FA Cup Preview - Our Verdict

By Matthew Jones
May 16 2003

Tyne Talk look ahead to tomorrow's FA Cup Final between Arsenal and Southampton at the Millenium Stadium in Cardiff. With Arsenal starting the season looking for the "Double Double", can they at least win one trophy this year?

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Arsenal VS Southampton

Competition : F.A Cup Final

Date, Time & Location: 17.05.03 - 3.00pm - The Millennium Stadium - Cardiff

Tickets: You will be lucky! Some were going on the Black Market for £300 and above a few weeks ago. If you have not already got a ticket, you will not be going!

News: Arsenal (from): Seaman, Taylor, Lauren, Cole, Luzhny, Toure, Keown, Stepanovs, Parlour, Gilberto Silva, Edu, van Bronckhorst, Pires, Ljungberg, Wiltord, Henry, Bergkamp, Kanu.

	News: Southampton (from): Niemi, Telfer, Lundekvam, M Svensson, Bridge, Marsden, Oakley, A Svensson, Beattie, Ormerod, Fernandes, Williams, Davies, Tessem, Higginbotham, Baird, Blayney, Jones.

Henry VS Beattie - Forward Focus

Thierry Henry 14				James Beattie
	24	Goals	23
	37	Games Played	38
	0.65	Goals Per Game Average	0.61
	19	Total Games Scored In	18



	15	Games Scored 1 Goals	14
	3	Games Scored 2 Goals	3
	1	Games Scored 3 Goals	1
	5	Scoring Run (games)	6
	5	Dry Spell (games)	9

Last Time

6-1

Premiership League

The Verdict: Although Arsenal have injury problems, and Southampton have a full-strength side ahead of tomorrow's clash, we have to remember what happened a couple of week ago when an Arsenal Reserve side beat Southamtopn 6-1 in the league.

Based on this, and the fact that Arsenal will not want to end such a promising season without anything to show from it (They started off looking for the double-double), there is only one winner for me - saying this, Southampton will provide an excellent fight.

PREDICTION: Arsenal 2 - 1 Southampton