📊 Form Guide

Southampton

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Southampton will be hoping to return to winning ways here following a 2-0 Premier League loss in their previous game against Everton.

In that game, Southampton had 50% possession and 6 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Everton had 13 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Iliman Ndiaye (6', 45') was the scorer for Everton.

It has been all too rare in recent times where Southampton haven’t conceded. It will be a concern for them that Southampton have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 10 goals in the process. Still, we will just have to wait and see if that trend will persist in this upcoming game.

Looking at their past form shows that Southampton:

• have not emerged victorious against Arsenal in their last 3 league games.
• are without a win at home for the past 13 matches in the league. It's simply not good enough.

Arsenal

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Arsenal go into this encounter following on from a 1-0 Premier League win against Newcastle United in their previous fixture.

In that match, Arsenal had 52% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 4 on target. The only player to score for Arsenal was Declan Rice (55'). At the other end, Newcastle United got 14 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target.

The numbers tell their own story, and Arsenal have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 9 goals in all. In defence, Arsenal have clearly had some problems.

Their prior results show that Arsenal:

• have not beaten Southampton when having played them away from home in the previous 2 matches in the league.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 13 league matches away from home. A mightily impressive record on the road.

↔️ Head to head

An examination of their past head-to-head meetings stretching back to 26/01/2021 shows that Southampton have won 1 of these & Arsenal 3, with the tally of draws standing at 2.

A combined sum of 20 goals were scored between them in these games, with 7 of them from The Saints and 13 created by The Gunners. That’s an average goals per game of 3.33.

The previous league meeting between these clubs was Premier League match day 7 on 05/10/2024 when the final score was Arsenal 3-1 Southampton.

In that match, Arsenal managed 59% possession and 29 attempts at goal with 6 on target. The scorers were Kai Havertz (58'), Gabriel Martinelli (68') and Bukayo Saka (88').

Southampton got 8 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Cameron Archer (55') scored.

The referee was Tony Harrington.

📰 Team News: Southampton

There aren’t many personnel worries, with just a single fitness concern for the Southampton manager Simon Rusk to be concerned about thanks to an almost full-strength squad. Gavin Bazunu (Meniscus injury) is sidelined.

📋 Team News: Arsenal

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has some current player fitness concerns. Gabriel Magalhães (Hamstring injury), Takehiro Tomiyasu (Knee surgery) and Gabriel Jesus (Cruciate ligament tear) are not able to play.

⚡ Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Southampton should be able to put one past this Arsenal team, although just one goal isn’t likely to prevent defeat.

Our selection here is for both teams to score in a 1-2 victory for Arsenal at full-time. We’ll have to see what happens.

Renata Leite, 14:01 25/05/2025