Arsenal 2-0 Southampton: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 24 February 2019

Result

Arsenal 2-0 Southampton

Premier League · Sunday 24 February 2019, 14:05 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Arsenal 2-0 Southampton: match report

Arsenal won against Southampton 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 24 February 2019. The half-time score was 2-0.

Alexandre Lacazette opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Alexandre Lacazette (6') and Henrikh Mkhitaryan (17'). Southampton did not score.

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Arsenal were 5th on 50 points from 26 and Southampton 18th on 24 points from 26. Arsenal went on to finish that season 5th with 70 points, and Southampton 16th with 39.

Arsenal lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Southampton in a 3-5-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Henrikh Mkhitaryan of Arsenal (8.6), ahead of Bernd Leno (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Arsenal wins, 2 draws and 3 for Southampton.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Alexandre LacazetteArsenal · 1-0
  • 17'Goal · Henrikh MkhitaryanArsenal · 2-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Arsenal 5, draws 2, Southampton 3.

Team news

Arsenal line-up (4-2-3-1)

Bernd Leno, Stephan Lichtsteiner, Shkodran Mustafi, Sokratis, Sead Kolasinac, Lucas Torreira, Granit Xhaka, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Aaron Ramsey, Alex Iwobi, Alexandre Lacazette

Southampton line-up (3-5-1-1)

Angus Gunn, Jan Bednarek, Jack Stephens, Jannik Vestergaard, Yan Valery, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Oriol Romeu, James Ward-Prowse, Matt Targett, Stuart Armstrong, Nathan Redmond