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Southampton host Premier League leaders Arsenal at St Mary\u2019s Stadium for Saturday\u2019s FA Cup quarter-final contest.<\/p>\n
The Saints progressed to the last eight after defeating Fulham 1-0 in the fifth round, while to book their place in the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n
Arsenal\u2019s pursuit of a historic quadruple took a hit when a fortnight ago.<\/p>\n
A Nico O\u2019Reillysecond-half brace extended the Gunners\u2019 33-year wait for an EFL Cup title.<\/p>\n
Despite their EFL Cup disappointment, Mikel Arteta\u2019s side remain on track for a stunning treble, sitting nine points clear at the Premier League summit, preparing for a favourable Champions League quarter-final against Sporting Lisbon, and continuing their FA Cup campaign.<\/p>\n
Arsenal have progressed from 14 of their last 16 FA Cup quarter-final ties, going out only in 2010\/11 to Manchester United and 2015\/16 to Watford.<\/p>\n
Southampton dispatched Doncaster Rovers and Leicester City before edging past Fulham, as Ross Stewart\u2019s late spot kick booked a quarter-final berth, their third in the past six campaigns.<\/p>\n
The Saints have enjoyed a strong run in the Championship, collecting 10 points from their last 12 and sitting seventh, just one point shy of the playoff places.<\/p>\n
Southampton and Arsenal meet in the FA Cup for the sixth time, with the Gunners triumphing in the first four clashes, before the Saints edged the latest encounter 1-0 in the 2020\/21 fourth round.<\/p>\n
The hosts will be without Jack Stephens, Mads Roerslev, Welington and Jay Robinson due to injuries. <\/p>\n
While Flynn Downes and Kuryu Matsuki are absent due to suspension.<\/p>\n
The Gunners saw 10 players withdraw from international duty, as Noni Madueke, Eberechi Eze and Piero Hincapie will miss the trip to Southampton.<\/p>\n
While Martin Odegaard and Jurrien Timber will be assessed ahead of kickoff. <\/p>\n
Southampton (4-2-3-1)<\/strong>: Peretz, Bree, Wood, Harwood-Bellis, Manning, Charles, Romeu, Fellows, Azaz, Edozie, Stewart.<\/p>\n Arsenal (4-3-3)<\/strong>: Kepa, White, Salmon, Mosquera, Calafiori, Havertz, Norgaard, Lewis-Skelly, Dowman, Gyokeres, Jesus.<\/p>\n Prediction: Southampton 1-2 Arsenal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Southampton host Premier League leaders Arsenal at St Mary\u2019s Stadium for Saturday\u2019s FA Cup quarter-final contest. The Saints progressed to the last eight after defeating Fulham 1-0 in the fifth round, while to book their place in the quarter-finals. Match preview Arsenal\u2019s pursuit of a historic quadruple took a hit when a fortnight ago. A […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2422,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportings.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}