Arsenal Vs Southampton: The Gunners Will Be Hard To Fall

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JAKARTA - Arsenal returned to their home game after competing in the 2024/2025 Champions League. In the seventh week of the 2024/2025 Premier League they host Southampton at the Emirates on Saturday, October 5, 2024, WIB night.

The Gunners, who have never lost this season in all competitions, have again become seeded against a team that has never won in the Premier League.

Mikel Arteta's team are in high confidence after beating Paris Saint-Germain 2-0 in the Champions League. Meanwhile Southampton have not recovered from the title of prisoner.

They traveled to the Emirates with a 1-3 defeat to Bournemouth in the Premier League on October 1, 2024.

Arsenal's favorites are getting stronger considering that in the last three matches they have eaten victory, everything is happening at home.

Not to mention any motivation brought by the Gunners. Victory against Southampton will bring them to a milestone in the Premier League, namely the 400th victory at home to domestic competitions.

This achievement was only one ladder below Manchester United which managed to score a record 426 home wins in the league.

Three points will also maintain Arsenal's position at the top of the Premier League, competing with Liverpool and Manchester City above it.

The potential to win again is quite large. The reason is, Southampton headed for Emirates after losing 246 away games in the Premier League.

The negative record is the fifth most defeat in competition history. Not surprisingly, Russell Martin's fate in the manager's seat is increasingly on the brink.

Final settlement is still the main problem of The Saints. Their conversion rate is very low, which is 4.4 percent and is the worst in the Premier League this season.

Southampton's inferiority is increasingly evident in front of Arsenal considering they have not won since 1987 at home to the North London club.

Meanwhile, the storm of injuries that befell Arsenal is slowly getting a solution. Arteta seems to still miss Oleksandr Zinchenko, Kieran Tierney, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Ben White, and Jurrien Timber.

Likewise with Martin Odegaard who is still struggling with ankle problems.

Arteta is currently not too worried because his young player has already performed promising when he was trusted to come down.

Kai Havertz has been in the spotlight thanks to his good performance in recent weeks. He was the first Arsenal player since Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in 2019 to score in five consecutive Premier League games at the Emirates.

Formation Forecast

Arsenal (4-3-3): Raya; Calafiori, Saliba, Gabriel, Kiwior; Havertz, Partey, Rice; Saka, Trossard, Martinelli

Southampton (4-3-1-2): Ramsdale; Sugawara, Harwood-Bellis, Bednarek, Taylor; Downes, Aribo, Lallana; Fernandes; Dibling, Brereton Diaz