Arsenal face Southampton in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon at the Emirates Stadium. Arsenal have started the season impressively picking up 14 points from a possible 18. They go into this game as big favourites vs the Saints, who have picked up just 1 point from their 6 league games.
Arsenal have won 5 of their last 6 league games at home and were defeated at home on just 2 occasions last campaign. Impressively they won 79% of their home games last season. The Gunners have been winning at half time in 3/3 of their home games this season. Confidence will be high after putting 4 past Leicester and winning the game late on last weekend.
Southampton have struggled to adapt to the league since their promotion from the Championship. They have lost 5/6 and have conceded at least 3 goals in half of their matches. Their previous 2 away games have ended in 3-1 defeats to Bournemouth and Brentford. As a result, a trip to the Emirates will be a huge task for the struggling Saints. Scoring just 3 goals in the league outlines their real lack of goal threat and ruthlessness in the final third.
Manager Russel Martin made comments after the Bournemouth defeat about his sides lack of fight and was disappointed and hurt with the lack of spirit his players showed in the game. These comments will be damaging for Southampton who will be low on confidence going into this match after an extremely poor start to the season.
