Arsenal v Southampton: preview of the Capital One Cup 3rd round

Hello Family, how sweet that we have the mighty guns playing for the second time in a span of 3 days!
After we downed Villa and made it a walk on their park, Gunners host Southampton in this season's 3rd round of Capital One Cup fixtures.

Ozil had a scintillating match last weekend with a glorious show of what he's made of, after burying one and setting another in a 3 minute glitz filled match when Arsenal put three goals past Brad Guzan in a quick successive manner.

The first goal was a sweet scenario to watch trickling fro our defence, a few touches in the centre of the park before the travelling fans were on their feet in ecstasy.  Per picked Szczesny's ball and found the Ox who wasted no chance and squared it Danny's way, before he slipped the ball behind the Villa defence for Ozil to slip past Guzan in in the 32nd minute in a one on one encounter; something which he later explained he had to be "ice cold" to score his first goal this season, hence becoming the club's 6th player to score in the league.

The World Cup winner was rejuvenated and he indeed returned the favour to Danny after he became the England International's goal architect, 2 minutes later. Passes later, Cazorla who had been quiet all through but effective, picked Ramsey and the Welsh captain put Ozil through down the left wing between Welbeck's feet. Ozil drove the ball towards the edge of the box and he put in a low cross for the onrushing Welbeck to smash the roof of the net and make it 2-0 as well as the 7th Gunner to find the net this season.
The third goal came as a gift courtesy of Villa's Cissokho in the 36th minute. The former Liverpool loanee put the ball into his own net after Gibbs' teething pass across the goal, after the young full back collected a rebound. The match also saw Wenger's men set a new record, becoming the first team to score 3 goals in 3 minutes, another is Arsenal completed 734 passes at Villa Park which is he most by any away team in the PL since Arsenal at Wolves in April 2012 (747 passes).

Fast forward:
Today we host Soton in a match which as always will see Arsenal thoroughly rotate his squad and hand starts to some rookie players as well as those who've been suffering on the bench.
One of the players set to benefit from such rotation is Ospina and Abou Diaby.

"He is a giant, mentally," said Wenger on Diaby. "To do what he has done, coming back every time from the severe injuries he has had, deserves a lot of respect.
"He played 90 minutes for the under-21s last week and will play against Southampton."
With that settled, that should leave us wondering who the French man will partner in the midfield. The likes of Rosicky,Podolski,Gnabry are the top bets to feature in the game with either Campbell or Akpom upfront.
In defence, Bellerin might start on the right wing and while Chambers,Hayden and Gibbs could also share the remaining slots.  

MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head

• Arsenal are unbeaten in their last 10 matches against Southampton in all competitions (W6, D4) since losing 3-2 at St Mary's in the Premier League in November 2002.
• This is the fifth time the sides have been paired together in the League Cup. Arsenal advanced on all four previous occasions.

Arsenal

• The Gunners' last domestic defeat at the Emirates was their 2-0 loss to Chelsea in the fourth round of last season's League Cup.
• Arsenal have won nine of their last 11 home League Cup ties, scoring 29 times, with their only defeats coming against Manchester City in 2011-12 and Chelsea in 2013-14.
• They have failed to keep a clean sheet in their last nine matches in this competition, a sequence that began with defeat to Birmingham in the 2010-11 final.
• The last time Arsenal failed to advance to the fourth round of this competition was in 2002-03, when they were eliminated by Sunderland. 
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Southampton

• Saints have reached the fourth round of this competition in each of the last three seasons.
• They have scored exactly two goals in each of their last three third round matches.

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