Southampton 1-3 Arsenal: result and report

Premier League · Tuesday 26 January 2021

Result

Southampton 1-3 Arsenal

Premier League · Tuesday 26 January 2021, 20:15 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Southampton 1-3 Arsenal: match report

Southampton lost to Arsenal 1-3 in the Premier League on Tuesday 26 January 2021. The half-time score was 1-2.

Stuart Armstrong opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Southampton's goal came from Stuart Armstrong (3'). Arsenal scored through Nicolas Pépé (8'), Bukayo Saka (39') and Alexandre Lacazette (72').

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

Going into the game Southampton were 10th on 29 points from 18 and Arsenal 11th on 27 points from 19. Southampton went on to finish that season 15th with 43 points, and Arsenal 8th with 61.

Southampton lined up in a 4-4-2 and Arsenal in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Granit Xhaka of Arsenal (8.2), ahead of Bukayo Saka (8.0).

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Stuart ArmstrongSouthampton · 1-0
  • 8'Goal · Nicolas PépéArsenal · 1-1
  • 19'Yellow card · Héctor BellerínArsenal
  • 39'Goal · Bukayo SakaArsenal · 1-2
  • 70'Yellow card · Nicolas PépéArsenal
  • 72'Goal · Alexandre LacazetteArsenal · 1-3
  • 90'Yellow card · Caleb WattsSouthampton

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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Southampton line-up (4-4-2)

Alex Simon McCarthy, Yan Valery, Jan Bednarek, Jack Stephens, Jake Vokins, Theo Walcott, Ibrahima Diallo, James Ward-Prowse, Stuart Armstrong, Ché Adams, Danny Ings

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

Bernd Leno, Héctor Bellerín, Rob Holding, David Luiz, Cédric Soares, Thomas Partey, Granit Xhaka, Bukayo Saka, Emile Smith Rowe, Nicolas Pépé, Alexandre Lacazette