Southampton vs Arsenal live: Latest score from St Mary's as Cuco Martina goal puts Gunners behind

Follow the action from St Mary's as Arsenal look to go top of the Premier League

Arsenal face Southampton at St Mary's with the chance to go top of the Premier League (Getty Images)

Arsenal can go top of the Premier League on Boxing Day with a victory over Southampton after seeing Leicester suffer defeat at Liverpool.

• Arsenal need a win to go top of the Premier League

• Alexis Sanchez ruled out after suffering injury setback

• Mesut Ozil looking to add to his 15 Premier League assists this season

• Southampton down in 12th in the Premier League table

• Saints looking to respond to last week’s defeat to Tottenham

• Saints beat Arsenal on New Year’s Day last year

• Teams:

Southampton: Stekelenburg, Martina, Fonte, van Dijk, Bertrand; Wanyama, Clasie; Ward-Prowse, S.Davis, Mane; Long.

Subs: Gazzaniga, Caulker, Yoshida, Tadic, Romeu, Juanmi, Ramirez.

Arsenal: Cech; Bellerin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal; Ramsey, Flamini; Walcott, Ozil, Campbell; Giroud.

Subs: Ospina, Gabriel, Gibbs, Chambers, Reine-Adelaide, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Iwobi.

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Today’s Premier League fixtures:

Stoke 2 Manchester United 0

Aston Villa 1 West Ham 1

Bournemouth 0 Crystal Palace 0

Chelsea 2 Watford 2

Liverpool 1 Leicester 0

Manchester City 4 Sunderland 1

Swansea 1 West Bromwich Albion 0

Tottenham 3 Norwich 0

Newcastle vs Everton – 5.30pm

Southampton vs Arsenal – 7.45pm