English Premier League

FT Sunday, December 16, 2018
Arsenal WWDWW 2
–
Southampton LLDLL 3
1st2ndT
ARS112
SOU213
St. Mary's Stadium · 29,497 att.

Match Report

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Charlie Austin heads late winner as Southampton seal dramatic win over Arsenal

Two goals from Henrikh Mkhitaryan had twice brought Arsenal back from a goal down, with Danny Ings striking twice for the Saints.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
12
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
5
Corner Kicks
4
4
Saves
2
66.2
Possession
33.8
13
SHOTS
12
4
ON GOAL
7
0.3
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
544
Accurate Passes
234
629
Passes
317
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
4
Accurate Crosses
4
18
Crosses
14
0.2
Cross %
0.3
59
Long Balls
52
38
Accurate Long Balls
12
0.6
Long Balls %
0.2
5
Blocked Shots
4
8
Effective Tackles
13
15
Tackles
20
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
12
Interceptions
15
14
Effective Clearances
20
14
Clearances
20

Head to Head

ARS leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

SOU · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Alex McCarthyG
  2. 3Maya YoshidaCD
  3. 4Jannik VestergaardCD-L
  4. 35Jan BednarekCD-R
  5. 14Oriol RomeuCM-L
  6. 23Pierre-Emile HøjbjergCM-R
  7. 33Matt TargettLM
  8. 43Yan ValeryRM
  9. 9Danny IngsF
  10. 17Stuart ArmstrongCF-L
  11. 22Nathan RedmondCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 8Steven DavisSUB
  2. 6Wesley HoedtSUB
  3. 10Charlie AustinSUB
  4. 51Tyreke JohnsonSUB
  5. 28Angus GunnSUB
  6. 7Shane LongSUB
  7. 16James Ward-ProwseSUB

ARS · 3-4-3

  1. 19Bernd LenoG
  2. 6Laurent KoscielnyCD
  3. 34Granit XhakaCD-L
  4. 12Stephan LichtsteinerCD-R
  5. 29Matteo GuendouziCM-L
  6. 11Lucas TorreiraCM-R
  7. 18Nacho MonrealLM
  8. 2Héctor BellerínRM
  9. 14Pierre-Emerick AubameyangF
  10. 17Alex IwobiCF-L
  11. 7Henrikh MkhitaryanCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 10Mesut ÖzilSUB
  2. 9Alexandre LacazetteSUB
  3. 1Petr CechSUB
  4. 4Mohamed ElnenySUB
  5. 49Eddie NketiahSUB
  6. 15Ainsley Maitland-NilesSUB
  7. 8Aaron RamseySUB

Timeline

  1. 20' Goal! Southampton 1, Arsenal 0. Danny Ings (Southampton) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Matt Targett with a cross.
  2. 28' Goal! Southampton 1, Arsenal 1. Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nacho Monreal with a cross.
  3. 44' Goal! Southampton 2, Arsenal 1. Danny Ings (Southampton) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Nathan Redmond with a cross.
  4. 45' Substitution, Arsenal. Alexandre Lacazette replaces Héctor Bellerín because of an injury.
  5. 51' Jan Bednarek (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 53' Goal! Southampton 2, Arsenal 2. Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alexandre Lacazette.
  7. 60' Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 63' Substitution, Southampton. Shane Long replaces Nathan Redmond because of an injury.
  9. 70' Substitution, Arsenal. Mesut Özil replaces Alex Iwobi.
  10. 71' Stuart Armstrong (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 71' Substitution, Southampton. Charlie Austin replaces Danny Ings.
  12. 74' Substitution, Arsenal. Ainsley Maitland-Niles replaces Stephan Lichtsteiner because of an injury.
  13. 85' Goal! Southampton 3, Arsenal 2. Charlie Austin (Southampton) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Shane Long.
  14. 90'+4' Substitution, Southampton. Tyreke Johnson replaces Stuart Armstrong.
  15. 90'+5' Shane Long (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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