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Southampton v Arsenal BBC Radio 5 Live This video can not be played Southampton v Arsenal BBC Radio 5 Live Ross Stewart gives Southampton FA Cup quarter-final lead over Arsenal Watch on BBC One & i Player, listen on 5 Live Saints unbeaten in 14 games across all competitions Gunners bidding for Wembley return after losing Carabao Cup final Semi-final draw takes place on Sunday Michael Emons Southampton 0-0 Arsenal The chances are starting to come for Arsenal and this time Kai Havertz's effort is deflected behind. That brings about a seventh corner, but, once again, they go short instead of throwing it into the box and it comes to nothing. Southampton 0-0 Arsenal Francis Benali Former Southampton defender on BBC Radio 5 Live On Odegaard's scuffed shot. .. Odegaard doesn't catch it sweetly. He sort of bobbles it into the floor, and it's the wrong side of the post from Arsenal's perspective. Mikel Arteta turns away in frustration. Southampton 0-0 Arsenal Arsenal are starting to turn up the pressure. Southampton 0-0 Arsenal It has been a very bright 29 minutes for Max Dowman, always looking to take on his man and get either a shot or a cross in. This time his effort is blocked by Daniel Peretz. Southampton 0-0 Arsenal Alan Shearer Former Southampton striker on BBC One Max Dowman has to keep getting at Ryan Manning and trying to draw him into making another foul. Southampton 0-0 Arsenal Francis Benali Former Southampton defender on BBC Radio 5 Live There
has been some good defending from Southampton, but there has been long periods of
times when Arsenal are just popping the passes around, waiting to either pick a
runner out or deliver into the box. Southampton 0-0 Arsenal Southampton left-back Ryan Manning clatters into Max Dowman with the home man getting a booking. If his side win, he will not be able to play the Wembley semi-final as that is his second booking of this season's competition. Manning can't make any more fouls or he'll be in massive trouble. Southampton 0-0 Arsenal Alan Shearer Former Southampton striker on BBC One Great work from Gabriel Martinelli to cut it back to Martin Odegaard but he scuffs it. Terrible connection. Huge opportunity, that was. Two big chances, one for either side. Southampton 0-0 Arsenal Martin Odegaard gets a powerful shot away for Arsenal, but Daniel Peretz dives to his left, sticks his arms up and is able to parry the ball for a decent save. Odegaard has another chance moments later from Gabriel Martinelli but doesn't get a clean connection when unmarked 12 yards out and scuffs the effort wide of the post. Southampton 0-0 Arsenal Ben White has the space to put in a cross from the right and it bounces off the arm of nearby Leo Scienza, whose arm was close to his body so no penalty despite a half-hearted appeal from White. Southampton 0-0 Arsenal Francis Benali Former Southampton defender on BBC Radio 5 Live Scienza looked like he was away, he
was goalside of his marker, but you have to give credit to Mosquera. He does
well, Scienza takes the ball past Kepa, but it’s a little bit too far. And wonderful defending from Mosquera. Southampton 0-0 Arsenal Alex Howell BBC Sport reporter at St Mary's Stadium Southampton have had a lot of moments in this game but have not managed to make the most of them. Arsenal have got away with leaving a lot of space and Leo Scienza is the latest player to let them off the hook. The Gunners have dominated possession though and have had six shots to the Saints one. Southampton 0-0 Arsenal Alan Shearer Former Southampton striker on BBC One Leo Scienza has to get his shot away earlier, You cannot allow Cristhian Mosquera to get back like he did. You must get that shot away. It's the long ball again from Southampton. When you get an opportunity that good, you have to punish this Arsenal side. Southampton 0-0 Arsenal Southampton play a long ball forwards and Leo Scienza has the pace to sprint on to it. He tries to take the ball around goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga and in doing so gives the also rapid Cristhian Mosquera the chance to come across and, with some brilliant covering, stop a certain goal. Southampton 0-0 Arsenal Francis Benali Former Southampton defender on BBC Radio 5 Live It’s
interesting seeing Southampton play a really high line. They have certainly not
started this game to try to sit back and defend on the 18-yard-box. They asking
a lot of question about Arsenal by pressing them, pinching balls away, which is
resulting in the end to end game we are seeing so far. Southampton 0-0 Arsenal Gabriel Jesus floats a ball into the middle, but it is over the head of Kai Havertz and harmlessly goes out of play. Click 'Get Involved' at the top of this page to have your say Leo Scienza looks a good prospect, however he should have been booked for that blatent dive. Barely, if at all, touched and yet no booking when he was obviously hoping for a penalty. Al Southampton 0-0 Arsenal A half chance for Southampton as Finn Azaz is found at the back post, but the ball bounces off his shoulder and he can't bring it under control and the opportunity vanishes. Click 'Get Involved' at the top of this page to have your say If Arsenal keep feeding Dowman they will lose. He's busy but been easily dispossessed a couple of times. Geoff Southampton 0-0 Arsenal Francis Benali Former Southampton defender on BBC Radio 5 Live On Max Dowman's run and shot. .. It’s a save you expect Peretz to make, but again it shows
the positivity that Dowman has by driving at a Saints’ player, but the shot isn’t
enough to test the goalkeeper. Match report to appear here. Rate players out of 10 for this game. The rater will close 30 minutes after the final whistle. You must be signed in to a BBC account to play. No players have been substituted yet No players have been substituted yet After the opportunity to rate players has closed, the score displayed represents the average from all the submissions by BBC Sport users. Manager: Tonda Eckert Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Mikel Arteta Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Tonda Eckert Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Mikel Arteta Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 To watch and listen, you need to enable Java Script in your browser. Southampton v Arsenal. BBC Radio 5 Live. Audio Southampton v Arsenal BBC Radio 5 Live Listen live Southampton v Arsenal. BBC Radio Solent. Audio Southampton v Arsenal BBC Radio Solent Listen live FA Cup All competitions All competitions All competitions This will be the sixth FA Cup tie between Southampton and Arsenal; the Gunners progressed from/won each of the first four in 1926-27, 1978-79, 2002-03, and 2016-17, but the Saints won the last 1-0 in the 2020-21 fourth round. Arsenal have won both of their last two meetings with Southampton in all competitions (both in the 2024-25 Premier League), last winning three in a row against the Saints in February 2004 (4). After beating Fulham in the fifth round, Southampton could eliminate two top-flight opponents in a single FA Cup campaign while playing outside of the top-flight themselves for the first time since 1975-76, when they won the competition for the only time in their history, beating Aston Villa in the third round after a replay and Manchester United in the final. Arsenal have progressed from 45 of their last 48 FA Cup ties against sides from outside the Premier League, falling only to Blackburn Rovers in 2012-13, Nottingham Forest in 2017-18, and Forest again in 2021-22. Southampton have been eliminated from each of their last five FA Cup quarter-final ties when facing top-flight opponents, including against Arsenal in 1978-79. They last progressed from such a tie in 1962-63, beating Nottingham Forest after two replays, while the Saints were in the second tier. Arsenal have progressed from 14 of their last 16 FA Cup quarter-final ties, going out only in 2010-11 to Manchester United and 2015-16 to Watford in this time. Tonda Eckert has won all three of his FA Cup games as Southampton manager, and could become only the third manager to win his first four with the Saints in the competition, after George Goss in 1925 and Alan Pardew in 2009-10 Arsenal’s Gabriel Martinelli has more goal involvements than any other player in the FA Cup this season from the third round (5 – 4 goals, 1 assist), while each of his last six goal involvements in the competition have come against lower-league opponents. Copyright © 2026 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.