Arsenal vs Southampton team news: Alexis Sanchez starts, Charlie Austin missing

A look at the sides meeting at the Emirates

(2015 The Arsenal Football Club Plc)

Alexis Sanchez makes his first Premier League start in two months however Francis Coquelin only makes the bench for Arsenal's meeting with Southampton as Arsene Wenger makes six changes from the FA Cup win over Burnley.

The Gunners are without a win in their last three Premier League game, with the most recent match a defeat at home to Chelsea.

Tomas Rosicky is out altogether while January signing Mohamed Elneny is on the bench alongside Per Mertesacker and Theo Walcott. Olivier Giroud leads the line for the home side.

Charlie Austin, who scored the winner when Southampton beat Manchester United at Old Trafford recently, is missing from the away side's squad altogether with a 'minor issue'.

Teams...

Arsenal: Cech, Bellerin, Gabriel, Koscielny, Monreal, Flamini, Ramsey, Campbell, Ozil, Sanchez, Giroud.

Subs: Gibbs, Mertesacker, Ospina, Walcott, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Chambers, Coquelin.

Southampton: Forster, Cedric Soares, Fonte, van Dijk, Bertrand, Ward-Prowse, Romeu, Wanyama, Mane, Long, Tadic.

Subs: Yoshida, Clasie, Martina, Pelle, Juanmi, Stekelenburg, Targett.

Referee: Lee Mason (Lancashire)