Express. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express.
Arsenal v Southampton preview: Team news, injury updates, odds, stats and more
ARSENAL will attempt to clinch their first home win of the season when Claude Puel brings his Southampton side to the Emirates.
Arsenal v Southampton - Premier League match preview
Key statistics
Arsenal have won just one of their last six home Premier League openers, so defeat to Liverpool should have come as no surprise to Gunners season ticket holders.
However, their home record last season was among the best – 12 wins at the Emirates was the joint highest in the Premier League – and Southampton have not won away at Arsenal in the league for 29 years.
Saints have no other fresh injury concerns but are about to enter a busy month as their Europa League group stage fixtures start next Thursday.
Provisional squad: Forster, Martina, Van Dijk, Fonte, Yoshida, Soares, Bertrand, Targett, Clasie, Davis, Ward-Prowse, Romeu, Tadic, Long, Austin, Juanmi, McCarthy, Redmond.
Match officials
Referee: Bobby Madley
Assistant referees: Marc Perry and Edward Smart
Fourth official: Simon Hooper
Would you like to receive news notifications from Daily Express?