On Tuesday, Arsenal thrashed Paris Saint-Germain, so what can Southampton expect, given they are struggling even against Bournemouth?
Arsenal will play their fourth consecutive game at the Emirates across all competitions. In the previous three, they scored 11 goals and conceded only 3. Their strongest opponent left the pitch empty-handed. This came despite missing players capable of truly unexpected passes like Martin Ødegaard and Mikel Merino. Bukayo Saka compensates for this shortcoming, securing results for the team, as he did against PSG (2:0) with a free-kick. In midfield, the less creative Declan Rice and Thomas Partey form the core, but against Southampton, even their abilities will do, and they might even be rested—the immediate squad is capable of overcoming this opposition.
Southampton bring back nothing but disappointment and a bunch of goals in their net from away games. They had a break during the week, but it won't help them. Last weekend, they received a lesson from Bournemouth (1:3), who significantly exceeded their expected goals, scoring more than twice what was anticipated (1.37 xG). Southampton overdid it a bit too (0.60 xG) but scored only when the outcome was nearly decided at 0:3. After that, the visitors resorted to collecting yellow cards (four in total, two for talking back).
In three of Arsenal's last five matches, at least four goals have been scored, as was the case in their last head-to-head encounter (3:3) at the Emirates a year and a half ago. For Southampton, only the total over 2.5 occurred in three of five matches, but now Arsenal will meet the norm and surely win.
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Mikel Arteta
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coach | ||
| Player | Matches | Goals | |
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In squad
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David Raya
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gk. | 6 | -5 |
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Norberto Neto
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gk. | 0 | 0 |
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Gabriel dos Santos Magalhães
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df. | 6 | 2 |
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Jurriën David Norman Timber
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df. | 6 | 0 |
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William Saliba
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df. | 6 | 0 |
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Ben White
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df. | 5 | 0 |
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Riccardo Calafiori
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df. | 4 | 0 |
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Oleksandr Zinchenko
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df. | 2 | 0 |
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Jakub Piotr Kiwior
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df. | 1 | 0 |
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Kieran Tierney
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df. | 0 | 0 |
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Takehiro Tomiyasu
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df. | 0 | 0 |
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Kai Havertz
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mf. | 6 | 3 |
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Thomas Teye Partey
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mf. | 6 | 1 |
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Declan Rice
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mf. | 5 | 0 |
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Martin Ødegaard
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mf. | 3 | 0 |
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Ethan Chidiebere Nwaneri
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mf. | 2 | 0 |
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Jorginho
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mf. | 1 | 0 |
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Myles Anthony Lewis-Skelly
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mf. | 1 | 0 |
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Mikel Merino
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mf. | 0 | 0 |
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Gabriel Teodoro Martinelli Silva
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fw. | 6 | 1 |
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Leandro Trossard
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fw. | 6 | 2 |
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Saka Bukayo
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fw. | 6 | 1 |
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Gabriel Jesus
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fw. | 4 | 0 |
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Raheem Sterling
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fw. | 2 | 0 |
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Russell Martin
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coach | ||
| Player | Matches | Goals | |
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In squad
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Aaron Ramsdale
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gk. | 4 | -10 |
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Alex McCarthy
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gk. | 2 | -2 |
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Gavin Bazunu
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gk. | 0 | 0 |
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Jan Bednarek
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df. | 6 | 0 |
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Taylor Harwood-Bellis
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df. | 6 | 1 |
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Yukinari Sugawara
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df. | 5 | 1 |
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Jack Stephens
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df. | 4 | 0 |
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Kyle Walker-Peters
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df. | 4 | 0 |
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Charlie Taylor
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df. | 3 | 0 |
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Armel Bella-Kotchap
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df. | 0 | 0 |
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James Bree
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df. | 0 | 0 |
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Juan Larios
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df. | 0 | 0 |
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Nathan Wood
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df. | 0 | 0 |
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Ronnie Edwards
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df. | 0 | 0 |
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Ryan Manning
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df. | 0 | 0 |
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Flynn Downes
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mf. | 6 | 0 |
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Tyler-Jay Dibling
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mf. | 6 | 1 |
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Joe Aribo
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mf. | 5 | 0 |
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Mateus Fernandes
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mf. | 5 | 0 |
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Adam Lallana
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mf. | 4 | 0 |
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Lesley Ugochukwu
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mf. | 3 | 0 |
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William Smallbone
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mf. | 3 | 0 |
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Ben Brereton Díaz
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fw. | 6 | 0 |
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Cameron Archer
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fw. | 6 | 0 |
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Adam Armstrong
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fw. | 4 | 0 |
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Ross Stewart
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fw. | 3 | 0 |
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Ryan Fraser
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fw. | 3 | 0 |
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Maxwell Cornet
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fw. | 2 | 0 |
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Samuel Amo-Ameyaw
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fw. | 1 | 0 |
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Kamaldeen Sulemana
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fw. | 0 | 0 |
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Paul Onuachu
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fw. | 0 | 0 |
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