Marcos Alonso primarily has been playing down Chelsea's left, but the Spaniard has until 6 pm tonight to respond to a charge from the FA following
the Southampton game at the weekend.
Not exact matches
If Arsenal do as we expect them to this
weekend and run out as winners of the home
game against a struggling
Southampton side getting used to their new manager Claude Puel, while he gets used to the English Premier League for the first time, then we will be heading into the next round of matches a bit closer to
at least one of our big spending Premier League rivals.
I must admit that I thought Arsene Wenger got his Arsenal team selection wrong for the Premier League
game against
Southampton at the
weekend.
So Arsenal are aiming for their 20th
game in a row unbeaten against
Southampton at the Emirates tonight, and it is fully expected that there will be another slew of changes from the
weekend's
game against Bournemouth.
After that we can easily say that we want Tottenham to lose or drop points
at home to
Southampton and for Man United to do the same away to Middlesborough, but the final
game of the
weekend is a trickier one to call as it sees the two sides directly above us take on each other.
Newcastle are
at Southampton next
weekend then have consecutive home
games against Swansea and Man City.
Our Premier League
game this
weekend at home to
Southampton, for instance, is one in which you would expect us to dominate the ball and be faced with a determined and deep lying defence, so it may not be suited to the Spaniard.
The opening
game of the
weekend sees Brighton play host to
Southampton at the AMEX in a derby clash.
The Gunners beat highflying
Southampton 2 - 0 last
weekend in a tricky
game at the Emirates.
Eight points in the first four
games of 2017 meant another upturn in league position, but their defeat on 4 February
at home to West Brom, and our win
at Southampton that
weekend, meant that we sat in 9th place in the table, two points clear of them in 11th.
There's no football from the Reds this
weekend, our next
game is against
Southampton on the 19th November in the Premier League, the Reds travel to them so I still won't get to see all of my friends
at Anfield!
While the first team are travelling south this
weekend for the
game at Southampton on Sunday, the youth team will be heading in the opposite direction to play their most northerly league fixture of the season
at Carlisle.
Palace changed manager after only four
games but Roy Hodgson didn't bring any change last
weekend when they were beaten 1 - 0
at home by
Southampton.
Swansea won
at Southampton last
weekend and after such a great win I'm surprised they are only half goal favourites for this
game.
Leicester City's four
game winning streak (wins against Spurs, Burnley, Newcastle and
Southampton) was brought to an abrupt halt as they suffered a 3 - 0 loss
at the King Power Stadium to Crystal Palace over the
weekend.
They slumped to a 1 - 0 defeat
at Southampton on the
weekend which has left them winless in their last three
games since their 3 - 1 win
at Peterborough in the last round of the League Cup.
Pierre - Emile Højbjerg says
Southampton will be taking one
game at a time, starting with Arsenal in the Emirates FA Cup this
weekend.
Chelsea are currently 10 points behind Tottenham and Liverpool in the pursuit of a top - four place, and their chances of sealing Champions League qualification look bleak unless their rivals suffer a dramatic collapse, Following the
Southampton game, the Blues have a Thursday night outing
at Burnley before facing the Saints once again in the FA Cup semi-final next
weekend.
Even up against someone as strong in the air as Mbemba and Coloccini, Pelle won 72 % of his aerial duels
at the
weekend and brought something that no other
Southampton striker brought to their
game.
West Ham have hit form
at a good time, beating
Southampton 3 - 0 in their last
game at the London Stadium, and earning a late draw
at Chelsea last
weekend.
Everton's slump continues with just the one win now in their last eight
games in the top flight and they were totally dominated by
Southampton last
weekend at St Mary's in defeat.