⚕️ Team news
🔴 Arsenal
- Pablo Mari is ruled out with a calf injury.
- Dani Ceballos, who picked up a calf injury too, will be assessed before the game.
👼 Southampton
- Danny Ings, who had tested positive for Covid-19, is back after ending his quarantine period.
- Moussa Djenepo, Nathan Redmond, Jannik Vestergaard, Will Smallbone are unavailable.
📜 Form
(all competitions)
Arsenal: WWWWDW
Southamtpon: LDDWLW
🏆 Next opposition
The winner of the Soton vs Arsenal clash will face Wolves in the fifth round. Wolverhampton have defeated the sixth-tier side Chorley [1-0].
👓 Soton players to watch
Danny Ings. The prolific striker has netted 7 times in the Premier League. He is the Saints' main attacking threat.
Theo Walcott. The ex-Gunner will be looking to upset Arsenal again after scoring against his former side at the Emirates in December.
Ryan Bertrand. The 31-year-old has reportedly emerged on Arsenal's radar as they are looking to find a left-back to cover for Kieran Tierney.
🔮 Predicted Gunners lineup
(via Tribuna)
Ryan, Holding, Luiz, Gabriel, Bellerin, Ceballos, Xhaka, Maitland-Niles, Pepe, Martinelli, Aubameyang
💬 Managers' quotes
🔴 Mikel Arteta, Arsenal:
(via Arsenal FC)
"[Arsenal's squad to face Soton will be] as strong as it can be. We will asses sthe players, who is fit to play, who has recovered, we have a few issues after the game as well so in the next two days we will see the best possible line up.
"Southampton, we're going to be playing them twice in three days which is strange, and try to keep the FA Cup run going as well.
👼 Ralph Hasenhuttl, Southampton
(via Southampton FC) "They [Arsenal] have changed a lot I think. They know they had big problems winning games and hadn't been really compact. But they are a team with a lot of quality, they have changed their shape a little bit and some other behaviours also and they are harder to win against now.
"It is only a question of time when you have such a squad until it comes back to winning, I think. They have so much quality.
"For us, it's important to be brave, to show up again and show our development, and when we play a really good game we have a chance to win."
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