Arsenal will return to the pitch on Saturday evening to face Southampton at the Emirates Stadium. The North Londoners will be aiming to maintain their unbeaten streak thus far this season, and Paul Merson anticipates that they will achieve just that.
The former Arsenal star turned pundit is confident that Arsenal will triumph over Southampton, forecasting a 4-0 victory. He believes that being “schooled” by Bournemouth last Monday leaves the Russell Martin-led team with little hope against a formidable Arsenal, who demonstrated their resilience by snatching a victory against Leicester in that 4-2 clash at the Emirates last weekend.
“I look at this fixture, and I can’t see anything but a win for Arsenal,” Merson wrote on Sportskeeda. “Southampton were atrocious against Bournemouth last time out. If they play like that against Arsenal, I can’t even imagine how bad the scoreline would look at the end of 90 minutes!
“Arsenal were cruising against Leicester but ended up conceding twice in that game before snatching a late win. The fact that they eventually managed to get all three points in that game is commendable. So I’m backing Arsenal to secure a comfortable win — four goals to nothing.
“I worry for Southampton. The last game against Bournemouth was a fixture they should be looking at and thinking of getting a result. But instead, they got absolutely battered. It would be hard to imagine them getting something from this game.”
Southampton, desperate for a result, find themselves winless in their last six Premier League matches and are unfortunate to face Arsenal at this difficult moment. They might be hoping to change their fortunes, secure their first victory, and build momentum, but achieving this against Arsenal could require them to do something extraordinary. Among Arsenal’s initial 7 Premier League fixtures, the Saints stood out as a walkover fixture, and it would be surprising if they don’t decisively defeat them.
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None of our winnings has been easy. So I do not expect this game to be a walkover. We need Odegaard quality to be more convincing.
For sake of usual mistakes by the ref, my advice to the gaffer, put the Saints to sword, put the game to bed early.
Paul Merson is right, if I was a betting man I would be living fairly comfortable when the dust is settled here.
On paper, it should certainly be three points for Arsenal given that Southampton haven’t won an EPL game yet. That said, Ramsdale will be out to prove a point (if not now, when?) so he’ll be doing his best. I expect (hope) Arsenal will win reasonably well.