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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 12 (setup 5, season 17)
Arsenal
v.
Southampton
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
11
Overall form:
Home form:
Petr CECH71Fraser FORSTER
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
14
Overall form:
Home form:
Héctor BELLERÍN Moruno2Mapou YANGA-MBIWA
Gabriel Armando de Abreu, GABRIEL PAULISTA37Georgi SHCHENNIKOV
Mesut ÖZIL847Dusan TADIC
Laurent KOSCIELNY57Simon KJĆR
Per MERTESACKER76Virgil VAN DIJK
Theo WALCOTT77Steve DAVIS
Alexis Alejandro SÁNCHEZ Barbé78Iker MUNIAIN Gońi
Alexandre LACAZETTE79Graziano PELLÉ
Granit XHAKA710Charlie AUSTIN
Danny WELBECK611Khouma El Hadji BABACAR
Manager
Calum CHAMBERS12Younčs BELHANDA
David OSPINA Ramírez13James WARD-PROWSE
Santiago Cazorla González, SANTI CAZORLA14Christian GENTNER
Mathieu DEBUCHY157Tomás NECID
Francis COQUELIN16Jordy CLASIE

Arsenal 0 Southampton 1
(Half-time: 0-0, Attendance: 44,722, Stadium: Emirates Stadium, Referee: Aris GALANOPOULOS 6½)
Scorers69 Necid
Substitutions63 Davis <=> Necid
Sendings off
9 Welbeck, 17 BellerínBookings
5Corners4
8Fouls14
4Offsides3
9Shots on5
9Shots off4
18Total shots9
8Shots saved4
52%Possession48%
Man of the match: Mesut ÖZIL
4A free-kick from SÁNCHEZ flew over the bar.
5A penalty box scramble resulted in SÁNCHEZ cracking the ball wide.
6A shot from WALCOTT held little difficulty for the 'keeper.
9GALANOPOULOS books WELBECK.
13GABRIEL PAULISTA rasped the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his right.
17BELLERÍN given a yellow card for a late tackle.
18A cross from SÁNCHEZ left XHAKA in lots of space but he scuffed his shot.
22A mix up in the Southampton defence enabled SÁNCHEZ to fire the ball inches over.
28A delightful strike from MUNIAIN was dealt with by a good stop from the 'keeper.
33The bemused FORSTER stared in disbelief as a backpass from TADIC dropped just over.
42A fine run was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper.
43A thirty yard shot from LACAZETTE caused FORSTER little difficulty.
45+3A shot from BABACAR seemed a certain goal but the 'keeper managed to parry the ball clear.
 
46PELLÉ headed inches over.
47The 'keeper managed to palm clear a wicked shot.
56A neatly crafted pass from TADIC, was blasted goalbound by MUNIAIN only for CECH to block.
69GOAL!! NECID brought the ball forward, looked up and stroked a shot into the Arsenal net. (1-0 Southampton)
70LACAZETTE's shot was well held by the 'keeper.
76MERTESACKER brought the ball round TADIC and rifled a tame shot into the crowd.
78ÖZIL placed a looping shot inches over from just outside the area.
82A weak strike from MUNIAIN rolled agonisingly wide.
87The Arsenal 'keeper was able to block a poor shot from TADIC.