Southampton vs Arsenal live: Latest score from St Mary's as Cuco Martina goal puts Gunners behind
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Your support makes all the difference.Arsenal can go top of the Premier League on Boxing Day with a victory over Southampton after seeing Leicester suffer defeat at Liverpool.
• Arsenal need a win to go top of the Premier League
• Alexis Sanchez ruled out after suffering injury setback
• Mesut Ozil looking to add to his 15 Premier League assists this season
• Southampton down in 12th in the Premier League table
• Saints looking to respond to last week’s defeat to Tottenham
• Saints beat Arsenal on New Year’s Day last year
• Teams:
Southampton: Stekelenburg, Martina, Fonte, van Dijk, Bertrand; Wanyama, Clasie; Ward-Prowse, S.Davis, Mane; Long.
Subs: Gazzaniga, Caulker, Yoshida, Tadic, Romeu, Juanmi, Ramirez.
Arsenal: Cech; Bellerin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal; Ramsey, Flamini; Walcott, Ozil, Campbell; Giroud.
Subs: Ospina, Gabriel, Gibbs, Chambers, Reine-Adelaide, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Iwobi.
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Today’s Premier League fixtures:
Stoke 2 Manchester United 0
Aston Villa 1 West Ham 1
Bournemouth 0 Crystal Palace 0
Chelsea 2 Watford 2
Liverpool 1 Leicester 0
Manchester City 4 Sunderland 1
Swansea 1 West Bromwich Albion 0
Tottenham 3 Norwich 0
Newcastle vs Everton – 5.30pm
Southampton vs Arsenal – 7.45pm
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