Southampton have lost their last two Premier League home games against Arsenal, as many as they had in their previous 10 against them at St Mary’s (W4 D4). Saints haven’t lost three consecutive home league games against the Gunners since a run of four between 1968 and 1971.
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Arsenal have lost just one of their last 12 Premier League games against Southampton (W7 D4), and are looking to complete their first league double over Saints since 2016-17.
Since a goalless draw in February 2016, Southampton have scored first in seven of their 11 Premier League meetings with Arsenal. However, they’ve only gone on to win one of those seven (D3 L3), a 3-2 victory in December 2018.
Southampton have conceded 10 goals in their last three home Premier League games (losing all three), as many as in their previous 13 at St Mary’s combined this season (W5 D7 L1). The Saints haven’t lost four in a row at home since November 2019.
Arsenal have lost their last two Premier League games, last losing three in a row in their first three of the campaign in August. The Gunners lost 2-1 at home to Brighton last week, but haven’t lost a league game on consecutive Saturdays since November 2008.
Three of the last seven occasions when a side has lost a Premier League match by six or more goals has been Southampton (0-9 v Leicester, 0-9 v Man Utd, 0-6 v Chelsea), with all three coming under manager Ralph Hasenhüttl. It is only the third instance of a manager losing three games by 6+ goals with the same club, along with Danny Wilson at Barnsley and Roberto MartÃnez at Wigan Athletic.
Only Chelsea and Manchester City (6 each) have conceded the first goal in fewer Premier League games this season than Arsenal (8). However, the Gunners have gone on to lose on seven of those eight occasions (88 per cent), with only Norwich (90 per cent) and Wolves (92 per cent) having a higher loss rate when conceding first.
Southampton have both scored and conceded in 19 different Premier League games this season, with only West Ham (20) doing so more often. However, only Wolves’ games (10) have seen both teams score less often than Arsenal (11) this term.
Arsenal’s Alexandre Lacazette has been involved in seven goals in his last six Premier League appearances against Southampton (5 goals, 2 assists). Indeed, he’s been involved in more goals against Saints than he has any other side in the competition.
Bukayo Saka leads the way for both shots (72) and chances created (56) for Arsenal in the Premier League this season. In fact, the 20-year-old is the only English player to have registered both 50+ shots and 50+ chances created in the competition this term.
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