Hello and welcome to our LIVE text and social media commentary as Southampton welcome Arsenal to St Mary’s for this 4th Round FA Cup clash. Team news to follow shortly.

Ten minutes played and a subdued start. No shots on target or chances as yet, the sides scoping one another out.

Reine-Adelaide sets Oxlade-Chamberlain for the shot but he mishits it and it flies wide of the goal.

Walcott flagged offside as Arsenal attack again. They’ve made the brighter start here.

Southampton have kept clean sheets in four of their last five games against Arsenal in all competitions

Too much on Reine-Adelaide’s corner but Arsenal win another. Long seems to have recovered as Oxlade-Chamberlain flashes a pass across the face of goal.

Free kick to Southampton for a foul on Hojbjerg by Reine-Adelaide. Shane Long is hobbling but Arsenal play on. Reine-Adelaide’s shot deflected for a corner.

A great atmosphere inside St Mary’s already. The fans still buzzing from reaching one cup final and singing their hearts out.

KICK-OFF: Referee Kevin Friend blows the whistle to get us underway here at St Mary’s. Tough to predict what will happen with so many changes on either side but an Arsenal victory is the favourite.

FIVE MINUTES TO KICK-OFF: The teams are in the tunnel and making their way out onto the pitch.

TEN MINUTES TO KICK-OFF: This is the first FA Cup meeting between Arsenal and Southampton since the 2003 final, which the Gunners won 1-0 courtesy of a Robert Pires goal

Southampton have kept clean sheets in four of their last five games against Arsenal in all competitions

A lot of criticism flooding in over this Southampton side with ten changes from the side that overcame Liverpool in the League Cup. An unrecognisable line-up but ten changes for Arsenal as well.