Southampton v Arsenal, 26 December 2015

Score4-0 to Southampton
RefereeJonathan Moss
CompetitionPremier League
VenueSt Mary's Stadium, Southampton
Attendance31,669

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This was the first time that Southampton had won consecutive league games against Arsenal since April 1988. Kick-off: 7.45pm

4 Southampton

0 Arsenal

Goals:

Cuco Martina 19 G
Shane Long 55 G
José Fonte 69 G
Shane Long 90 G

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg
Defender José Fonte
Defender Cuco Martina
Defender Virgil van Dijk
Defender/Midfielder Ryan Bertrand
Midfielder Jordy Clasie
Midfielder Steven Davis
Midfielder Victor Wanyama
Midfielder James Ward-Prowse
Midfielder/Forward Sadio Mané
Forward Shane Long

Starting lineup:

Petr Čech Goalkeeper
Héctor Bellerín Defender
Laurent Koscielny Defender
Per Mertesacker Defender
Nacho Monreal Defender
Mathieu Flamini Midfielder
Mesut Özil Midfielder
Aaron Ramsey Midfielder
Joel Campbell Midfielder/Forward
Theo Walcott Midfielder/Forward
Olivier Giroud Forward

Substitutions:

Oriol Romeu for Jordy Clasie 67
Dušan Tadić for James Ward-Prowse 71
Juanmi for Sadio Mané 81

Substitutions:

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain for Joel Campbell 64
Calum Chambers for Mathieu Flamini 73
Alex Iwobi for Theo Walcott 78

Cards:

Shane Long 34 Y

Cards:

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga
Defender Steven Caulker
Defender Maya Yoshida
Midfielder Gastón Ramirez
Midfielder/Forward Oriol Romeu
Midfielder/Forward Dušan Tadić
Forward Juanmi

On the bench:

Goalkeeper David Ospina
Defender Gabriel Paulista
Defender/Midfielder Calum Chambers
Defender/Midfielder Kieran Gibbs
Midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Midfielder Jeff Reine-Adelaide
Midfielder/Forward Alex Iwobi

Comments:

League position: 12th Before this game, Southampton had lost four of their last five Premier League games and had gone five league games without keeping a clean sheet. The Saints had now lost only one of their last eight Premier League games played on Boxing Day (won four). Southampton won on Boxing Day in 2014 to go in to fourth position in the Premier League.

Comments:

League position: 2nd This was Arsenal’s 4,000th game in the top division. On a day when a win would have taken them to the top of the table, this was the Gunners' heaviest Premier League defeat since a 6-0 loss at Chelsea in March 2014. This was only the second time that they had lost a top division game on a Boxing Day by at least a four-goal margin. The other occasion was a 5-0 loss at Manchester United in 1910. (c/o Infostrada)

4 Southampton

Goals:

Cuco Martina 19 G
Shane Long 55 G
José Fonte 69 G
Shane Long 90 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg
Defender José Fonte
Defender Cuco Martina
Defender Virgil van Dijk
Defender/Midfielder Ryan Bertrand
Midfielder Jordy Clasie
Midfielder Steven Davis
Midfielder Victor Wanyama
Midfielder James Ward-Prowse
Midfielder/Forward Sadio Mané
Forward Shane Long

Substitutions:

Oriol Romeu for Jordy Clasie 67
Dušan Tadić for James Ward-Prowse 71
Juanmi for Sadio Mané 81

Cards:

Shane Long 34 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga
Defender Steven Caulker
Defender Maya Yoshida
Midfielder Gastón Ramirez
Midfielder/Forward Oriol Romeu
Midfielder/Forward Dušan Tadić
Forward Juanmi

Comments:

League position: 12th Before this game, Southampton had lost four of their last five Premier League games and had gone five league games without keeping a clean sheet. The Saints had now lost only one of their last eight Premier League games played on Boxing Day (won four). Southampton won on Boxing Day in 2014 to go in to fourth position in the Premier League.

0 Arsenal

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Petr Čech Goalkeeper
Héctor Bellerín Defender
Laurent Koscielny Defender
Per Mertesacker Defender
Nacho Monreal Defender
Mathieu Flamini Midfielder
Mesut Özil Midfielder
Aaron Ramsey Midfielder
Joel Campbell Midfielder/Forward
Theo Walcott Midfielder/Forward
Olivier Giroud Forward

Substitutions:

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain for Joel Campbell 64
Calum Chambers for Mathieu Flamini 73
Alex Iwobi for Theo Walcott 78

Cards:

On the bench:

Goalkeeper David Ospina
Defender Gabriel Paulista
Defender/Midfielder Calum Chambers
Defender/Midfielder Kieran Gibbs
Midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Midfielder Jeff Reine-Adelaide
Midfielder/Forward Alex Iwobi

Comments:

League position: 2nd This was Arsenal’s 4,000th game in the top division. On a day when a win would have taken them to the top of the table, this was the Gunners' heaviest Premier League defeat since a 6-0 loss at Chelsea in March 2014. This was only the second time that they had lost a top division game on a Boxing Day by at least a four-goal margin. The other occasion was a 5-0 loss at Manchester United in 1910. (c/o Infostrada)