The Gunners eye victory away from home against Southampton in 2018/19 Premier League
Arsenal are set to play Southampton on Sunday in the Premier League as the season moves ahead. The Gunners go into this game as the favourites.
Kick-off : 1:30 PM (Local)
Venue : St. Mary’s Stadium, Southampton
Arsenal are having a fine 2018/19 Premier League and will hope to keep on improving as the season goes deeper. The Gunners will look to play positive football ahead.
The Gunners are at the moment fifth in the points table after 16 games with 34 points. Southampton should be the right opponents for another three points but complacency should be avoided.
Arsenal have their next three games against Tottenham Hotspur, Burnley and Brighton across The Football League Cup and The Premier League respectively.
On the other hand, Southampton are struggling in 2018/19 Premier League and will be hoping to get out of the relegation zone. They know they will have to play exceptional football to achieve that.
Southampton are at the moment 19th in the points table after 16 games with just 9 points. Against Arsenal they will have to play out of their skins and hope for the best.
Team news and possible line-ups
Ryan Bertrand, Cedric Soares and Danny Ings are all doubtful for Southampton for the Sunday afternoon game against Arsenal.
As for The Gunners, Shkodran Mustafi and Sokratis Papastathopoulous will both be unavailable as due to suspension.
Southampton XI : McCarthy, Soares, Bednarek, Vestergaard, Bertrand, Højbjerg, Romeu, Lemina, Redmond, Armstrong, Austin.
Arsenal XI : Leno, Bellerin, Koscielny, N. Monreal, Kolasinac, Torreira, Xhaka, A. Iwobi, A. Ramsey, Aubameyang, A. Lacazette.
Prediction
It should be a good game as both teams will give their all but in the I expect Arsenal to get the job done and earn three points. They might win 2-0. The goalsccorers might be Aaron Ramsey and Alexandre Lacazette.