Southampton vs Arsenal. Premier League.
St. Mary's Stadium.
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Thursday 25 June 2020 18:09, UK
Team news, stats and prediction ahead of Southampton vs Arsenal in the Premier League on Thursday (kick-off 6pm).
Southampton forward Shane Long will be available after missing the win at Norwich through a muscle complaint.
Moussa Djenepo serves the final game of his three-game ban following his March sending off against Newcastle.
Arsenal goalkeeper Bernd Leno (knee) has joined Calum Chambers (knee), Pablo Mari (ankle), Gabriel Martinelli (knee), Cedric Soares (facial) and Lucas Torreira (ankle) on the long injury-list for Mikel Arteta. However, Sokratis Papastathopoulos and Granit Xhaka are back in full training.
David Luiz serves the final game of his two-game ban.
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Norwich were poor but Southampton impressed - they are much better away than they are at home, but what a season Danny Ings is having. Nathan Redmond's movement and pace is excellent, and he is good with two feet. Is this the time for Redmond to really kick on? He has always been troublesome and should be doing this much more.
I thought Emiliano Martinez did well when he came on, but tell me any goalkeeper who could play behind this back four?They are left so exposed. Martinez slightly got it wrong for the last goal but did not play badly at all. I cannot work out where a result is coming from for Arsenal at the minute.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang looked more lively, and I do like Alexandre Lacazettte but he was out of sorts. He has to earn the right to play and he is not doing enough. Nicolas Pepe scored a great goal but is not doing enough either. Eddie Nketiah will probably get a nod again and I do not have a problem with that.
How do you work it out for Arsenal? The defence is poor - Mikel Arteta left Kieran Tierney out, but he does need games to get fit. He needs games to get confidence, but how do you get that in this defence? He has been brought into this.
I do not know what his midfield selection is. Matteo Guendouzi is a talent but he needs experience with him, while Dani Ceballos is good on the ball but not without it, and we are in an absolute mess at the minute. We do not usually get something at Southampton and the top four is long gone, but I would be grateful for yet another draw, just to get a point on the board.
CHARLIE PREDICTS: 2-2 (11/1 with Sky Bet)
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