How to watch Southampton vs Arsenal for FREE: Live streams, TV coverage as the Saints aim to topple another pillar of Arsenal's quadruple quest in the FA Cup

Watch Southampton vs Arsenal today as the Premier League leaders visit Championship promotion hopefuls in the FA Cup quarter-finals. FourFourTwo brings you all the details on live streams and TV channels, wherever you are in the world.

In 1976, Southampton beat Manchester United to win the FA Cup for the very first time. In 2003, they were denied a second by an excruciatingly close final in Cardiff.

Their opponents that day were Arsene Wenger's Arsenal. The Gunners won their ninth FA Cup thanks to a single Robert Pires goal and they've lifted the famous old trophy five more times since then.

Read on as FourFourTwo brings you all the information on how to watch Southampton vs Arsenal online, on TV, and from anywhere.

Watch Southampton vs Arsenal for free

Southampton vs Arsenal will be free to watch in the UK on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

❗Coverage is geo-restricted. If you're not in the UK right now, you can still access BBC iPlayer by using a VPN such as NordVPN.

Watch Southampton vs Arsenal from anywhere

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Watch Southampton vs Arsenal on TV in the UK

Southampton vs Arsenal will also be broadcast live on TNT Sports 1 today.

TNT Sports subscribers will be able to stream the game. TNT Sports is no longer part of Discovery+ – the stream will be available instead on HBO Max, the new streaming home of TNT Sports.

Watch the FA Cup on TNT Sports and HBO Max

You can either get TNT Sports on your TV, in a traditional TV package deal with the likes of Sky, Virgin Media and EE offering the sports service. Or, stream all the channels through HBO Max with prices starting at £25.99/month.

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Watch Southampton vs Arsenal in the US

Southampton vs Arsenal will be on ESPN in the United States and available to stream on ESPN Select..

A standalone subscription to ESPN Select costs $12.99 a month or $129.99 a year. The ESPN Unlimited package includes everything ESPN has to offer, while Disney Plus/Hulu/ESPN bundles start at $19.99..

How to watch Southampton vs Arsenal in Australia

Football fans in Australia can watch Southampton vs Arsenal through Stan Sport.

At AU$32 per month, Stan Sport is a steal for football fans down under with every single game across the Premier League and Champions League also available on the platform.

How they got here

Southampton

• Third round: Doncaster Rovers 2-3 Southampton
• Fourth round: Southampton 2-1 Leicester City
• Fifth round: Fulham 0-1 Southampton

Arsenal

• Third round: Portsmouth 1-4 Arsenal
• Fourth round: Arsenal 4-0 Wigan Athletic
• Fifth round: Mansfield Town 1-2 Arsenal

Southampton vs Arsenal: FA Cup quarter-final preview

The last 23 years have been tumultuous for the Saints, who now face Premier League leaders Arsenal as a Championship club thanks to the brief nature of their latest stay in the top flight.

At the time of their final defeat against the Gunners, Southampton were still a Premier League ever-present. They've been up and down regularly in the intervening period, dropping as far as the third tier.

Under the burgeoning leadership of manager Tonda Eckert, they appear to have shaken off the poor start overseen by Will Still and are now fighting tooth and nail for a play-off spot that looked incredibly unlikely earlier in the season. They reached the international break in sixth.

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Mikel Arteta and Arsenal are still battling away in pursuit of their own objectives. The Carabao Cup final went against them but they're still battling for silverware on all other fronts.

The Gunners lead the Premier League by nine points and have second-leg home advantage over Sporting CP in the quarter-finals of the Champions League. Domestic success matters but Arsenal crave European glory and they're off to Portugal after this tie.

Eckert won't be fooled into thinking Arsenal will take their eye off the ball. They're probably not capable of it. With Wembley on the line and a thirst for silver now all-consuming, Arsenal are heavy favourites at St Mary's this evening.

FourFourTwo's prediction

Southampton 0-2 Arsenal

Saints are on the up but Arsenal have it within them to overpower most teams without quite hitting their straps. Away win.