Southampton vs Arsenal

16 December 2018 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Chris Kavanagh

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 2–1

Danny Ings 20’, 44’
Charlie Austin 85’

Henrikh Mkhitaryan 28’, 53’

Match summary

Southampton saw off Arsenal 3-2, with a late winner. Southampton led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Danny Ings put Southampton ahead with a header in the 20th minute, set up by Matt Targett, Henrikh Mkhitaryan equalised with a header in the 28th minute, set up by Nacho Monreal, and Ings put Southampton back in front with a header in the 44th minute, set up by Nathan Redmond. In the second half, Mkhitaryan equalised in the 53rd minute, set up by Alexandre Lacazette and Charlie Austin won it with a header in the 85th minute, set up by Shane Long.

Arsenal can feel hard done by, creating 1.87 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Southampton's 1.21 from 12.

Match stats

12 Shots 13

7 Shots on Target 4

4 Corners 5

3 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

1.21 xG 1.86

1.21 Non-penalty xG 1.86

2 Deep Completions 7

Key events

Southampton Arsenal

Kick-off

Danny Ings
Assist: Matt Targett

1-0

20’

28’

Henrikh Mkhitaryan
Assist: Nacho Monreal

1-1

Danny Ings
Assist: Nathan Redmond

2-1

44’

Half-time2-1

53’

Henrikh Mkhitaryan
Assist: Alexandre Lacazette

2-2

Charlie Austin
Assist: Shane Long

3-2

85’

Full-time3-2

Bookings

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

Southampton

Jan Bednarek
Stuart Armstrong
Shane Long

Arsenal

Laurent Koscielny

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.

Southampton 1.21 xGArsenal 1.87 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Arsenal attacking Southampton attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Alex McCarthy	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jannik Vestergaard	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Maya Yoshida	DEF	90			1	0.07	0.00	0
Jan Bednarek	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Yan Valery	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Matt Targett	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.36	3
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg	MID	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Oriol Romeu	MID	90			0	0.00	0.04	1
Stuart Armstrong	MID	90			3	0.13	0.06	3
Nathan Redmond	MID	65		1	2	0.05	0.15	3
Danny Ings	FWD	73	2		3	0.35	0.00	0
Shane Long	Sub	25		1	0	0.00	0.59	1
Charlie Austin	Sub	17	1		1	0.59	0.00	0
Tyreke Johnson	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Bernd Leno	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Laurent Koscielny	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Granit Xhaka	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.02	1
Stephan Lichtsteiner	DEF	76			0	0.00	0.00	0
Héctor Bellerín	MID	48			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nacho Monreal	MID	90		1	0	0.00	0.25	2
Matteo Guendouzi	MID	90			3	0.05	0.35	1
Lucas Torreira	MID	90			0	0.00	0.01	1
Henrikh Mkhitaryan	FWD	90	2		4	0.32	0.43	1
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	FWD	90			3	1.41	0.10	2
Alex Iwobi	FWD	72			1	0.06	0.00	0
Alexandre Lacazette	Sub	42		1	0	0.00	0.05	2
Mesut Özil	Sub	18			0	0.00	0.04	2
Ainsley Maitland-Niles	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Southampton win 24% Bet365 odds 4.10

Draw 25% Bet365 odds 3.90

Arsenal win 51% Bet365 odds 1.90

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Southampton D L D L L

Arsenal D W W D W

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