Southampton v Arsenal – 10 things you ought to know

Arsenal travel to out-of-form Southampton on Boxing Day.

So, courtesy of OPTA, here at 10 match facts and stats about both sides before their evening game on Saturday.

1. Southampton will be looking to win successive Premier League meetings against Arsenal for the first time since April 1988 after winning 2-0 against the Gunners back in January.

2. Arsenal have lost just one of their last 11 Premier League games against Southampton (W6 D4 L1).

3. The Gunners have won just one of their last six Premier League away trips to Southampton (W1 D3 L2).

4. Southampton have lost just one of their last seven Premier League games played on Boxing Day (W3 D3 L1).

5. Arsenal have only ever lost one Premier League match on Boxing Day (W12 D5 L1).

6. Arsenal have won the most Premier League points away from home in 2015 so far (38).

7. Southampton have picked up just one point in their last five Premier League matches (D1 L4).

8. The Saints have never failed to win for six consecutive Premier League games under Ronald Koeman, last doing so in December 2013 under Mauricio Pochettino.

9. Olivier Giroud has scored in five of Arsenal’s last six Premier League away matches.

10. Mesut Ozil now has 15 assists to his name so far this season – only five players have ever managed more in a single Premier League season.