Arsenal vs Southampton Competition – Barclays Premier League Stadium: Emirates Stadium Date: 21st April 2023 Kick-off time – 20:00 GMT
Premier League leaders Arsenal will look to get back to winning ways when they welcome bottom-of-the-table Southampton to the Emirates Stadium this Friday. The Gunners have endured two poor results this past week with back-to-back 2-2 draws with Liverpool and West Ham cutting their lead at the top to four points. Both draws came after the Gunners went two goals up early in the game, potentially showing a lack of spine among the Gunners squad. This clash with Southampton is the ideal fixture to get back to winning ways ahead of their crunch contest with Manchester City next week. Not only have Mikel Arteta’s men won each of their seven home games so far against current bottom-half opponents, but they also scored a remarkable 27 combined goals in those games while conceding only seven in reply. The Gunners’ run of nine league games without defeat since mid-February (W7, D2) also makes them the clear favourites to win this game. Meanwhile, apart from their place at the bottom of the table, Southampton have not beaten Arsenal away from home in their last 27 head-to-head meetings. They have another top-six mountain to climb after recently facing Manchester City and Tottenham. Although they snatched a point from Tottenham (2-2 draw), they fell to a 4-1 defeat to Pep Guardiola’s side. Their most recent 2-0 loss to Crystal Palace means they are winless in their last six matches. They also come into this round sitting four points from safety, despite the tight nature of this year’s relegation fight. They have been rooted to the bottom of the table for the past five weeks and must begin picking up maximum points if they want to survive with just seven games left to play. Other fixtures taking place this week in the Premier League Fixtures: Premier League Table
May 11, 2024
Fulham
12:30
Manchester City
AFC Bournemouth
15:00
Brentford
Everton
15:00
Sheffield United
Newcastle United
15:00
Brighton & Hov…
Tottenham Hotspur
15:00
Burnley
West Ham United
15:00
Luton Town
Wolverhampton Wanderers
15:00
Crystal Palace
Nottingham Forest
17:30
Chelsea
May 12, 2024
Manchester United
16:30
Arsenal
May 13, 2024
Aston Villa
20:00
Liverpool
May 14, 2024
Tottenham Hotspur
20:00
Manchester City
May 15, 2024
Brighton & Hov…
19:45
Chelsea
Manchester United
20:00
Newcastle United
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Team
MP
W
D
L
F
A
G
P
1
Arsenal
36
26
5
5
88
28
+60
83
2
Manchester City
35
25
7
3
87
33
+54
82
3
Liverpool
36
23
9
4
81
38
+43
78
4
Aston Villa
36
20
7
9
73
53
+20
67
5
Tottenham Hotspur
35
18
6
11
69
58
+11
60
6
Newcastle United
35
17
5
13
78
56
+22
56
7
Chelsea
35
15
9
11
70
59
+11
54
8
Manchester United
35
16
6
13
52
55
-3
54
9
West Ham United
36
13
10
13
56
70
-14
49
10
AFC Bournemouth
36
13
9
14
52
63
-11
48
11
Brighton & Hov…
35
12
11
12
53
57
-4
47
12
Wolverhampton Wanderers
36
13
7
16
49
60
-11
46
13
Fulham
36
12
8
16
51
55
-4
44
14
Crystal Palace
36
11
10
15
49
57
-8
43
15
Everton
36
12
9
15
38
49
-11
37
16
Brentford
36
9
9
18
52
60
-8
36
17
Nottingham Forest
36
8
9
19
45
63
-18
29
18
Luton Town
36
6
8
22
49
78
-29
26
19
Burnley
36
5
9
22
39
74
-35
24
20
Sheffield United
36
3
7
26
35
100
-65
16
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