Arsenal 1-0 Southampton: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 23 November 2013

Result

Arsenal 1-0 Southampton

Premier League · Saturday 23 November 2013, 15:15 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Arsenal 1-0 Southampton: match report

Arsenal defeated Southampton 1-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 23 November 2013. The half-time score was 1-0.

Olivier Giroud opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Arsenal's goals came from Olivier Giroud (22') and Olivier Giroud (86', penalty). Southampton did not score.

Discipline: Arsenal received no yellow cards; Southampton received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 1st on 25 points from 11 and Southampton 3rd on 22 points from 11. Arsenal went on to finish that season 2nd with 83 points, and Southampton 8th with 57.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Southampton in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Arsenal wins, 4 draws and 1 for Southampton.

Going into the match Arsenal's last five read L-W-W-W-D and Southampton's W-D-W-D-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Goal · Olivier GiroudArsenal · 1-0
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Jos HooiveldSouthampton
  • 48'Yellow card · Victor WanyamaSouthampton
  • 86'Penalty goal · Olivier GiroudArsenal · 2-0
  • 86'Yellow card · José FonteSouthampton

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 5, draws 4, Southampton 1.

Team news

Arsenal line-up (4-4-2)

Wojciech Szczesny, Bacary Sagna, Per Mertesacker, Laurent Koscielny, Kieran Gibbs, Mikel Arteta, J. Wilshere, Aaron Ramsey, Mesut Özil, Santi Cazorla, Olivier Giroud

Southampton line-up (4-4-2)

Artur Boruc, Nathaniel Clyne, José Fonte, Jos Hooiveld, Luke Shaw, Victor Wanyama, Morgan Schneiderlin, Jay Rodríguez, James Ward-Prowse, Adam Lallana, Rickie Lambert