Arsenal injury news and expected return dates vs Southampton: Thomas Partey, Takehiro Tomiyasu

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Arsenal will be desperate to get back to winning ways when they travel to St Mary's to face Southampton on Saturday.

Back-to-back losses to Crystal Palace and Brighton have shaken up the race for top four, putting Mikel Arteta's side in fifth, three points behind North London rivals Tottenham with one game in hand. Unfortunately, with games against Spurs, Chelsea, Manchester United and West Ham all to come, it could be a tough run-in before the end.

That combination isn’t helped by injuries, with the squad looking especially thin in the absence of some key players and a number of others leaving in January. With Southampton - who are fresh off of a 6-0 loss to Chelsea at the weekend - up next, it seems a crucial match for the Gunners to regain some lost momentum.

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With that in mind, has rounded up all the latest injury news from the Emirates below.

Tomiyasu will not make his return until at least mid-April. It was thought that the former Bologna man could return sooner rather than later, having been involved in training, but Arsenal have now revealed that he's still over a week away from returning to training action.

"Takehiro is making progress in his recovery from a