Arsenal eye three points at home against Southampton in 2018/19 Premier League
Arsenal are set to play Southampton on Sunday in 2018/19 Premier League as the season moves ahead. The Gunners go into this game as the favourites.
Kick-off : 2:05 PM (Local)
Venue : Emirates Stadium, London
Arsenal are doing fine in 2018/19 Premier League but fine is not good enough they to play brilliantly to finish higher. The recent progression in the Europa League is also pretty good.
Arsenal are currently fifth in the points table after 26 games with 50 points. In Southampton they have got opponents who are pretty good but The Gunners know three points are their for the taking.
Arsenal have their next three games against Bournemouth, Tottenham Hotspur and Rennes across the Premier League and Europa League respectively.
On the other hand, Southampton are struggling at the moment in 2018/19 Premier League and need to play better football to get out of the relegation zone.
Southampton are at the moment eighteenth in the points table after 26 games with 24 points. Against Arsenal they will look to give their all and hope for the best.
Arsenal have a good record against Southampton and they will look to continue the good work.
Team news and possible line-ups
Danny Ings and Lemina will both be not available for Southampton for the weekend game as due to injuries.
As for Arsenal, Hector Bellerin, Rob Holding, Mavropanos and Danny Welbeck will all be unavailable as due to injuries.
Southampton XI : McCarthy, Vestergaard, Stephens, Bednarek, Valery, Ward-Prowse, Højbjerg, Romeu, Bertrand, Redmond, Long.
Arsenal XI : Leno, Mustafi, Koscielny, Monreal, Maitland-Niles, Torreira, Guendouzi, S. Kolasinac, Iwobi, Aubameyang, Lacazette.
Prediction
It should be a good game as both teams will give their all but in the end I expect The Gunners to get the job done and earn three points. They might win 1-0.