! Arsenal 1, Southampton 1. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Danny Welbeck.
  3. 38' Goal! Arsenal 2, Southampton 1. Danny Welbeck (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Alex Iwobi.
  4. 50' Héctor Bellerín (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 64' Substitution, Arsenal. Jack Wilshere replaces Reiss Nelson.
  6. 71' Substitution, Arsenal. Alexandre Lacazette replaces Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
  7. 72' Substitution, Southampton. Charlie Austin replaces Maya Yoshida.
  8. 73' Goal! Arsenal 2, Southampton 2. Charlie Austin (Southampton) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cédric Soares following a set piece situation.
  9. 74' Substitution, Arsenal. Rob Holding replaces Héctor Bellerín.
  10. 80' Substitution, Southampton. Josh Sims replaces Shane Long because of an injury.
  11. 81' Goal! Arsenal 3, Southampton 2. Danny Welbeck (Arsenal) header from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alex Iwobi with a cross.
  12. 90'+2' Jack Stephens (Southampton) is shown the red card for violent conduct.
  13. 90'+2' Jack Wilshere (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 90'+3' Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal) is shown the red card for violent conduct.
  15. 90'+6' Wesley Hoedt (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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