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Arsenal FC v Swansea City
Wednesday March 2nd 2016 at 19.45
Emirates Stadium, London
60,000 (2,000 Jacks)
TEAM NEWS
Arsenal midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has been ruled out for up to eight weeks with the knee injury he suffered against Barcelona last week. Danny Welbeck is likely to be rested, having only just come back from a 10-month injury lay-off.
Swansea City are at full strength for their trip to the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday.
On-loan midfielder Leroy Fer could be handed his first start since joining from QPR in January.
Possible Starting Eleven
Bench
Nordfeldt, Amat, Rangel, Fer or (Cork or Britton), Barrow, Gomis, Montero (if fit)
MOTD COMMENTATOR'S NOTES
John Motson: "Arsenal's poor performance against Manchester United has been roundly criticised by all and sundry, but everybody has got a bit carried away.
"While the focus has now turned to their trip to Tottenham on Saturday, this game with Swansea could be even more pivotal.
"If they don't win, their title chances would be all but over.
"It's not a game they can take lightly, either. Swansea have a good record at the Emirates, with two wins and a draw on their last three visits, and they gave Tottenham a good run for their money on Sunday.
"With three games to come against fellow relegation rivals, the Swans would love to go into those fixtures on the back of a morale-boosting result."
WHAT THE MANAGERS SAY
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger: "We want to transform the negatives into positives around us and create even more solidarity. Let's not go overboard, we do not play to be relegated.
"We are playing to fight for the title. That's why we have to put criticism in the right place."
LAWRO'S PREDICTION
Swansea put up a good fight against Tottenham and Lukasz Fabianski made some great saves to keep them in it, but they still lost and it is hard to see them getting anything at Emirates Stadium.
To have any hope of winning the title, Arsenal quite simply have to win. Prediction: 2-0
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
Swansea are unbeaten on their last three league trips to the Emirates, with two wins and one draw.
The nine Premier League matches between these sides have seen four wins apiece and one draw.
Arsenal
Arsenal have lost their last two competitive matches - they haven't lost three in a row in allcompetitions since April 2010. Wenger's side have won eight and lost just one of their last 12 league matches at home. Ozil has 18 assists this season in the Premier League - only two behind Thierry Henry's competition record, set in 2002-03.
Swansea
Swansea have gone four league games without a victory (D2, L2).
The Swan's current points tally of 27 is their worst in a Premier League season after 27 games.
They have dropped a joint-league high 14 points from winning positions this season - along with Bournemouth. Only bottom side Aston Villa (21) have scored fewer Premier League goals than Swansea (25) this season.
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| The Official Arsenal FC v Swansea City Match Thread on 12:31 - Mar 1 with 11342 views | airedale |
Gosh, issisanearlyone! |  | | |
| The Official Arsenal FC v Swansea City Match Thread on 18:12 - Mar 1 with 11072 views | SwansNZ |
“they gave Tottenham a good run for their money on Sunday.”
“Swansea put up a good fight against Tottenham”
Hang on, that can’t be right — we should have lost 7-1 or something |  |
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| The Official Arsenal FC v Swansea City Match Thread on 18:58 - Mar 1 with 11024 views | JethroJack |
| The Official Arsenal FC v Swansea City Match Thread on 18:12 - Mar 1 by SwansNZ |
“they gave Tottenham a good run for their money on Sunday.”
“Swansea put up a good fight against Tottenham”
Hang on, that can’t be right — we should have lost 7-1 or something |
The fact we kept it to 2-1 (plus all the other narrow losing scorelines) might be what keeps us up...GD is worth at extra point. |  | | |
| The Official Arsenal FC v Swansea City Match Thread on 19:00 - Mar 1 with 11020 views | SwansNZ |
| The Official Arsenal FC v Swansea City Match Thread on 18:58 - Mar 1 by JethroJack |
The fact we kept it to 2-1 (plus all the other narrow losing scorelines) might be what keeps us up...GD is worth at extra point. |
indeed it is  | |
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| The Official Arsenal FC v Swansea City Match Thread on 04:59 - Mar 2 with 10700 views | Chief |
| The Official Arsenal FC v Swansea City Match Thread on 19:00 - Mar 1 by SwansNZ |
indeed it is |
I take this viewpoint and it is due to this that we will not be in the bottom 3 by the weekend.
However, trying to keep it tight and going for draws or nicking a win when we are so susceptible at set pieces is very dodgy.
If we're we were say, 4 or 5 points better off, it would be a good tactic, but we aren't. Just hope we go for the jugular against the fellow strugglers in March |  |
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| The Official Arsenal FC v Swansea City Match Thread on 07:55 - Mar 2 with 10646 views | SwaneeRiver |
A pint tonight (always the optimist !) followed by three on Saturday and things will be looking a lot brighter  |  | | |
| The Official Arsenal FC v Swansea City Match Thread on 07:59 - Mar 2 with 10636 views | SwansNZ |
| The Official Arsenal FC v Swansea City Match Thread on 07:55 - Mar 2 by SwaneeRiver |
A pint tonight (always the optimist !) followed by three on Saturday and things will be looking a lot brighter |
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| The Official Arsenal FC v Swansea City Match Thread on 08:25 - Mar 2 with 10614 views | Jackanapes |
We should play for a replay, next season sometime. |  |
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| The Official Arsenal FC v Swansea City Match Thread on 10:25 - Mar 2 with 10521 views | tomdickharry |
Very tough game but we know exactly how they are going to play and the team should be selected accordingly,just hope the clown in the middle doesn't only see one team playing and give Arsenal everything especially free kicks around the edge of the box.Hoping for a point but cannot see anything other than a narrow defeat. | | | |
| The Official Arsenal FC v Swansea City Match Thread on 10:46 - Mar 2 with 10491 views | sherpajacob |
| The Official Arsenal FC v Swansea City Match Thread on 07:55 - Mar 2 by SwaneeRiver |
A pint tonight (always the optimist !) followed by three on Saturday and things will be looking a lot brighter |
things always look better after a pint. |  |
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| The Official Arsenal FC v Swansea City Match Thread on 10:53 - Mar 2 with 10478 views | WarwickHunt |
| The Official Arsenal FC v Swansea City Match Thread on 10:46 - Mar 2 by sherpajacob |
things always look better after a pint. |
Marc Almond would probably disagree...
*urban myth alert* Possibly. |  | | |
| The Official Arsenal FC v Swansea City Match Thread on 17:08 - Mar 2 with 10092 views | Glyn1 |
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| The Official Arsenal FC v Swansea City Match Thread on 17:28 - Mar 2 with 10055 views | Tummer_from_Texas |
Got a funny feeling Montero gets the call tonight.
Expecting to see quite a few changes in fact, just like the last time we had a midweek fixture like this at Selhurst. |  |
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| The Official Arsenal FC v Swansea City Match Thread on 18:12 - Mar 2 with 9960 views | airedale |
I wonder whether we will be 'pragmatic' tonight, and go for it on Saturday against Norwich. | | | |
| The Official Arsenal FC v Swansea City Match Thread on 18:29 - Mar 2 with 9905 views | nantywatcher |
If they had lost to Man U on Sunday I would have fancied us for a draw tonight, but looking through the media today Arsenal players and management seem to be really fired up for tonight.Arsenal cannot play as badly as they did against Man U, that's for certain - or is it? | | | |
| The Official Arsenal FC v Swansea City Match Thread on 18:46 - Mar 2 with 9842 views | dailew |
Fabianski,
Naughton, Amat, Williams, Kingsley
Cork, Fer, Ki
Routledge, Ayew
Gomis
Subs Nordfeldt, Rangel, Fernandez, Fulton, Barrow, Sigurdsson, Paloschi
6 changes. Bit of a second string feel about it.
Still no sign of Montero.
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| The Official Arsenal FC v Swansea City Match Thread on 18:47 - Mar 2 with 9808 views | oh_tommy_tommy |
| The Official Arsenal FC v Swansea City Match Thread on 18:46 - Mar 2 by dailew |
Fabianski,
Naughton, Amat, Williams, Kingsley
Cork, Fer, Ki
Routledge, Ayew
Gomis
Subs Nordfeldt, Rangel, Fernandez, Fulton, Barrow, Sigurdsson, Paloschi
6 changes. Bit of a second string feel about it.
Still no sign of Montero.
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Good luck to young kingsley |  |
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| The Official Arsenal FC v Swansea City Match Thread on 18:48 - Mar 2 with 9799 views | TheKirkyLife |
Definite 4-3-3. Bold calls to put Kingsley and Amat in there.
Have faith, Gomis has been deadly against Arsenal in the past. |  | | |
| The Official Arsenal FC v Swansea City Match Thread on 18:49 - Mar 2 with 9763 views | Ebo |
Bit worried about that line up. Still no Montero - he must be pants in training! |  |
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| The Official Arsenal FC v Swansea City Match Thread on 18:53 - Mar 2 with 9710 views | A_Fans_Dad |
Arsenal, like Spurs must be very glad to see no Montero, in fact nobody with any kind of pace at all.
This is going to be a disaster if they are not very very careful and could seriously impact our Goal Difference. | | | |
| The Official Arsenal FC v Swansea City Match Thread on 18:55 - Mar 2 with 9672 views | Drizzy |
I'd be amazed if we don't get d*cked with that team. If we go a goal down it's over. |  |
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| The Official Arsenal FC v Swansea City Match Thread on 18:55 - Mar 2 with 9669 views | Elward |
Still no Montero?! Surely got to have p!ssed someone off big time behind the scenes? | | | |
| The Official Arsenal FC v Swansea City Match Thread on 18:57 - Mar 2 with 9639 views | SwansNZ |
Certainly holding back for the Norwich game.
It does give a chance for a couple to make a case to get into the regular starting 11. | |
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