In a weekend match on Friday Apr 21st, in week 32, Arsenal hosts Southampton at Emirates Stadium in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, 1st placed Arsenal, recorded a 2-2 draw against West Ham United. Gabriel Jesus struck first for Arsenal in the 7th minute on a feed from Ben White, then Martin Ødegaard added another in the 10th minute. Arsenal looks to continue their winning ways, having 7 wins in their last 10 matches, while 20th placed Southampton is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Crystal Palace. Eberechi Eze scored the first goal for Crystal Palace in the 54th minute, then Eberechi Eze added another in the 68th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Southampton couldn’t manage to score, and Crystal Palace took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in St. Mary’s Stadium, Southampton and Arsenal battled to a 1-1 draw. Granit Xhaka struck first for Arsenal in the 11th minute, then Stuart Armstrong got the equalizer for Southampton in the 65th minute on a feed from Mohamed Elyounoussi earning them at least the one point.
James Ward-Prowse and Theo Walcott are the top scorers for Southampton in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats. Arsenal is glad to have Gabriel Jesus in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored 4 goals
Edward Nketiah is unavailable to play for Arsenal, while Che Adams, Valentino Livramento and Larios Lopez are unavailable to play for Southampton.