Arsenal vs. Southampton: Team News, Preview, Live Stream, TV Info

Arsenal play host to Southampton on Sunday seeking a sixth successive win and a fifth victory in as many outings at the Emirates Stadium.

The Gunners have built an imperious home record of late, including a 4-1 demolition of CSKA Moscow in the first leg of their UEFA Europa League quarter-finals matchup.

Southampton are in considerably worse shape and travel to north London having failed to score in each of their last two Premier League away trips, the latest of which came in the form of a 3-0 thrashing at West Ham United.

Mark Hughes has taken over a difficult project at St Mary's Stadium and could take Southampton out of the relegation spots with a surprise win—an unlikely feat as the Saints chase their first Premier League win over Arsenal on their own soil.

Read on for a preview of Sunday's clash, complete with the latest team news and live-stream information.

Date: Sunday, April 8

Time: 2:15 p.m. BST/9:15 a.m. ET

Venue: Emirates Stadium, London

Live Stream: Sky Go app (UK), NBC Sports Live Extra (U.S.)

TV Info: Sky Sports (UK), NBCSN (U.S.)

Team News

Henrikh Mkhitaryan came off as a casualty in Thursday's win over CSKA Moscow, and the club confirmed on Friday that he may have suffered damage to the medial ligament in his knee and will miss Sunday.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang seems likely to be restored to the starting XI after missing Thursday's CSKA win due to ineligibility, with Alexandre Lacazette possibly dropping to the bench.

Injury analyst Ben Dinnery provided further comment from Wenger, who confirmed goalkeeper David Ospina and utility wide man Ainsley Maitland-Niles will both miss the visit of Southampton:

Elsewhere, the Press Association's Declan Warrington (h/t Daily Mail) reported Southampton midfielder Mario Lemina has a virus and could miss the clash, and Radio Solent's Adam Blackmore hinted a fit-again Steven Davis could replace him:

He's returning from a hamstring injury and could fit back into Hughes' XI straight away, with Oriol Romeu and James Ward-Prowse also in contention to start in the middle of the park at the Emirates.

Preview

Before returning to their schedule on the road, Arsenal will hope to wrap up another convincing home win after taking four from their last four, with a record of 13 goals scored and only two conceded.

Thursday's throttling of CSKA saw an in-form Aaron Ramsey score twice, a feat matched by Lacazette, and the Gunners will be hoping to see more of the same from their Welsh magician, per BT Sport (h/t Arsenal):

Ramsey's rise back nearer to his best in the latter half of this campaign has been one driving factor behind their recent resurgence, with the quality of players like him, Mesut Ozil and Aubameyang often the difference in a result.

Southampton did win at the Emirates when they beat Arsenal 2-0 away in an EFL Cup clash back in November 2016, but statistician Simon Gleave highlighted how poor this season's record has been against bigger foes:

Hughes has made a difficult start to life at the Southampton helm and lost his first league trip away from home against West Ham last time out, and their hopes don't look much better in Week 33.