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Southampton 4-0 Arsenal - December 26, 2015 / Premier League 2015/2016

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Premier League 2015/2016 - Round 18

St. Mary's Stadium - Southampton - England

December 26, 2015 - 19:45

31 669

Southampton

4 - 0

Arsenal

(right foot) Cuco Martina

19'

Assist by Sadio Mané (right foot) Shane Long

55'

Assist by Ryan Bertrand (header) José Fonte

69'

Assist by Dusan Tadic (right foot) Shane Long

90+2'

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19' - Goal Cuco Martina19

34' - Yellow card Shane Long34

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55' - Goal Shane Long55

64' - Substitution Joel Campbellis substituted by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

67' - Substitution Jordy Clasieis substituted by Oriol Romeu67

69' - Goal José Fonte69

71' - Substitution James Ward-Prowseis substituted by Dusan Tadic71

73' - Substitution Mathieu Flaminiis substituted by Calum Chambers

78' - Substitution Theo Walcottis substituted by Alex Iwobi

81' - Substitution Sadio Manéis substituted by Juanmi81

92' - Goal Shane Long92

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Southampton

4 - 0

Arsenal

Southampton Arsenal

Team line-ups

Southampton

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

7Long925534

Shane Long

Republic of Ireland

B.date22/01/1987

Age28 years

H1m78

positionStriker

10Mané81

Sadio Mané

Senegal

B.date10/04/1992

Age23 years

H1m75

positionLeft Winger

16Ward-Prowse71

James Ward-Prowse

England

B.date01/11/1994

Age21 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

8Davis

Steven Davis

Northern Ireland

B.date01/01/1985

Age30 years

H1m73

positionPlaymaker

12Wanyama

Victor Wanyama

Kenya

B.date25/06/1991

Age24 years

H1m88

positionCentre Midfield

4Clasie67

Jordy Clasie

Netherlands

B.date27/07/1991

Age24 years

H1m69

positionRight central midfielder

21Bertrand

Ryan Bertrand

England

B.date05/08/1989

Age26 years

H1m79

positionLeft full-back

6Fonte69

José Fonte

Portugal

B.date22/12/1983

Age32 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

17van Dijk

Virgil van Dijk

Netherlands

B.date08/07/1991

Age24 years

H1m93

positionLeft central defender

15Martina19

Cuco Martina

Curaçao

B.date25/09/1989

Age26 years

H1m85

positionRight full-back

22Stekelenburg

Maarten Stekelenburg

Netherlands

B.date22/09/1982

Age33 years

H1m94

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
22	G	Maarten Stekelenburg		33	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	José Fonte	69	32	249	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	D	Virgil van Dijk		24	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	D	Ryan Bertrand		26	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Cuco Martina	19	26	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	M	Jordy Clasie	67	24	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	M	Victor Wanyama		24	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	James Ward-Prowse	71	21	112	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Steven Davis		30	136	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Sadio Mané	81	23	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	F	Shane Long	925534	28	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Arsenal

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

12Giroud

Olivier Giroud

France

B.date30/09/1986

Age29 years

H1m92

positionCentre forward

28Campbell64

Joel Campbell

Costa Rica

B.date26/06/1992

Age23 years

H1m78

positionVersatile Forward

11Özil

Mesut Özil

Germany

B.date15/10/1988

Age27 years

H1m80

positionPlaymaker

14Walcott78

Theo Walcott

England

B.date16/03/1989

Age26 years

H1m76

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

16Ramsey

Aaron Ramsey

Wales

B.date26/12/1990

Age24 years

H1m78

positionBox-to-box midfielder

20Flamini73

Mathieu Flamini

France

B.date07/03/1984

Age31 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

18Monreal

Nacho Monreal

Spain

B.date26/02/1986

Age29 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

6Koscielny

Laurent Koscielny

France

B.date10/09/1985

Age30 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

4Mertesacker

Per Mertesacker

Germany

B.date29/09/1984

Age31 years

H1m98

positionRight central defender

24Bellerín

Héctor Bellerín

Spain

B.date19/03/1995

Age20 years

H1m87

positionRight full-back

33Cech

Petr Cech

Czech Republic

B.date20/05/1982

Age33 years

H1m96

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
33	G	Petr Cech		33	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Laurent Koscielny		30	225	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Per Mertesacker		31	192	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Héctor Bellerín		20	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Nacho Monreal		29	109	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Mathieu Flamini	73	31	235	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Aaron Ramsey		24	245	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Theo Walcott	78	26	321	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Mesut Özil		27	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
28	M	Joel Campbell	64	23	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	F	Olivier Giroud		29	160	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

153

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
25	G	Paulo Gazzaniga		23
26	D	Steven Caulker		23
3	D	Maya Yoshida		27
14	M	Oriol Romeu	67	24	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Dusan Tadic	71	27	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Gastón Ramírez		25
20	F	Juanmi	81	22	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
13	G	David Ospina		27
5	D	Gabriel Paulista		25
21	D	Calum Chambers	73	20	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Kieran Gibbs		26
15	M	Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain	64	22	138	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
54	M	Jeff Reine-Adélaïde		17
45	F	Alex Iwobi	78	19	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Shane Long

Graziano Pellè

OUT

Cuco Martina

Cédric Soares

OUT

Maarten Stekelenburg

Paulo Gazzaniga

OUT

James Ward-Prowse

Dusan Tadic

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Ronald Koeman

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

54 %

Koeman vs Arsenal

4 victories

4 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2015

Koeman vs Wenger

4 victories

4 draws

2 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2015

Manager

Age

Match num

Arsène Wenger

1093

Success rate in this team:

58 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

53 %

Wenger vs Southampton

15 victories

7 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2015

Wenger vs Koeman

2 victories

4 draws

4 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2015

Referee

Jonathan Moss

16 victories	8 draws	15 losses	Southampton39 matches	General total	Arsenal34 matches	23 victories	4 draws	7 losses
3 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Southampton3 matches	Season total	Arsenal4 matches	2 victories	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on May 22, 2022					Latest figure on April 20, 2022

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Key figures

End of streak for Southampton after 6 consecutive matches without a win (since 21/11/2015). It was the best streak for the club since 29/09/2012-10/11/2012 (7 matches).

Héctor Bellerín played his game number 50 in his professional career with

Shane Long played his game number 10 vs in Premier League

Read the next 21 key stats

General ranking

-2	10	West Ham	26 pts	18 rd
	11	Stoke City	26 pts	18 rd
	12	Southampton	24 pts	18 rd
	13	West Bromwich Albion	20 pts	18 rd
	14	Bournemouth	20 pts	18 rd

General ranking

	1	Leicester	38 pts	18 rd
	2	Arsenal	36 pts	18 rd
	3	Manchester City	35 pts	18 rd
	4	Tottenham	32 pts	18 rd
+1	5	Crystal Palace	30 pts	18 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VSouthampton 2-1 Aston Villa28/10/2015

VSouthampton 2-0 Bournemouth01/11/2015

LSouthampton 0-1 Stoke City21/11/2015

LSouthampton 1-6 Liverpool02/12/2015

DSouthampton 1-1 Aston Villa05/12/2015

LSouthampton 0-2 Tottenham19/12/2015

Overall

LSouthampton 0-1 Stoke City21/11/2015

LManchester City 3-1 Southampton28/11/2015

LSouthampton 1-6 Liverpool02/12/2015

DSouthampton 1-1 Aston Villa05/12/2015

LCrystal Palace 1-0 Southampton12/12/2015

LSouthampton 0-2 Tottenham19/12/2015

Current form

Away

VSwansea 0-3 Arsenal31/10/2015

LBayern Munich 5-1 Arsenal04/11/2015

LWest Bromwich Albion 2-1 Arsenal21/11/2015

DNorwich City 1-1 Arsenal29/11/2015

VOlympiacos 0-3 Arsenal09/12/2015

VAston Villa 0-2 Arsenal13/12/2015

Overall

VArsenal 3-0 Dinamo Zagreb24/11/2015

DNorwich City 1-1 Arsenal29/11/2015

VArsenal 3-1 Sunderland05/12/2015

VOlympiacos 0-3 Arsenal09/12/2015

VAston Villa 0-2 Arsenal13/12/2015

VArsenal 2-1 Manchester City21/12/2015

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	4	6
Drawless streak	1	2
Goalless streak	1	2
Conceding streak	4	6

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	4
Unbeaten streak	3	6
Drawless streak	2	4
Scoring streak	6	10
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

12	General ranking (Competition total)	2
11	General ranking (Home / Away)	2
99	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	8
11	FBDB index ranking (National)	1

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

17	Number of games (Competition total)	17
9	Number of games (Home / Away)	9
5	Victories (Competition total)	11
3	Victories (Home / Away)	6
6	Draws (Competition total)	3
2	Draws (Home / Away)	1
6	Losses (Competition total)	3
4	Losses (Home / Away)	2

Goals

21	Goals scored (Competition total)	31
13	Goals scored (Home / Away)	18
21	Goals conceded (Competition total)	14
13	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	8
1.24	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.82
1.44	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2
1.24	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.82
1.44	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.89

Betting aid

8	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	9
5	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	5
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	7
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
6	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
3	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
8	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	8
4	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
0-3 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	3-0 (2 times)

Bookings

31	Yellow cards (Competition total)	17
15	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	10
2	Red cards (Competition total)	2
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	2

Key players

Graziano Pellè	6 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	10 goals	Olivier Giroud
Graziano Pellè	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	6 goals	Olivier Giroud
Dusan Tadic	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Olivier Giroud
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Olivier Giroud
Sadio Mané	5 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	15 assists	Mesut Özil
Sadio Mané	3 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	8 assists	Mesut Özil
Sadio Mané	1 assist during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	2 goals, 15 assists during the last 16 matches	Mesut Özil

Historical head to head

Home

41 matches

15 v

11 d

15 l

50 gf

56 ga

Away

45 matches

3 v

13 d

29 l

36 gf

88 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

87 matches

18 v

24 d

45 l

86 gf

145 ga

Historical head to head

Home

45 matches

29 v

13 d

3 l

88 gf

36 ga

Away

41 matches

15 v

11 d

15 l

56 gf

50 ga

Neutral ground

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

87 matches

45 v

24 d

18 l

145 gf

86 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 0	December 07, 1985
Home	3 - 0	December 07, 1985

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	September 15, 2012
Away	4 - 0	March 19, 1994

Latest head to head

January 01, 2015 - Premier League 2014/2015

Southampton

2 - 0

Arsenal

December 03, 2014 - Premier League 2014/2015

Arsenal

1 - 0

Southampton logo Southampton

September 23, 2014 - Capital One Cup 2014/2015

Arsenal

1 - 2

Southampton logo Southampton

January 28, 2014 - Premier League 2013/2014

Southampton

2 - 2

Arsenal

November 23, 2013 - Premier League 2013/2014

Arsenal

2 - 0

Southampton logo Southampton

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

David Armstrong	6 goals	1982 - 1985
Terry Paine	4 goals	1966 - 1971
Steve Moran	4 goals	1980 - 1985
Ron Davies	4 goals	1966 - 1969
Matt Le Tissier	4 goals	1988 - 2001
David Puckett	3 goals	1982 - 1982

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Southampton

Ian Wright	11 goals	1991 - 1996
Dennis Bergkamp	7 goals	1995 - 2002
Robert Pirès	7 goals	2001 - 2003
John Radford	7 goals	1966 - 1973
Thierry Henry	5 goals	1999 - 2004
Alan Smith	5 goals	1988 - 1992

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Nick Holmes	22 matches	1974 - 1985
Matt Le Tissier	20 matches	1986 - 2001
Mick Channon	19 matches	1968 - 1982
Jason Dodd	17 matches	1989 - 2002
Francis Benali	17 matches	1989 - 2001
Glenn Cockerill	16 matches	1985 - 1993

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Southampton

Tony Adams	29 matches	1984 - 2001
Paul Davis	23 matches	1982 - 1993
Nigel Winterburn	23 matches	1987 - 1999
David O'Leary	23 matches	1979 - 1990
Lee Dixon	20 matches	1988 - 2000
Ray Parlour	20 matches	1992 - 2004

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/12/1966. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Steve Williams

273 matches

120 matches

1976 - 1988

Alan Ball

170 matches

218 matches

1971 - 1982

Neil Heaney

73 matches

8 matches

1992 - 1996

Charles George

52 matches

161 matches

1969 - 1981

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

43 matches

137 matches

2010 - 2015

Kevin Richardson

33 matches

124 matches

1987 - 1998

Total : 13 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/08/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Theo Walcott

23 matches

320 matches

2005 - 2015

Alan Ball

170 matches

218 matches

1971 - 1982

Perry Groves

18 matches

191 matches

1986 - 1993

Charles George

52 matches

161 matches

1969 - 1981

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

43 matches

137 matches

2010 - 2015

Kevin Richardson

33 matches

124 matches

1987 - 1998

Total : 13 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/08/1969. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

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Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Leicester	38	18	11	5	2	37	25	+12
2	Arsenal	36	18	11	3	4	31	18	+13
3	Manchester City	35	18	11	2	5	37	20	+17
4	Tottenham	32	18	8	8	2	31	14	+17
+15	Crystal Palace	30	18	9	3	6	23	16	+7
-16	Manchester United	29	18	8	5	5	22	16	+6
7	Watford	29	18	8	5	5	23	18	+5
+18	Liverpool	27	18	7	6	5	21	22	-1
+19	Everton	26	18	6	8	4	32	24	+8
-210	West Ham	26	18	6	8	4	26	22	+4
11	Stoke City	26	18	7	5	6	16	16	0
12	Southampton	24	18	6	6	6	25	21	+4
13	West Bromwich Albion	20	18	5	5	8	17	24	-7
14	Bournemouth	20	18	5	5	8	22	32	-10
15	Chelsea	19	18	5	4	9	23	29	-6
+216	Swansea	18	18	4	6	8	16	24	-8
-117	Norwich City	17	18	4	5	9	20	32	-12
-118	Newcastle United	17	18	4	5	9	19	33	-14
19	Sunderland	12	18	3	3	12	19	37	-18
20	Aston Villa	8	18	1	5	12	15	32	-17

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Southampton 4-0 Arsenal - December 26, 2015 / Premier League 2015/2016

Southampton

4 - 0

Arsenal

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Koeman vs Arsenal

Koeman vs Wenger

Manager

Wenger vs Southampton

Wenger vs Koeman

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Best historical scorers against Southampton

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Players with most games played vs Southampton

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking