With both sides coming into this match on the back of confidence
boosting midweek games, expect this to be a lively encounter that will go back and forth all through the 90 minutes.
Not exact matches
These clubs» interest in Bale may have been given another major
boost this week with AS claiming Real are not happy with the player's attitude when he was forced to watch the PSG
game from the bench in
midweek.
However, with respect to the
game against Southampton in
midweek, perhaps the biggest injury
boost that has been handed to Arsene Wenger's side is that Morgan Schneiderlin, unarguably the Saints» best player so far this season, is out for the big
game as a result of an abductor injury the French international had picked up during the 3 - 0 defeat to Manchester City at St. Mary's.
The main threat to that is the new Man United,
boosted by some stellar signings and without the pressure of
midweek European
games to worry about.