Wenger ready for fired up Saints

ARSENE WENGER expects Southampton to be fired up for revenge when Arsenal put English football’s only unbeaten league record on the line at St Mary’s tonight.

The Gunners, four points behind leaders Manchester United, have racked up 12 wins and six draws from their first 18 fixtures this season. That sequence will be put to the test when they return to the scene of one of only half-a-dozen defeats they suffered last term. On that day on the south coast, in November last year, Sol Campbell saw red as the Londoners crashed 3-2.

Arsenal have since beaten the Saints twice the 6-1 Premiership demolition at Highbury coming just before the 1-0 success in the FA Cup final.