Southampton – Arsenal: a Wembley place up for grabs at St Mary’s Stadium 
St Mary’s is the stage for a cup quarter-final on Saturday. Southampton host Arsenal on their own patch. The prize is a direct ticket to the last four. The home side are the last second-tier club still standing. Arsenal are among the favourites to lift the trophy. Whoever wins goes to Wembley next.
The home side’s remarkable unbeaten run under Tonda Eckert 
Tonda Eckert is the man in charge of the home side. They arrive on a bruising 14-game unbeaten run. Eleven of those have ended in victory. Ross Stewart booked their place with a late penalty against Fulham. Southampton are chasing this trophy for the first time since 1976. The old record books also point to a famous win over these same Londoners in the 2021 edition. Recent league wins have left them well placed in the race for promotion.
The expected response from Mikel Arteta’s side 
Mikel Arteta runs the London outfit. Arsenal have just lost the League Cup final to Manchester City. The dream of a historic four-trophy sweep in England and Europe is dead and buried. Even so, they sit top of the Premier League with a nine-point cushion over the chasing pack. They laboured past Mansfield in the last round. Arsenal are chasing a first semi-final in this competition since their 2020 triumph. They also have an imminent European quarter-final to think about.
Likely line-ups
Southampton : Peretz ; Bree, Wood, Harwood-Bellis, Manning ; Jander, Romeu ; Fellows, Azaz, Edozie ; Stewart
Arsenal : Kepa ; White, Salmon, Mosquera, Calafiori ; Havertz, Norgaard, Lewis-Skelly ; Dowman, Gyokeres, Jesus
Football prediction Southampton vs Arsenal
Only one team scores
Arsenal’s back line will shut the door completely on its own box. Their shape should be enough to calm the nerves after that cup final defeat.
Southampton’s front line is likely to find out the hard way what a top-class defence looks like. Arsenal’s relentless press should make clean exits from the second-tier side almost impossible.
The gap in quality between the two squads should show up fast. The scoreboard is likely to tick only for one side.
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