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Arsenal's first game after their Carabao Cup final heartbreak is an FA Cup quarter-final tie with Southampton at St. Mary's Stadium on Saturday night.
The Gunners lost 2-0 to Manchester City at Wembley Stadium before the international break and now have another important cup tie to deal with.
As a Championship side up against the Premier League leaders, Southampton are underdogs here, but have experience of knocking out Arsenal in cup competitions before.
Read our prediction, preview and betting tips for the game below, and make sure to check out our Today's betting tips page for more of our free expert FA Cup predictions!
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Southampton vs. Arsenal key stats
- Southampton are unbeaten in 14 games in all competitions (W11, D3).
- Arsenal are unbeaten in 15 away matches across all competitions (W11, D4).
- Arsenal are also unbeaten in the previous four H2Hs (W2, D2).
Southampton vs. Arsenal preview: Gunners to scrape past Saints?
| Southampton | vs | Arsenal |
|---|---|---|
| 6th (Championship) | Position | 1st (Premier League) |
| 63 | Points | 70 |
| 63 | Goals For | 61 |
| 48 | Goals Against | 22 |
| 10 | Clean Sheets | 15 |
| 3rd | Home Rank | 1st |
| 8th | Away Rank | 1st |
After a pitiful relegation from the Premier League last season, Southampton are showing signs they could bounce straight back up.
An impressive run of form has seen them jump into the play-off places, and they are not too far from the automatic spots either.
Southampton have won just once in seven previous H2Hs (D2, L4).
The Saints have also had a good FA Cup run so far, knocking out Premier League opposition in Fulham in the previous round.
Beating Arsenal is still an almighty task, but they may take encouragement from knocking them out of the competition in 2021.
Still managed by Mikel Arteta back then, the Spaniard is desperate to get his hands on more major silverware as Arsenal manager with his last being the FA Cup in his debut season.
The Gunners had the chance too in the Carabao Cup final before the international break, but lost out to closest Premier League challengers City.
Arsenal's Carabao Cup final loss was just their fourth in all competitions this season.
That may have hurt them psychologically, and Arsenal will not want any more slip-ups ahead of the title run-in.
While they will be favourites to beat Southampton, it is unlikely to be easy for the North Londoners.
Southampton vs. Arsenal form guide & betting tips
| Southampton | vs | Arsenal |
|---|---|---|
| W-D-W-W-W | Form | W-D-W-W-L |
| 7 | Goals For | 7 |
| 2 | Goals Against | 4 |
| W-W-W | FA Cup form | W-W-W |
Whispers predicts: Southampton 1-2 Arsenal
Arsenal are 3/10 favourites with bookmakers, and while we think they will win, these odds are too short for us.
Southampton's great form makes us think thy will cause the Gunners problems, and so BTTS - Yes at 1/1 appeals more to us.
Seven of Arsenal's 10 FA Cup goals have come before HT, so Arsenal to lead at HT at 8/11 is also worth exploring.
In terms of potential goalscorers, Viktor Gyokeres netted four times for Sweden during the international break, including a hat-trick, to help send his country through to the World Cup finals.
Gyokeres to score anytime at 23/20 is therefore our final punt.
Overall, we think Arsenal will just edge this one, and our 1-2 prediction is available at 8/1 with bookmakers.
> Arsenal to lead at HT at 8/11 | Likelihood: Probable
> BTTS - Yes at 1/1 | Likelihood: Probable
> Gyokeres to score anytime at 23/20 | Likelihood: Possible