Arsenal vs Southampton
English Premier League.
Date: Saturday, 10 September, 2016,
Kick-off: 15:00 UK
Venue: Emirates Stadium, London.
After a poor start, the Gunners are five points behind Chelsea and the Manchester clubs and are already playing catch-up.
Arsenal will be determined to close the gap with their rivals with a win this weekend.
Furthermore, the availability of their new signings for this game is an added boost for the Gunners.
Shkodran Mustafi and Lucas Perez completed their moves on deadline day and are in line to make their debut this week.
Mesut Ozil, Alexis Sanchez, and Laurent Koscielny are all expected to start here.
Per Mertesacker, Gabriel, Danny Welbeck, Carl Jenkinson, Alex Iwobi and Aaron Ramsey all miss out through injury.
Arsenal’s Predicted Starting Lineup (4-2-3-1): Cech; Bellerin, Mustafi, Koscielny, Monreal; Xhaka, Cazorla; Sanchez, Ozil, Walcott; Giroud.
Southampton are still adapting to Claude Puel’s methods and are a side lacking in cohesion after having replaced some of their best players.
Sadio Mane, Graziano Pelle, and Victor Wanyama have all left the club this summer and the new signings will need time to settle in.
Southampton have made a poor start to the season and will be looking to recover against Arsenal. The Saints have drawn two (Sunderland and
Watford) of their three opening games and lost the other one against Manchester United.
They have a very good record against Arsenal and will fancy their chances here.
New signing Sofiane Boufal is expected to make his debut this week. All eyes will be on the club record signing who is expected to replace the former Saints winger Sadio Mane.
Florin Gardos and Jeremy Pied are the only injury worries for the visitors.
Southampton’s Predicted Starting Lineup (4-2-3-1): Forster; Soares, Fonte, Van Dijk, Bertrand; Romeu, Hojbjerg; Redmond, Tadic, Boufal; Long
Arsenal vs Southampton Key Stats
Southampton have kept a clean sheet in their last 3 matches against Arsenal in all competitions.
Arsenal are undefeated in 12 of their last 13 matches (Premier League).
Arsenal are undefeated in 11 of their last 12 home matches against Southampton in all competitions.
Arsenal vs Southampton: Head-to-Head
Arsenal’s last Premier League defeat at home to Southampton was on November 1987. Since then, the Gunners are unbeaten in 21 league games with 15 wins and 6 draws. However, Southampton earned a 2-1 win in the Capital One Cup fixture at the Emirates on September 2014, which is their only win in 22 away games against Arsenal.
Southampton held Arsenal to a goal less draw in the corresponding fixture of last season, while earned a massive 4-0 win in the home fixture.
Arsenal also failed to score in the last three matches against Southampton, with two of those matches being played at Southampton.
Arsenal vs Southampton: Prediction
Arsenal are a strong side at home and have a formidable home record against Southampton in league games. Despite their sloppy start to the season, they will go into this as strong favourites on the back of their head-to-head record against Southampton. A home win is on the cards as they are desperate to make ground of the lost points on the opening two weeks.
Arsenal vs Southampton Betting Tips
Southampton have done well against Arsenal recently and are (Saints win or draw) with Ladbrokes.
Arsenal have an excellent home record against Southampton and will look to extend that tally this week. They are with Ladbrokes.
Both teams like to play high-intensity attacking football and there could be a fair few goals in this one. in this game.
They have a very good record against Arsenal and will fancy their chances here.
New signing Sofiane Boufal is expected to make his debut this week. All eyes will be on the club record signing who is expected to replace the former Saints winger Sadio Mane.
Florin Gardos and Jeremy Pied are the only injury worries for the visitors.
Southampton’s Predicted Starting Lineup (4-2-3-1): Forster; Soares, Fonte, Van Dijk, Bertrand; Romeu, Hojbjerg; Redmond, Tadic, Boufal; Long
Arsenal vs Southampton Key Stats
Southampton have kept a clean sheet in their last 3 matches against Arsenal in all competitions.
Arsenal are undefeated in 12 of their last 13 matches (Premier League).
Arsenal are undefeated in 11 of their last 12 home matches against Southampton in all competitions.
Arsenal vs Southampton: Head-to-Head
Arsenal’s last Premier League defeat at home to Southampton was on November 1987. Since then, the Gunners are unbeaten in 21 league games with 15 wins and 6 draws. However, Southampton earned a 2-1 win in the Capital One Cup fixture at the Emirates on September 2014, which is their only win in 22 away games against Arsenal.
Southampton held Arsenal to a goal less draw in the corresponding fixture of last season, while earned a massive 4-0 win in the home fixture.
Arsenal also failed to score in the last three matches against Southampton, with two of those matches being played at Southampton.
Arsenal vs Southampton: Prediction
Arsenal are a strong side at home and have a formidable home record against Southampton in league games. Despite their sloppy start to the season, they will go into this as strong favourites on the back of their head-to-head record against Southampton. A home win is on the cards as they are desperate to make ground of the lost points on the opening two weeks.
Arsenal vs Southampton Betting Tips
Southampton have done well against Arsenal recently and are (Saints win or draw) with Ladbrokes.
Arsenal have an excellent home record against Southampton and will look to extend that tally this week. They are with Ladbrokes.
Both teams like to play high-intensity attacking football and there could be a fair few goals in this one. in this game.
