English Premier League

FT Sunday, February 24, 2019
Southampton LWDDL 0
–
Arsenal WLWLW 2
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ARS202
Emirates Stadium · 59,877 att.

Match Report

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Arsenal see off Southampton to move back into top four

Arsenal moved ahead of Manchester United and back into the top four with a 2-0 win against Southampton.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
7
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
4
Corner Kicks
6
3
Saves
4
37.9
Possession
62.1
10
SHOTS
12
4
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
244
Accurate Passes
477
346
Passes
582
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
3
21
Crosses
20
0.2
Cross %
0.2
53
Long Balls
67
17
Accurate Long Balls
39
0.3
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
4
11
Effective Tackles
9
16
Tackles
14
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
19
Interceptions
11
27
Effective Clearances
21
27
Clearances
21

Head to Head

ARS leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

ARS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 19Bernd LenoG
  2. 5Sokratis PapastathopoulosCD-L
  3. 20Shkodran MustafiCD-R
  4. 31Sead KolasinacLB
  5. 12Stephan LichtsteinerRB
  6. 8Aaron RamseyAM
  7. 34Granit XhakaLM
  8. 11Lucas TorreiraRM
  9. 9Alexandre LacazetteF
  10. 17Alex IwobiAM-L
  11. 7Henrikh MkhitaryanAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 29Matteo GuendouziSUB
  2. 6Laurent KoscielnySUB
  3. 18Nacho MonrealSUB
  4. 1Petr CechSUB
  5. 10Mesut ÖzilSUB
  6. 14Pierre-Emerick AubameyangSUB
  7. 22Denis SuárezSUB

SOU · 3-5-1-1

  1. 28Angus GunnG
  2. 5Jack StephensCD
  3. 4Jannik VestergaardCD-L
  4. 35Jan BednarekCD-R
  5. 16James Ward-ProwseCM-L
  6. 23Pierre-Emile HøjbjergCM-R
  7. 14Oriol RomeuAM
  8. 33Matt TargettLM
  9. 43Yan ValeryRM
  10. 22Nathan RedmondF
  11. 17Stuart ArmstrongRCF

Substitutes

  1. 1Alex McCarthySUB
  2. 3Maya YoshidaSUB
  3. 10Charlie AustinSUB
  4. 21Ryan BertrandSUB
  5. 55Callum SlatterySUB
  6. 11Mohamed ElyounoussiSUB
  7. 61Michael ObafemiSUB

Timeline

  1. 6' Goal! Arsenal 1, Southampton 0. Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
  2. 17' Goal! Arsenal 2, Southampton 0. Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  3. 45' Substitution, Southampton. Charlie Austin replaces Jack Stephens.
  4. 45' Substitution, Southampton. Michael Obafemi replaces Stuart Armstrong.
  5. 56' Substitution, Arsenal. Laurent Koscielny replaces Stephan Lichtsteiner because of an injury.
  6. 63' Substitution, Arsenal. Mesut Özil replaces Aaron Ramsey.
  7. 65' Substitution, Southampton. Mohamed Elyounoussi replaces Michael Obafemi because of an injury.
  8. 75' Substitution, Arsenal. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang replaces Alex Iwobi because of an injury.

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