I thought last week’s team prediction was going to be difficult, but it wasn’t that hard really, and a big thing we’ve learned is that he will play his best fit available team no matter when we last played.
This time we played on a Tuesday so there has been more time for the squad to recover, and the Boss has made sure he has made a full range of substitutions to rest our stars when he can.
And I certainly never believe Arteta when he says he can’t tell if a player will be fit or not, so I’m going to say that Merino, White and Tomiyasu will all be on the bench at least, if not playing.
So I’m predicting:
David Raya.
Jurriën Timber.
William Saliba.
Gabriel Magalhães.
Riccardo Calafiori.
Thomas Partey.
Declan Rice.
Kai Havertz.
Bukayo Saka.
Gabriel Martinelli.
Leandro Trossard.
So, let’s see if Arteta has changed anything around this time…. Here is his confirmed team…
Could I have been more wrong! lol
where has the team been confirmed AdPat?
Twitter Arsenal.
Is it not visible?
Refresh?
I’m amazed, as I usually see it pop up on Arsenal.com.
Thanks
Teams are now announced an hour and a quarter before kick off not an hour.
Cheers
Hey GB..
Partey definitely not left back???
LOL
It’s on the .com Sue. This is definitely the starting eleven.
would have thought Nicholls could have been given a start as he is a natural right back though I sort of understand the reasoning behind Partey
Lets see though how Southampton attack that flank as they might see it as a weak link… also wont help Saka much
Looks more than good enough to win
COYG
Our senior players would likely be too good for Soton. My prediction for the final result is 2-0
U mean our first 11 ?
Cos everybody in there is still part of our senior players
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We’ve both watched enough football to know your statement cannot be true
Yes the ones in the starting lineup. I would’ve been worried if Nwaneri and Lewis-Skelly become starters for the game
I didn’t see the confirmed starting XI team published to read and know the names of the starters. Please Admini Pat, be publishing the Arsenal starting XI team names to read and know. Thanks.
Is something strange going on?
Anyone else can’t see the team???
Arteta is using the game to make some rotations which should be welcomed after going through that tough schedule with a limited squad. Some enforced with 3!!! very good Rb unavailable at the same time.
Tomi on the bench. He will get some minutes.
Arsenal XI: Raya, Saliba, Gabriel, Calafiori, Saka, Partey, Jorginho, Rice, Sterling, Jesus, Havertz.
Subs: Neto, Martinelli, Kiwior, Tomiyasu, Trossard, Merino, Butler-Oyedeji, Lewis-Skelly, Nwaneri.
I’ll be amazed if Partey is at right back!
He is at right back but will invert to midfield. Ben White and Timber are not available. Tomi on the bench though.
Calafiori will also be inverting
Won’t that be too much inversion ?
Both will invert at different interval making us more unpredictable. Timber and Calafiori also did that.
Also Partey is also emergency Rb basically 4th choice so we don’t have any choice especially since Arteta is probably gonna slowly integrate tomiyasu back.
He might not invert
Timber wasn’t inverting right ?
He is not a natural right back. Ricki will stay back while Partey inverts.
Don’t think we will know for sure until they line up.
Jesus playing. If it’s a “landslide” as has been forecast, I think the goals may well have to come from somewhere else.
is that Partey at RB? 🤨 Why couldn’t Tomiyasu start if he is fit? unless we are playing 3-4-3? it has to be. That said I don’t like Havertz in midfield, he plays best up top as a CF with his good pressing. Jesus can press but he cannot score ☹️
Myself
He seems not to have an appetite for the attacking midfielder role anymore – he just passes to the next man and want to run into the box
Maybe himself & Jesus would be rotating
As Jesus prefers meandering than staying up top
Liverpool got the win, so we won’t go top this week.
Yes, I think Liverpool may well be a title threat this season. They are playing well in both the EPL and Europe currently.
they havent played anyone in top 10 yet so hard to tell.. but they look better than last year
Allison went off injured in their match today though
Jax
Palace at least gave it a good go in the second half. Should have had a goal after Alisson went off
This team selection could suggest we may see a very attacking 3 : 1 : 3 : 3 formation
Southampton are playing a 3-4-3 which will normally transition into a 5-4-1 sitting deep when they are defending. On paper it is 4-3-3 but we will play most of the time in 3-4-3 or even 3-1-3-3 with Rice/havertz pushing up to make it 5 in attack and Partey inverting into midfield.
This is it
I’m not comfortable with this lineup at all.
We’ve see this before. Last season to be precise.
But then, is Arteta taking Southampton lightly? I don’t wanna believe so.
Need to bring Trossard for Jesus
Jesus is poor again
Poor 1st half
No chances created
Only possession
Very poor
Our team looks weaker than last season as the options upfront after a few injuries are few
Jesus should not be in the starting lineup. He is selfish but that being said our corners have been very poor.
Why can Saka and Sterling switch sides?
What a poor first half time for Trossard and Martinelli to be introduced.
We haven’t seen Saka on the left & you think that’s the solution now ?
We know the right to be the best position of our most potent winger but u think we should destroy that now that we need a goal ?
We are looking too predictable, got to score in the first ten minutes of the next half
Our mojo always goes down a little with every personnel change/formation adjustment
One goal would likely come from us in the second half, but we’ll need to score at least two goals because of Onuachu’s aerial threat
@GAI
Wassup with we being too much for them
Any team can cause any team an upset
And we’re not new to Southampton doing just that to us for the past 2 seasons now
I believe a revert to Martinelli & Trossard will see us through though
Past 2 seasons?
2 seasons ago
I think they beat us away and drew 3-3 at Emirates
Our starters were too much for Soton players, but they were sloppy in the final-third
I think Jesus, Sterling and Partey will be replaced by Trossard, Martinelli and Tomiyasu
Almost 1-0 down there
What a stupid marking from Calafiori
Why they are holding ball too much before releasing the cross
Pls put the kids on this is boring and predictable
That’s all
Over
This is all on Arteta
Leicester did the same
You could see this coming and Arteta did nothing
Isn’t it better to leave remarks like your until the final whistle ?
Well done Havertz!
The fact that he scored or even if we win the game the issues are there
We are allowed an opinion
Of course! It’s not been great but Arteta has made changes and it has got better. Probably would have been better to play his best available 11.
Come on Arsenal for Pete’s sake 🤬
My word
Why the hell Jesus is still on pitch
I do not want to see Jesus play for arsenal again
Exactly
He is terrible
We need him to get back in form
He’s an artillery to have – he’s just not in form
Martinelli was rusty at a point
Kai was in a bad place at a point
We just need him at his best again
But it’s so annoying how he can’t complete anything ATM even simple passes
They have gotten the Big German angry
We have been very poor with corners today
Terrible with corners
Mentality monsters this lot
You can’t say this all time
It’s 2 weeks in a row
We should be winning easily against Leicester and Southampton
Got zero divine right to beat anyone
@Kedar
We shouldn’t be winning easily against any team, no matter where they are in the table. All wins must be earned, as Southampton showed us today…
Merino is going to be a huge signing, mark my words, and Martinelli is going to explode again.
And what a strike by Havertz, possibly his best goal in Arsenal shirt?
He looks to be the number 8 because ever since he is on pitch Rice has gone to number 6 position
Merino looks to be the number 8 because ever since he is on pitch Rice has gone to number 6 position
This game still have another goal or two in it
Game is far from over
Southampton is going all out for equaliser
Conceding easily to teams like Leicester and Southampton is ridiculous.
We are no longer best defence in the league
We have dethroned by Liverpool
Not so quick mate, Liverpool has played Ipswitch, Brentford, Man United, Forest, Bournemouth, Wolves, and Palace. Think of Arsenal fixtures. Liverpool are yet to play a big side.
So Man Utd not a big team ?
But Tottenham is a big team ?
Table says so for last 2 seasons mate. How can you even argue mate? United has conceded 3 goals in a game 24 times now! Everyone can score against them. It’s funny you’re even arguing.
Another poor performance
Party shouldn’t play RD
Jesus needs to find another club
CAlifiori is good going forward but lacks pace
There seems to be a mentality issue when we play weaker teams
That was “another poor performance”😂😂😂
Talk about turning up the “HEAT”…🥵
Trossard enjoying himself
Havertz equally RVP’s record at home games. Some achievement.
Was walking the dogs had a thought we’d scored. Checked my phone, Martinelli had scored. Had another thought that we’d win 3-1., and we did. Shame I wasn’t near a bookies!
Blame it on the dogs😩
One if them cost me £500 in vet fees the other day which I’m hoping the insurance will pay back. Otherwise, they’ll have cost me twice!😳