{"id":26208,"date":"2026-04-04T18:31:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T18:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=26208"},"modified":"2026-04-04T18:31:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T18:31:27","slug":"southampton-v-arsenal-fa-cup-quarter-final-live-fa-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=26208","title":{"rendered":"Southampton v Arsenal: FA Cup quarter-final \u2013 live | FA Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"liveblog-body\"><span class=\"dcr-90inr0\"><span id=\"key-events-carousel-mobile\" \/><span class=\"dcr-90inr0\">Key events<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span id=\"filter-toggle-mobile\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-alru3r\"><label id=\"filter-toggle-mobile-switch_description\" data-component=\"filter-key-events\" data-link-name=\"filter-key-events-on\" class=\"dcr-rrspei\"><button id=\"filter-toggle-mobile-switch\" role=\"switch\" aria-labelledby=\"filter-toggle-mobile-switch_description\" class=\"dcr-dh5oqp\" \/>Show key events only<span>Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/label><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<article id=\"block-69d155838f080da25b48b2db\" class=\"block dcr-1os4bxs\">\n<header class=\"dcr-88va8u\" \/>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Arsenal get to wear their first-choice red and white this evening.<\/strong> This is because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/southampton\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Southampton<\/a> will be dressed in yellow and blue, commemorating the 50th anniversary of their victory in the 1976 FA Cup final. Those are the colours they sported at Wembley as Bobby Stokes scored late on for Lawrie McMenemy\u2019s second-division side, shocking hot favourites Manchester United. The commemorative shirt has the signatures of all the players in the cup-winning team woven into the fabric, and only 1,976 individually numbered replica shirts have been produced. Fans have been encouraged to follow suit with the retro colour scheme tonight, so let\u2019s see if they comply.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"cb946385-44ad-4cce-a8a8-1845b7d69633\" data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.VideoYoutubeBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-173mewl\">\n<div data-component=\"youtube-embed\" class=\"dcr-13aa88h\">\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<footer class=\"dcr-3i7iba\"><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Southampton v Arsenal: FA Cup quarter-final \u2013 live&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/live\/2026\/apr\/04\/southampton-v-arsenal-fa-cup-quarter-final-live?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-69d155838f080da25b48b2db#block-69d155838f080da25b48b2db\" class=\"dcr-1mulgdf\">Share<\/a><\/footer>\n<\/article>\n<aside data-ad-slot=\"true\" class=\"ad-slot-container ad-slot-desktop dcr-jko40v\" \/>\n<aside data-ad-slot=\"true\" class=\"ad-slot-container dcr-jko40v\" \/>\n<article id=\"block-69d154948f08764b987ca28e\" class=\"block dcr-1os4bxs\">\n<header class=\"dcr-88va8u\" \/>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Southampton make five changes after the 2-0 Championship win over Oxford United.<\/strong> Nathan Wood, Cam Bragg, Caspar Jander, L\u00e9o Scienza and Ross Stewart come in for Cameron Archer, Shea Charles and Cyle Larin, who are benched, and Flynn Downes and captain Jack Stephens, who miss out altogether.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Arsenal make seven changes following the Carabao Cup final, the most eye-catching of which is a start for 16-year-old Max Dowman.<\/strong> Cristhian Mosquera, Myles Lewis-Skelly, Christian N\u00f8rgaard, Gabriel Martinelli, Gabriel Jesus and captain Martin \u00d8degaard also step up; William Saliba, Viktor Gy\u00f6keres and Mart\u00edn Zubimendi are on the bench, while Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka, Piero Hincapi\u00e9 and Leandro Trossard are all absent.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"dcr-3i7iba\"><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Southampton v Arsenal: FA Cup quarter-final \u2013 live&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/live\/2026\/apr\/04\/southampton-v-arsenal-fa-cup-quarter-final-live?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-69d154948f08764b987ca28e#block-69d154948f08764b987ca28e\" class=\"dcr-1mulgdf\">Share<\/a><\/footer>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"block-69d152fb8f08764b987ca283\" class=\"block dcr-1os4bxs\">\n<header class=\"dcr-88va8u\">\n<h2 class=\"dcr-1wl2b6o\">The teams<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Southampton:<\/strong> Peretz, Bree, Harwood-Bellis, Wood-Gordon, Manning, Bragg, Jander, Fellows, Azaz, Scienza, Stewart.<br \/><em>Subs: Long, Quarshie, Romeu, Charles, Edozie, Robinson, Archer, Oyekunle, Larin.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Arsenal:<\/strong> Arrizabalaga, White, Mosquera, Gabriel, Lewis-Skelly, Odegaard, Norgaard, Dowman, Havertz, Martinelli, Gabriel Jesus.<br \/><em>Subs: Raya, Saliba, Gyokeres, Madueke, Calafiori, Zubimendi, Harriman-Annous, O\u2019Neill, Salmon.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><em><strong>Referee:<\/strong> Sam Barrott (West Yorkshire).<\/em><\/p>\n<footer class=\"dcr-3i7iba\"><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Southampton v Arsenal: FA Cup quarter-final \u2013 live&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/live\/2026\/apr\/04\/southampton-v-arsenal-fa-cup-quarter-final-live?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-69d152fb8f08764b987ca283#block-69d152fb8f08764b987ca283\" class=\"dcr-1mulgdf\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Updated at\u00a0<time datetime=\"2026-04-04T18:13:34.000Z\" data-locale=\"en-us\" title=\"Saturday, April 4, 2026 at 02:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time\">14.13 EDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"block-69cd236d8f083e12572a7d9e\" class=\"block dcr-1os4bxs\">\n<header class=\"dcr-88va8u\">\n<h2 class=\"dcr-1wl2b6o\">Preamble<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>Their unfortunate no-show at the League Cup final apart, Arsenal have taken some stopping this season.<\/strong> Liverpool, Aston Villa and Manchester United required dramatic late goals to best them in the Premier League and \u2026 er \u2026 that\u2019s it. So on the face of thing, this should be a shoo-in for the leading club in England against second-tier opposition. Especially as Arsenal have won 45 of their last 48 FA Cup ties against teams from lower divisions; they\u2019ve won 14 of their last 16 quarter-finals; tonight\u2019s opponents <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/southampton\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Southampton<\/a> have lost all of their last five quarter-finals against top-flight opposition; and Arsenal are four from five against the Saints in the FA Cup, a record that includes victory in the 2003 final.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>But nothing\u2019s ever that simple in the FA Cup.<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/arsenal\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Arsenal<\/a> may have that 80 percent record against Southampton in this competition, but it\u2019s Saints who won the last meeting, 1-0 in January 2021. And while Arsenal are this season\u2019s form team in England, Saints aren\u2019t on a bad roll either, unbeaten in 14 games, having won six of their last seven. Fold in the fact that Arsenal\u2019s victory at St Mary\u2019s on the final day of last season was only their seventh win in 18 visits, at a venue where they\u2019ve tasted defeat six times, and suddenly things aren\u2019t quite so crystal clear.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\"><strong>You\u2019d still expect the <s class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">quadruple-<\/s> treble-chasing Premier League leaders to prevail tonight; of course you would.<\/strong> But the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/fa-cup\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">FA Cup<\/a> is fond of the odd surprise, and Arsenal have a crucial trip to Sporting Club coming up in three days\u2019 time, so you just never know how this will pan out. <strong>The story begins at 8pm BST.<\/strong> It\u2019s on!<\/p>\n<footer class=\"dcr-3i7iba\"><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Southampton v Arsenal: FA Cup quarter-final \u2013 live&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/live\/2026\/apr\/04\/southampton-v-arsenal-fa-cup-quarter-final-live?CMP=share_btn_url&amp;page=with%3Ablock-69cd236d8f083e12572a7d9e#block-69cd236d8f083e12572a7d9e\" class=\"dcr-1mulgdf\">Share<\/a><\/footer>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/live\/2026\/apr\/04\/southampton-v-arsenal-fa-cup-quarter-final-live\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key events Show key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature Arsenal get to wear their first-choice red and white this evening. This is because Southampton will be dressed in yellow and blue, commemorating the 50th anniversary of their victory in the 1976 FA Cup final. 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