Predicted Arsenal Line Up To Face Southampton – Sanchez And Elneny To Start

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Just back on boxing day, Southampton trounced the Gunners 4-0 at St Mary’s. That’s now two defeats in the last two matches against Southampton. Arsenal is currently third in the Premier League with 44 points. They are tied for points with Manchester City, while visitors Southampton is eighth in the league with 33 points. Arsenal have struggled off late in the Premier League with just 2 points from their last three matches, they are under slight pressure going into this match. Hence a win is very important on Tuesday.

Goalkeeper: Petr Cech

The man with the highest number of clean sheets in the League will be expected to keep his place in goal. He will be disappointed at conceding a goal against his former employees last weekend but other than that he has been in superb form this season. Maybe the signing of the season.

Defense: Héctor Bellerín, Laurent Koscielny, Gabriel and Nacho Monreal

With Per Mertesacker suspended for this match after receiving a red card against Chelsea last time around, it will be Gabriel partnering Koscielny at the back. Hector Bellerin and Nacho Monreal have firmly established themselves in the team ahead of Mathieu Debuchy and Kieran Gibbs so they’ll continue at the back against Southampton. Gabriel struggled a bit against Burnley in the FA Cup but with more game time, he will be expected to get better from here on.

Midfielders: Mohamed Elneny, Aaron Ramsey, Alexis Sanchez, Mesut Ozil and Theo Walcott

Arsene Wenger might be tempted to start with Elneny alongside Ramsey as two defensive midfielders, given that Coquelin has just returned from a lengthy lay-off.  Sanchez looks stronger since he has returned from his injury, the two months would have given him enough time to recharge his batteries. He scored the all important winner against Burnley this weekend. Mesut Ozil was rested for the FA Cup tie but is expected to return to the starting line-up this week. Joel Campbell has performed extremely well in recent weeks but there is a feeling that he’ll still be the one to make way for Sanchez with Theo Walcott keeping his place on the wing.

Striker: Giroud

Olivier Giroud will be looking to make an impact in this game, as he looks to impress Wenger once again, after being taken off in the game against the Blues and failing to score against Burnley. Giroud was evidently not impressed with Wenger’s decision to take him off against Chelsea and he had the crowd supporting his displeasure. Other than that one game, he has been in excellent form this season, with both Ozil and Sanchez returning to the starting line-up, he will be expecting better service from now on.

Anurag Singh

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