Usually you would look at this game as a free hit or similar, but the situation is too critical for that, every game is one that we have to take points from, we have no room for leeway, trouble is we have injuries and all the chickens have come home to roost.
We can moan all we want about the manager's selections and plenty of people are doing that of late, but the reality is that few of our squad are demanding that they be picked by putting in man of the match performances.
The latest outcry is about playing Tall Paul Onauchu, but the problem is that he doesn't suit our style of play, back in January we were preparing a panic end to the season under Nathan Jones which involved slinging the ball long and banging it into the box.
But this isn't our game and it was folly to even think it was, ultimately the sacking of Ralph Hasenhuttl and the appointment of Nathan Jones was the pivotal moment of this season, unless we mount the great escape.
We go into the final games with no experienced leader and more to the point Ruben Selles has no real experience in his coaching staff to help him in a situation he has never experienced before, not just a relegation battle or the Premier League, but actually being a manager full stop.
So what do we do at Arsenal ? the truth is I think no one knows and that is the problem, truth is I expect Tall Paul to start the game, if only for the fact that it is the one option that Selles has rarely tried.
The real strange thing though is at a time when Selles is missing his only striker that appears able to score or hold the ball up, that he drops the only other one with a decent track record in scoring, Adam Armstrong might not be everyone's first choice but he has work rate and energy and Premier League experience but he hasn't even been on the bench in the past two games.
One change that will happen is that with Ainsley Maitland-Niles unable to play against his old club Romain Perraud will return at right back, that is unless Selles intends to bring back Tino Livramento after only 45 minutes of football in the B team, it wouldn't surprise me, but personally I would save him for Thursday night against Bournemouth.
So it is anyones guess what happens at the Emirates tonight, but most people will be guessing that with top hosting bottom there will only be one result.
But perhaps we can cause a shock, Arsenal have suddenly started getting nervous, they have drawn their last two games, at Liverpool and then at West Ham and now find Manchester City only 4 points behind with a game in hand and more worryingly they travel to the Etihad on Wednesday evening.
In short City are coming up on the rails and Arsenal know they have to win tonight, for them perhaps even more than Saints it is a must win game, they drop a point and by this time next week they could find themselves knocked off the top after leading for so long and as we know it is the team coming in off the rails that doesn't feel the pressure so much.
So perhaps the one hope for Saints is they can take advantage of jitters in the Arsenal camp, like we did against Chelsea in Ruben Selles first game, play without fear and start to make not only our players believe, but our supporters too and more to the point the 4 teams above us.
We pulled off a result at St Mary's against the Gunners through sheer determination, can we do it again.
At the moment we are fighting a losing battle, but we have to keep fighting until the end, there will be plenty of time for recriminations, sarcastic songs and moaning about where it all went wrong after the season has ended, in the meantime we have to try and keep going and hope that we might just get those couple of wins that suddenly mean we can see the light at the end of the tunnel.