Arsenal and Southampton will take on on Friday the 21st of April at 8:00 pm in the 32nd week of the Premier League. The match is going to be staged in London at the Emirates Stadium. The chosen referee is Simon Hooper.
Arsenal is in the 1st place in the league with 74 points. It comes from a 2-2 draw against West Ham United in its last match in the Premier League. Until now, it has won 23 times, draw 5 times, and lost 3 times.
Southampton is in the 20th place in the standings with 23 points. It comes from a 0-2 loss against Crystal Palace in its last match in the Premier League. To date, it has won 6 times, draw 5 times, and lost 20 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Arsenal
Arsenal has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (27 times or 87.10%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (27 times) and 4-2-3-1 (4 times).
Mikel Arteta Amatriain is expected to play against Southampton with the following players: Aaron Ramsdale, Kieran Tierney, Rob Holding, Gabriel, Ben White, Thomas Partey, Martin Ødegaard, Granit Xhaka, Martinelli, Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Jesus.
If the line up is confirmed as above, the resulting average age of Arsenal would be 26.09.
William Saliba, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Oleksandr Zinchenko and Mohamed Elneny will definitely miss the match.
Southampton
Southampton has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (12 times or 38.71%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (12 times), 4-4-2 (10 times), 5-3-2 (3 times), 4-3-3 (2 times), 3-4-2-1 (2 times), 3-4-1-2 (once) and 3-1-4-2 (once).
Rubén Sellés Salvador is expected to play against Arsenal with the following players: Gavin Bazunu, Romain Perraud, Jan Bednarek, Armel Bella-Kotchap, Kyle Walker-Peters, K. Sulemana, Roméo Lavia, James Ward-Prowse, Theo Walcott, C. Alcaraz and Joe Aribo.
If the line up is confirmed as above, the projected average age of Southampton would be 24.82.
Juan Larios López, Valentino Livramento, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Mohammed Salisu and Che Adams will definitely miss the match.