Hello and welcome to LIVE commentary of Arsenal v Southampton at the Emirates as the Premier League returns. Kick-off is at 15:00 GMT.

Ozil tries an ambitious long through ball towards Walcott and Perez but its straight at Forster. We have seen little of debutant Perez so far.

SO CLOSE! Brilliant cross from Bellerin, the ball falls to Ozil whose shot is brilliantly blocked by Clasie sliding in.

Strange stat to share with you. Arsenal have made 199 passes, to Southampton's 176.

The Saints will be aggrieved at being level, they have been the better side in the opening half an hour.

WHAT A GOAL! The corner is flicked on and Koscielny unleashes a brilliant bicycle kick from around eight yards to make it 1-1. Not bad for a defender!

GREAT DEFENDING! Van Dijk with a vital block on Monreal's ball into the six yard box, Perez was lurking behind him.

Southampton mount another attack. Clasie's low ball finds Redmond and his strike is blocked by Coquelin.

Cazorla is booked by referee Bobby Madley, it appears to be for dissent.

CHANCE! Oxlade-Chamberlain wins a free-kick near the corner flag after being bundled over by Fonte. The set piece from Cazorla finds Walcott and his header goes narrowly over the bar.

Midway point of the first half and the Saints deservedly lead 1-0. Arsenal's tempo and passing has been off so far due to the number of changes to the line-up.

Brilliant cross from Mustafi from the right, trouble is no Arsenal player made a fun into the box and the opportunity goes begging.

OWN GOAL! Tadic's free-kick goes in off the bar and off Cech's back into the net. That was very unfortunate for the keeper who got his fingertips to the set piece but the ball ricocheted off him.

BOOKING: Monreal is cautioned for tripping Redmond on the edge of the box as the striker was shaping to shoot. The Saints have a free-kick 25 yards from goal.

Perez is looking very much like a six yard box forward, he hasn't had much service yet.

Cedric sends in a better ball this time from the right and it just evades Rodriguez's head at the near post.

Cedric has space down the right but fires his cross out of play, that is the second time the full-back has sent in a poor ball in the space of a few minutes.

The Gunners' passing has been off, they have yet to settle in the rain.

The visitors are looking to use the long ball to utilise Redmond's pace in the early stages. It will be a test for debutant Mustafi.