Southampton v Arsenal, 10 December 2017

Score1-1
RefereeBobby Madley
CompetitionPremier League
VenueSt Mary's Stadium
Attendance31,643
Kick-off: 12.00pm Arsenal had not now won consecutive Premier League games at Southampton since August 1997.

Goals:

Charlie Austin 3 G

Goals:

Olivier Giroud 88 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Fraser Forster
Defender Jack Stephens
Defender Virgil van Dijk
Defender Maya Yoshida
Defender/Midfielder Ryan Bertrand
Midfielder James Ward-Prowse
Midfielder/Forward Nathan Redmond
Midfielder/Forward Oriol Romeu
Midfielder/Forward Dušan Tadić
Forward Charlie Austin

Starting lineup:

Petr Čech Goalkeeper
Per Mertesacker Defender
Nacho Monreal Defender
Sead Kolašinac Defender/Midfielder
Granit Xhaka Defender/Midfielder
Mesut Özil Midfielder
Aaron Ramsey Midfielder
Alexis Sánchez Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Sofiane Boufal for Nathan Redmond 74
Manolo Gabbiadini for Charlie Austin 86
Steven Davis for Dušan Tadić 88

Substitutions:

Danny Welbeck for Per Mertesacker 64
Jack Wilshere for Granit Xhaka 69
Olivier Giroud for Alexandre Lacazette 72

Cards:

Jack Stephens 82 Y
Oriol Romeu 84 Y

Cards:

Héctor Bellerín 78 Y
Jack Wilshere 90 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Alex McCarthy
Defender Wesley Hoedt
Defender/Midfielder Mario Lemina
Defender/Midfielder Jérémy Pied
Midfielder Steven Davis
Midfielder/Forward Sofiane Boufal

On the bench:

Goalkeeper David Ospina
Midfielder Francis Coquelin
Midfielder Jack Wilshere
Midfielder/Forward Alex Iwobi
Midfielder/Forward Ainsley Maitland-Niles
Forward Olivier Giroud
Forward Danny Welbeck

Comments:

League position: 11th Southampton had now won one of their last seven games in the Premier League (lost three). Since the start of the 2014-15 season, only five Englishmen had now scored more goals in the Premier League than Charlie Austin (30). The Saints had still yet to win consecutive home games in the Premier League in 2017.

Comments:

League position: 5th Olivier Giroud was now equal with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer of Manchester United as the player who had scored the most goals as a substitute for one club in the Premier League (17). Although Arsenal had now trailed in nine of their 16 games so far in this Premier League season, no other team had recovered more points from losing positions in the 2017-18 Premier League season (ten). The Gunners had now conceded 32 goals in their away games in the Premier League in 2017; only West Ham United (35), Stoke City (33) and Watford (33) had conceded more.

Goals:

Charlie Austin 3 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Fraser Forster
Defender Jack Stephens
Defender Virgil van Dijk
Defender Maya Yoshida
Defender/Midfielder Ryan Bertrand
Midfielder James Ward-Prowse
Midfielder/Forward Nathan Redmond
Midfielder/Forward Oriol Romeu
Midfielder/Forward Dušan Tadić
Forward Charlie Austin

Substitutions:

Sofiane Boufal for Nathan Redmond 74
Manolo Gabbiadini for Charlie Austin 86
Steven Davis for Dušan Tadić 88

Cards:

Jack Stephens 82 Y
Oriol Romeu 84 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Alex McCarthy
Defender Wesley Hoedt
Defender/Midfielder Mario Lemina
Defender/Midfielder Jérémy Pied
Midfielder Steven Davis
Midfielder/Forward Sofiane Boufal

Comments:

League position: 11th Southampton had now won one of their last seven games in the Premier League (lost three). Since the start of the 2014-15 season, only five Englishmen had now scored more goals in the Premier League than Charlie Austin (30). The Saints had still yet to win consecutive home games in the Premier League in 2017.

Goals:

Olivier Giroud 88 G

Starting lineup:

Petr Čech Goalkeeper
Per Mertesacker Defender
Nacho Monreal Defender
Sead Kolašinac Defender/Midfielder
Granit Xhaka Defender/Midfielder
Mesut Özil Midfielder
Aaron Ramsey Midfielder
Alexis Sánchez Midfielder/Forward

Substitutions:

Danny Welbeck for Per Mertesacker 64
Jack Wilshere for Granit Xhaka 69
Olivier Giroud for Alexandre Lacazette 72

Cards:

Héctor Bellerín 78 Y
Jack Wilshere 90 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper David Ospina
Midfielder Francis Coquelin
Midfielder Jack Wilshere
Midfielder/Forward Alex Iwobi
Midfielder/Forward Ainsley Maitland-Niles
Forward Olivier Giroud
Forward Danny Welbeck

Comments:

League position: 5th Olivier Giroud was now equal with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer of Manchester United as the player who had scored the most goals as a substitute for one club in the Premier League (17). Although Arsenal had now trailed in nine of their 16 games so far in this Premier League season, no other team had recovered more points from losing positions in the 2017-18 Premier League season (ten). The Gunners had now conceded 32 goals in their away games in the Premier League in 2017; only West Ham United (35), Stoke City (33) and Watford (33) had conceded more.