Southampton welcome Arsenal to St Mary’s on Sunday for Ralph Hasenhuttl’s home debut as Saints boss.The Austrian succeeded Mark Hughes as the club’s boss earlier in December, but has had to wait until this weekend to lead his new side out at home.
3What the managers are saying
Ralph Hasenhuttl (Southampton): “The guys have invested a lot this week; we are talking about a style that has many new things for some of them and it is a process that doesnt change just from one day to another.”Unai Emery (Arsenal):“We are fifth and our mind is focused on being in the first four positions. I think we are doing our way and in one process improving, but the reality is that we need more.Match facts
- Southampton are winless in their last four games against Arsenal in all competitions (D1 L3), since a 2-0 victory in the League Cup quarter-final in November 2016.
- Arsenal have lost just two of their last 17 games against Southampton in the Premier League (W9 D6), with both of those defeats coming in 2015 with Ronald Koeman in charge of the Saints.
- Among teams they have faced at least five times in the Premier League, Southamptons win percentage against Arsenal is their lowest against any opponent in competition history (15.8% – 38 games, six wins).
- Arsenal have won only one of their last seven away games against Southampton in the Premier League (D4 L2), with that lone victory coming in May 2017 (2-0).
- Southampton are winless in their last 14 matches in all competitions only once have they ever had a longer run (20 games in March 1989).
- Arsenal have lost just one of their last 37 Premier League games against sides starting the day in the relegation zone (W30 D6 L1), losing 1-3 at Swansea in January.
- Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhttl lost his first Premier League game in charge. The last time a managers first ever Premier League win came against Arsenal was in August 2015 (Slaven Bilic).
- Southamptons Charlie Austin has scored in all four of his Premier League games against Arsenal. Only Raheem Sterling versus Bournemouth (6 games) has a better 100% record of scoring against a specific opponent in Premier League history.
3Team news
The hosts are definitely without the injured Ryan Bertrand, but Shane Long, Danny Ings and Cedric Soares all trained this week and are in contention to start.Shkodran Mustafi and Sokratis, the defenders, will miss out for Arsenal through suspension, while fellow centre-backs Rob Holding and Konstantinos Mavropanos are injured. They are joined on the treatment table by long-term absentee Danny Welbeck.Laurent Koscielny is set to return, however, after making his first start since May in Thursday’s Europa League defeat of Qarabag, while Aaron Ramsey is fit again.
3Confirmed line-ups
Southampton:McCarthy; Valery; Bednarek, Vestergaard, Yoshida, Targett, Hojbjerg, Romeu, Armstrong, Redmond, IngsArsenal:Leno; Bellerin, Koscielny, Lichsteiner, Monreal; Torreira, Xhaka; Guendouzi, Mkhitaryan, Iwobi; Aubameyang
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