Arsenal 1-1 Southampton: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 16 December 2020

Result

Arsenal 1-1 Southampton

Premier League · Wednesday 16 December 2020, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Arsenal 1-1 Southampton: match report

Arsenal drew with Southampton 1-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday 16 December 2020. It was 0-1 at half-time.

T. Walcott opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Arsenal's goal came from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (52'). Southampton scored through T. Walcott (18').

Discipline: Arsenal received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Southampton received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Arsenal were 15th on 13 points from 12 and Southampton 4th on 23 points from 12. Arsenal went on to finish that season 8th with 61 points, and Southampton 15th with 43.

Arsenal lined up in a 3-4-3 and Southampton in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ché Adams of Southampton (7.8), ahead of Rob Holding (7.5).

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Goal · T. WalcottSouthampton · 0-1
  • 26'Yellow card · Jan BednarekSouthampton
  • 33'Yellow card · Ryan BertrandSouthampton
  • 44'Yellow card · Dani CeballosArsenal
  • 52'Goal · Pierre-Emerick AubameyangArsenal · 1-1
  • 58'Yellow card · Gabriel MagalhãesArsenal
  • 62'Second yellow · Gabriel MagalhãesArsenal
  • 83'Yellow card · D. IngsSouthampton

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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Arsenal line-up (3-4-3)

Bernd Leno, Rob Holding, Gabriel, Kieran Tierney, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Mohamed Elneny, Dani Ceballos, Bukayo Saka, Nicolas Pépé, Eddie Nketiah, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Southampton line-up (4-4-2)

Alex Simon McCarthy, Kyle Walker-Peters, Jan Bednarek, Jannik Vestergaard, Ryan Bertrand, Stuart Armstrong, James Ward-Prowse, Oriol Romeu, Theo Walcott, Danny Ings, Ché Adams