Southampton vs Arsenal

16 April 2022 · Premier League · 2021/22 · Referee Peter Bankes

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Jan Bednarek 44’

Match summary

Southampton beat Arsenal 1-0. Southampton led 1-0 at half-time.

Jan Bednarek put Southampton ahead from a corner in the 44th minute, set up by Mohamed Elyounoussi.

Arsenal can feel hard done by, creating 1.35 expected goals (xG) from 23 shots to Southampton's 1.04 from 9.

Match stats

Southampton Arsenal
9 Shots 23
3 Shots on Target 6
6 Corners 8
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.04 xG 1.35
1.04 Non-penalty xG 1.35
4 Deep Completions 12

Key events

Southampton Arsenal
Kick-off
Jan Bednarek
Assist: Mohamed Elyounoussi1-0 (Southampton)
44’
Half-time1-0
Full-time1-0

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Southampton
  • Armando Broja
  • Shane Long
Arsenal
  • Ben White

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.04 1.35 44’ Jan Bednarek (Southampton), 1-0 44’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.04 1.35 44’ Jan Bednarek (Southampton), 1-0 Bednarek 44’
Southampton 1.04 xGArsenal 1.35 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Arsenal attacking Southampton attacking 
6’ Mohamed Elyounoussi (Southampton), open play, 0.65 xG, blocked 17’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.40 xG, saved 58’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 73’ Emile Smith-Rowe (Arsenal), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 53’ Romain Perraud (Southampton), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 44’ Jan Bednarek (Southampton), from a corner, 0.08 xG, goal 87’ Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 26’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 38’ Cédric Soares (Arsenal), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, off target 72’ Nicolas Pepe (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 59’ Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 81’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 81’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 9’ Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 90+2’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 14’ Romain Perraud (Southampton), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 74’ Granit Xhaka (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 4’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 44’ Armando Broja (Southampton), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 90+4’ Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+5’ Gabriel (Arsenal), set piece, 0.03 xG, saved 61’ Emile Smith-Rowe (Arsenal), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 64’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 49’ Nuno Tavares (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 85’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 61’ Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 63’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 85’ Granit Xhaka (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 85’ Granit Xhaka (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 13’ Romain Perraud (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 51’ Nuno Tavares (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 7’ Romain Perraud (Southampton), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 6’ Mohamed Elyounoussi (Southampton), open play, 0.65 xG, blocked 17’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.40 xG, saved 58’ Eddie Nketiah (Arsenal), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 73’ Emile Smith-Rowe (Arsenal), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 53’ Romain Perraud (Southampton), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 44’ Jan Bednarek (Southampton), from a corner, 0.08 xG, goal 87’ Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 38’ Cédric Soares (Arsenal), direct free kick, 0.07 xG, off target 26’ Stuart Armstrong (Southampton), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 72’ Nicolas Pepe (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 81’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 9’ Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 59’ Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 81’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 14’ Romain Perraud (Southampton), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 90+2’ James Ward-Prowse (Southampton), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, saved 74’ Granit Xhaka (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 4’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 44’ Armando Broja (Southampton), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 90+4’ Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+5’ Gabriel (Arsenal), set piece, 0.03 xG, saved 64’ Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 61’ Emile Smith-Rowe (Arsenal), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 49’ Nuno Tavares (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 85’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 61’ Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 63’ Martin Odegaard (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 85’ Granit Xhaka (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 85’ Granit Xhaka (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 13’ Romain Perraud (Southampton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 51’ Nuno Tavares (Arsenal), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 7’ Romain Perraud (Southampton), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Fraser Forster GK900 0.000.000
Lyanco DEF900 0.000.000
Yan Valery DEF900 0.000.000
Jan Bednarek DEF9011 0.080.000
Kyle Walker-Peters MID900 0.000.000
Romain Perraud MID904 0.160.000
Oriol Romeu MID900 0.000.021
James Ward-Prowse MID901 0.050.031
Stuart Armstrong FWD841 0.060.051
Armando Broja FWD761 0.030.742
Mohamed Elyounoussi FWD9011 0.650.081
Shane Long Sub140 0.000.000
Nathan Redmond Sub60 0.000.000
Valentino Livramento Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Southampton win 24% Avg odds 4.00
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.70
Arsenal win 50% Avg odds 1.93

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

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Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.