Swansea City 1 Arsenal 2 Match Thread : FT!

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Arsenal Line Up:

Szczesny; Sagna, Koscielny, Mertesacker, Gibbs; Wilshere, Flamini; Ramsey, Özil, Gnabry; Giroud.

Subs:

Fabianski, Vermaelen, Monreal, Jenkinson, Arteta, Ryo, Bendtner.

Swansea Line Up:

Vorm; Tiendalli, Amat, Flores, Davies; Canas, Shelvey, de Guzmán, Dyer, Routledge; Michu.

Subs:

Tremmel, Alfei, Taylor, Britton, Pozuelo, Vazquez, Bony.

Swansea manager Michael Laudrup will recall a host of players who sat out the League Cup defeat by Birmingham.
But captain Ashley Williams remains doubtful with an ankle injury, and Pablo Hernandez is out (hamstring).
Arsenal's Aaron Ramsey and Mathieu Flamini face fitness tests, while Tomas Rosicky is not quite ready to return.
Santi Cazorla, Abou Diaby, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Lukas Podolski, Yaya Sanogo and Theo Walcott all remain on the injury list.

MATCH PREVIEW

Things must be going well for Arsenal when even 'Silent Stan' Kroenke is talking.

The Gunners' majority shareholder gave a rare interview this week to underscore his support for Arsene Wenger and declare himself "totally aligned" with the country's longest-serving manager. Indeed, as Wenger approaches Tuesday's 17th anniversary of his Arsenal appointment, it seems highly likely that he'll soon commit to staying for a good while longer.'s remarkable to think that just six weeks ago his methods were being loudly criticised by fans at the Emirates and over the airwaves. One major signing and eight straight wins in all competitions later and it's 'tout va bien' for the Arsenal boss.

Leaving aside Wednesday's cup defeat at Birmingham - which Michael Laudrup won't lose sleep over - life is pretty rosy for Swansea at the moment as well.

After losing their first two league games they're now three unbeaten, with an historic European win at Valencia to throw in too.
Yet, whilst that was the second of a current run of three successive away wins, the welcome in the hillside might have got a little TOO hospitable with the Swans having gone seven home games without a win in the Premier League.

Mind you, what a home start they've had this season! A record Liberty Stadium crowd for the Manchester United game was quickly beaten by another for the visit of Liverpool, and now it's Arsenal.
It should be a really good game, with the original pass masters up against a Swansea side that's passed the ball most times and more accurately than anyone else so far. No wonder Wenger is an admirer, with Michu singled out for special attention.
"Like a Bergkamp" is high praise - and a fashionable comparison, with Mesut Ozil's Arsenal impact also likened to that the Dutchman once made.
Bergkamp v Bergkamp? I can't wait to see it.

MATCH FACTS

Head-to-head:

These sides have met just 15 times and six of those clashes have come in the last two seasons.
The away team won 2-0 in both league matches last season, with Swansea earning a famous win at the Emirates in December 2012.
In the four matches between these two teams in 2012-13, seven of the nine goals scored came in the last 10 minutes.

Swansea:

Swansea have scored two or more goals in three successive Premier League games for the first time since December 2012.
They have conceded just one goal away from home so far but let in six in two matches at the Liberty Stadium.
Going into this weekend, they had the best pass completion rate in the Premier League this season (87.3%).
After five matches they have picked up more bookings for dissent (four) than any other club this campaign.
The Swans have scored the two fastest goals in the top flight so far in 2013-14 (Michu v Crystal Palace 1min 20sec & Shelvey v Liverpool 1min 27sec).

Arsenal:

The Gunners are looking to extend their club record of consecutive away wins to 12.
Arsenal have lost only two of their last 21 Premier League games. (W16, D3, L2).
Despite their good start, Arsenal have only kept one clean sheet in five league games so far.
All 11 of their Premier League goals have come from inside the penalty area.
Last season, Aaron Ramsey scored one goal from 46 shots in the league. In 2013-14 he has so far scored three league goals from 12 shots and has seven goals in all competitions.
Mesut Ozil has created more chances (10) in two Premier League games than any Manchester United player has done all season.

Venue: Liberty Stadium

Referee: Mark Clattenburg

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