Southampton vs Arsenal live stream and match preview, Sunday 23 October, 2pm BST
Southampton vs Arsenal live stream and match preview
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Mikel Arteta's men were not in Premier League action in midweek, but they did beat PSV 1-0 in the Europa League. That was Arsenal's eighth win on the bounce in all competitions, while they have now kept a clean sheet in four of their last five outings.
Despite missing out on the midweek round of fixtures, Arsenal remain top of the table with a four-point lead over second-placed Manchester City. Their advantage will be cut to one point if Pep Guardiola's side beat Brighton on Saturday, but the Gunners will be quietly confident of still being at the summit of the standing when the Premier League pauses for the 2022 World Cup in the middle of next month.
Southampton have eased the pressure on under-fire manager Ralph Hasenhuttl in recent days. A 1-1 draw with West Ham ended a four-match losing streak, before the Saints ran out 1-0 winners over Bournemouth on Tuesday night.
The Saints are up to 14th in the table, but they are only two points above the bottom three. Given they have one of the youngest teams in the division, Southampton fans may have to accept a degree of inconsistency this term, and simply staying up would probably be considered a successful season in the circumstances.
Arsenal will have to make do without Mohamed Elneny, Oleksandr Zinchenko and Emile Smith Rowe on Sunday. Thomas Partey, Martin Odegaard, Gabriel Martinelli, Ben White, William Saliba and Aaron Ramsdale all return to the starting line-up after beginning the PSV match on the bench.
Southampton are unable to call upon the services of Tino Livramento, Armel Bella-Kotchap and Romeo Lavia due to injury. Kyle Walker-Peters is not fit in time to feature either, while loanee Ainsley Maitland-Niles is ineligible to face his parent club.
Saints are also without striker Che Adams, who has been suffering from hamstring problems. "We are not taking any risks because we don't want to lose him," manager Ralph Hassenhuttl said.
Form
Southampton: WDLLL
Arsenal: WWWWL
Referee
Robert Jones will be the referee for Southampton vs Arsenal live stream.
Stadium
Southampton vs Arsenal live stream will be played at St Mary's.
Other games
Wolves vs Leicester City, Leeds United vs Fulham and Aston Villa vs Brentford will take place simultaneously.
Kick-off and channel
Kick-off is at 2pm BST on Sunday 23 October and the match is being shown live in the UK on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League. See below for international broadcast options.
VPN guide
Use a VPN to watch Premier League football from outside your country
If you’re out of the country for a round of Premier League fixtures, then annoyingly your domestic on-demand services won’t work – the broadcaster knows where you are because of your IP address (boo!). You'll be blocked from watching it, which is not ideal if you’ve paid up for a subscription and still want to catch the action without resorting to illegal feeds you’ve found on Reddit.
But assistance is on hand. To get around that, all you have to do is get a Virtual Private Network (VPN), assuming it complies with your broadcaster’s T&Cs. A VPN creates a private connection between your device and t'internet, meaning the service can’t work out where you are and won't automatically block the service you've paid for. All the info going between is entirely encrypted – and that's a result.
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International Premier League TV rights
• UK: Sky Sports and BT Sport are the two main players once again, but Amazon also have a slice of the pie in 2022/23.
• USA: NBC Sports Group are the Premier League rights holders, with the Peacock Premium streaming platform showing even more than the 175 games it aired last season. If you pick up a fuboTV subscription for the games not on Peacock Premium, you'll be able to watch every game.
• Canada: The way to watch Premier League football in 2022/23 is fuboTV, which has exclusive rights to all the action.
• Australia: Optus Sport will screen every game of the Premier League season. Non-subscribers can access the action via a Fetch TV box and other friendly streaming devices.
• New Zealand: Sky Sport are serving up all 380 games – plus various highlights and magazine shows throughout the week, as well as the Champions League.
