Arsenal vs Southampton – League Cup – Preview

Posted on November 30, 2016 by Sreya

Arsenal vs Southampton – Arsenal hosts Southampton at the Emirates on 30th November, Wednesday in the quarter-finals of the League Cup.

Arsenal have had mixed results in the last couple of weeks – while they had to rally to secure 1-1 draws against Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain, they won 3-1 against Bournemouth last Sunday to remain within touching distance of the summit of the English Premier League.

Arsenal won 2-0 against Reading during their last outing in the League Cup while Southampton defeated fellow English Premier League side Sunderland 1-0 to progress to the last eight. Southampton, in spite of injuries to a number of key players, are in decent form and will pose a tough challenge for Arsene Wenger’s side.

Team News

Santi Cazorla, Olivier Giroud Mathieu Debuchy, Hector Bellerin, Per Mertesacker, Danny Welbeck and Chuba Akpom are sidelined through injuries for Arsenal but Lucas Perez has returned to training.

Southampton have a lengthy list of absentees with Matt Targett, Jeremy Pied, Harrison Reed, Jake Hesketh and Alex McCarthy still nursing injuries. Dusan Tadic and Florin Gardos are expected to miss out as well but Steven Davis is likely to return to the starting eleven after missing the weekend’s match due to an illness.

Arsenal Possible Starting Lineup: Emiliano Martinez, Carl Jenkinson, Gabriel Paulista, Rob Holding, Kieran Gibbs, Aaron Ramsey, Francis Coquelin, Alex Oxlade Chamberlain, Mesut Ozil, Alex Iwobi, Lucas Perez.

Southampton Possible Starting Lineup: Fraser Forster, Cedric Soares, Jose Fonte, Virgil van Dijk, Ryan Bertrand, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, Oriol Romeu, Steven Davis, Nathan Redmond, Charlie Austin, Josh Sims.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Arsenal vs Southampton H2H Stats, the last five matches between these two clubs have resulted in two wins for either side and one draw. Southampton have struggled with their away form this season, winning only one of nine matches on the road and have failed to get on the scoresheet in five of those games.

Arsenal are expected to win 1-0 tonight.