Southampton 1-2 Arsenal
Key numbers
- Possession 38% – 62%
- Shots 7 (2 on target) – 23 (8)
- Decisive moment: 90' Martin Ødegaard, FN xPts +1.4
Ross Stewart 56'
HT 0:1
Kieran Tierney 43'
Martin Ødegaard 90'
Martin Ødegaard 90'
Southampton 20th · 12 pts|Arsenal 2nd · 74 pts
Arsenal won on the scoreboard and on xG (0.62–2.39).
Player of the matchKieran TierneyDecisive moment90' Martin Ødegaard+1.4
Player of the match
Kieran Tierney Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.3 (Dominant)
Game state
Southampton ahead 0 min · level 77 min · Arsenal ahead 13 min
- Leandro Trossard — off the bench 27 min · 0G 1A
- Martin Ødegaard — off the bench 15 min · 1G 0A
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
43'
Kieran Tierney
Goal · scorer +0.3 · assist Ben White +0.2
+0.5
56'
Ross Stewart
Goal · scorer +0.3 · assist Mateus Fernandes +0.1
+0.4
90'
Martin Ødegaard
Goal · scorer +1.0 · assist Leandro Trossard +0.4
+1.4
Southampton
Expected (last two seasons) 0.3Own moments +0.4Opponent moments −1.1Time effect +0.4→ League points won 0
Arsenal
Expected (last two seasons) 2.6Own moments +1.9Opponent moments −0.6Time effect −0.9→ League points won 3
Expected points don't add up to a fixed total (a draw is 1 + 1), so an opponent's moment isn't simply the mirror of your loss. "Time effect" is the change as the clock runs down on a lead or a chase, and isn't credited to any player.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
SouthamptonArsenal
38%Possession62%
0.62Expected goals (xG)2.39
0.09xG per shot0.1
7Shots23
2Shots on target8
29%Shots on target %35%
5Shots in box16
339Passes533
82%Pass accuracy91%
5Corners8
6Saves1
7Fouls8
0Yellow cards0
1Offsides1
Compared with usual
Southampton
43 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 1 | 0.88 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2.2 | |
| xG | 0.62 | 0.76 | |
| xG against | 2.39 | 2 | |
| Shots | 7 | 9.5 | |
| On target | 2 | 3.3 | |
| Shots faced | 23 | 16.6 | |
| xG per shot | 0.09 | 0.08 | |
| Possession | 38% | 50.6% | |
| Passes | 339 | 479.5 | |
| Pass accuracy | 82% | 85.4% | |
| Corners | 5 | 4 | |
| Fouls | 7 | 11.8 |
Arsenal
57 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 1.9 | |
| Conceded | 1 | 0.89 | |
| xG | 2.39 | 1.5 | |
| xG against | 0.62 | 0.84 | |
| Shots | 23 | 14.4 | |
| On target | 8 | 5.3 | |
| Shots faced | 7 | 9.5 | |
| xG per shot | 0.1 | 0.11 | |
| Possession | 62% | 57% | |
| Passes | 533 | 489.2 | |
| Pass accuracy | 91% | 86% | |
| Corners | 8 | 6.6 | |
| Fouls | 8 | 10.4 |
Timeline
- 43' Goal Kieran Tierney league goal #1 assist Ben White
- 56' Goal Ross Stewart league goal #1 assist Mateus Fernandes
- 63' Sub Raheem Sterling → Bukayo Saka
- 63' Sub Kieran Tierney → Leandro Trossard
- 70' Sub Ross Stewart → Paul Onuachu
- 70' Sub Oleksandr Zinchenko → Myles Lewis-Skelly
- 71' Sub Gabriel Martinelli → Kai Havertz
- 75' Sub Ethan Nwaneri → Martin Ødegaard
- 79' Sub Jay Robinson → Will Smallbone
- 79' Sub Kamaldeen Sulemana → Cameron Archer
- 86' Sub Lesley Ugochukwu → Joachim Kayi Sanda
- 90' Goal Martin Ødegaard league goal #3 assist Leandro Trossard
Category leaders
- Key passesEthan Nwaneri4
- Duels wonKamaldeen Sulemana10/14
- DribblesKamaldeen Sulemana5/6
- Defensive actionsYukinari Sugawara6
- ShotsGabriel Martinelli4 (on target 3)
- Fouls wonRaheem Sterling4
Past-season matches are summarised from match data (API-Football) without a written review. FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.