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Southampton vs Arsenal Prediction & Betting tips
Several games are scheduled in the Premier League this week. One of the duels is between Southampton and Arsenal, two teams that also met each other on Saturday afternoon in the FA Cup tournament. At St. Mary’s Stadium, Southampton proved 1-0 too strong for the current cup holder. Will Arsenal manage to get revenge?
Southampton:
Southampton will play a home game against Arsenal for the second time in three days on Tuesday-evening. On Saturday afternoon, the North Londoners also visited the St. Mary’s Stadium and Southampton managed to win that game with 1-0. In the game with The Gunners, Southampton took the lead after more than a quarter of a game due to an own goal from Arsenal defender Gabriel Magalhães. Admittedly, Southampton could not complain about luck with Arsenal’s own goal. On the other hand, Southampton was the better team in large parts of the game and the victory was certainly not unjustified.
It is up to Southampton to now also achieve a result in the Premier League when Arsenal is a guest on the English south coast. Ralph Hasenhüttl was reasonably satisfied with the performance of his team during the cup match with Arsenal and the Austrian knows that Southampton is not necessarily without a chance against Arsenal in the competition. However, there is a good chance that Arsenal will start with a number of other players. For example, they had not yet suffered from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang at Southampton during the cup match. Yet we should not forget that Southampton is still above Arsenal in the rankings: The Saints have two points more than The Gunners. Just like in the weekend, Southampton also has to miss a lot of players on Tuesday evening due to injuries.
Arsenal:
Arsenal rotated a bit on Saturday afternoon during the cup match with Southampton. On Tuesday evening during the league game with Southampton, Mikel Arteta will set up his strongest team. Whether Aubameyang belongs to that team is doubtful: the Gabonese had to miss the cup match and is also a question mark for this match. The same goes for Dani Ceballos playing, while Pablo Marí will not be with Arsenal on Tuesday evening anyway. Because Arteta rotated a bit, Arsenal’s cup elimination did not come completely unexpected.
The elimination was disappointing for the North Londoners. Arsenal won the FA Cup last season, but The Gunners will not be able to do that again this season. The only prize that Arsenal can actually win this season is the Europa League and that too is easier said than done. In the Premier League, Arsenal is in a disappointing eleventh place and The Gunners really have to pull out all the stops to finish in the second tier at all. There is still plenty of work to be done for Arteta and his men.
Southampton vs Arsenal head to head matches
23.01.21 FAC Southampton Arsenal 1 : 0
16.12.20 PL Arsenal Southampton 1 : 1
25.06.20 PL Southampton Arsenal 0 : 2
23.11.19 PL Arsenal Southampton 2 : 2
24.02.19 PL Arsenal Southampton 2 : 0