Southampton v Arsenal, 25 May 2025

Score2-1 to Arsenal
RefereeDarren Bond
CompetitionPremier League
VenueSt Mary's Stadium, Southampton
Attendance31,289

View Southampton v Arsenal head to head

Kick-off: 4.00pm . Premier League Head to Head Played: 50 Southampton won: 8 Drawn: 15 Arsenal won: 27 Southampton scored: 52 Arsenal scored: 94 . This was the second meeting on the final day of a season in the Premier League. Southampton won 3-2 at the Dell in 2000-01.

1 Southampton

Manager: Simon Rusk

2 Arsenal

Manager: Mikel Arteta

Goals:

Ross Stewart 56 G

Goals:

Kieran Tierney 43 G
Martin Odegaard 89 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale
Defender Yukinari Sugawara
Defender Charlie Taylor
Defender Welington
Defender Nathan Wood
Midfielder Flynn Downes
Midfielder Mateus Fernandes
Midfielder Lesley Ugochukwu
Midfielder/Forward Jay Robinson
Midfielder/Forward Kamaldeen Sulemana
Forward Ross Stewart

Starting lineup:

David Raya Goalkeeper
Jakub Kiwior Defender
Ben White Defender
Thomas Partey Defender/Midfielder
Declan Rice Defender/Midfielder
Kieran Tierney Defender/Midfielder
Olexsandr Zinchenko Defender/Midfielder
Mikel Merino Midfielder/Forward
Ethan Nwaneri Midfielder/Forward
Raheem Sterling Midfielder/Forward
Gabriel Martinelli Forward

Substitutions:

Paul Onuachu for Ross Stewart 70
Cameron Archer for Kamaldeen Sulemana 79
Will Smallbone for Jay Robinson 79
Joachim Kayi Sanda for Lesley Ugochukwu 86

Substitutions:

Bukayo Saka for Raheem Sterling 63
Leandro Trossard for Kieran Tierney 63
Myles Lewis-Skelly for Olexsandr Zinchenko 70
Kai Havertz for Gabriel Martinelli 71
Martin Odegaard for Ethan Nwaneri 75

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Alex McCarthy
Defender Joachim Kayi Sanda
Defender Jayden Moore
Defender/Midfielder James Bree
Midfielder Joe Aribo
Midfielder Ryan Manning
Midfielder Will Smallbone
Forward Cameron Archer
Forward Paul Onuachu

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Neto
Defender/Midfielder Myles Lewis-Skelly
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Bukayo Saka
Midfielder Jack Henry-Francis
Midfielder Jorginho
Midfielder Martin Odegaard
Midfielder Leandro Trossard
Midfielder/Forward Kai Havertz
Midfielder/Forward Ismeal Kabia

Comments:

Final league position 2024-25: 20th . Will Still was confirmed as Southampton’s new manager prior to kick-off in this game. Simon Rusk had been in interim charge following the departure of Ivan Jurić on 7 April 2025. . The Saints' final total of 12 points had now become the second lowest-ever at the end of a season in the Premier League after Derby County in 2007-08 (11). . They had now become become the first team to lose 30 or more games in a season in the top division since Stoke City in League Division One in 1984-85 (31 in a 42-game season).

Comments:

Final league position 2024-25: 2nd . Arsenal had now become the first team to finish as runners-up in three consecutive seasons in the Premier League since they did so in 2000-01. . They scored 69 goals in this Premier League season, compared to 91 in 2023-24. . Kai Havertz finished the season as the Gunners' leading scorer in the Premier League with nine goals. It became the first time that they had a top scorer in a league season with less than ten goals since 1923-24 by Harry Woods in League Division One (nine).

1 Southampton

Manager: Simon Rusk

Goals:

Ross Stewart 56 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale
Defender Yukinari Sugawara
Defender Charlie Taylor
Defender Welington
Defender Nathan Wood
Midfielder Flynn Downes
Midfielder Mateus Fernandes
Midfielder Lesley Ugochukwu
Midfielder/Forward Jay Robinson
Midfielder/Forward Kamaldeen Sulemana
Forward Ross Stewart

Substitutions:

Paul Onuachu for Ross Stewart 70
Cameron Archer for Kamaldeen Sulemana 79
Will Smallbone for Jay Robinson 79
Joachim Kayi Sanda for Lesley Ugochukwu 86

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Alex McCarthy
Defender Joachim Kayi Sanda
Defender Jayden Moore
Defender/Midfielder James Bree
Midfielder Joe Aribo
Midfielder Ryan Manning
Midfielder Will Smallbone
Forward Cameron Archer
Forward Paul Onuachu

Comments:

Final league position 2024-25: 20th . Will Still was confirmed as Southampton’s new manager prior to kick-off in this game. Simon Rusk had been in interim charge following the departure of Ivan Jurić on 7 April 2025. . The Saints' final total of 12 points had now become the second lowest-ever at the end of a season in the Premier League after Derby County in 2007-08 (11). . They had now become become the first team to lose 30 or more games in a season in the top division since Stoke City in League Division One in 1984-85 (31 in a 42-game season).

2 Arsenal

Manager: Mikel Arteta

Goals:

Kieran Tierney 43 G
Martin Odegaard 89 G

Starting lineup:

David Raya Goalkeeper
Jakub Kiwior Defender
Ben White Defender
Thomas Partey Defender/Midfielder
Declan Rice Defender/Midfielder
Kieran Tierney Defender/Midfielder
Olexsandr Zinchenko Defender/Midfielder
Mikel Merino Midfielder/Forward
Ethan Nwaneri Midfielder/Forward
Raheem Sterling Midfielder/Forward
Gabriel Martinelli Forward

Substitutions:

Bukayo Saka for Raheem Sterling 63
Leandro Trossard for Kieran Tierney 63
Myles Lewis-Skelly for Olexsandr Zinchenko 70
Kai Havertz for Gabriel Martinelli 71
Martin Odegaard for Ethan Nwaneri 75

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Neto
Defender/Midfielder Myles Lewis-Skelly
Defender/Midfielder/Forward Bukayo Saka
Midfielder Jack Henry-Francis
Midfielder Jorginho
Midfielder Martin Odegaard
Midfielder Leandro Trossard
Midfielder/Forward Kai Havertz
Midfielder/Forward Ismeal Kabia

Comments:

Final league position 2024-25: 2nd . Arsenal had now become the first team to finish as runners-up in three consecutive seasons in the Premier League since they did so in 2000-01. . They scored 69 goals in this Premier League season, compared to 91 in 2023-24. . Kai Havertz finished the season as the Gunners' leading scorer in the Premier League with nine goals. It became the first time that they had a top scorer in a league season with less than ten goals since 1923-24 by Harry Woods in League Division One (nine).