Swansea City vs Arsenal – English Premier League – Preview

Posted on January 30, 2018 by Sreya

Swansea City vs Arsenal – Swansea City hosts Arsenal at the Liberty Stadium on 30th January, Tuesday in a crucial English Premier League fixture.

Swansea City sit at the bottom of the English Premier League standings with twenty points, same as that of the nineteenth-placed West Bromwich Albion and need a miracle of sorts to survive relegation. A 1-0 win over Liverpool last Monday has lent Swansea City some reprieve but they still have a long way to go, should they wish to remain in top division.

Arsenal pulled off an impressive 2-1 win over Chelsea in midweek to reach the finals of the League Cup, but they are placed sixth in the league table, and have an uphill battle to finish in ‘top four’, although they won against Crystal Palace in their previous league outing after a three-game winless streak.

Team News

Renato Sanches is injured for Swansea while Arsenal will be without their long-term injury concern Santi Cazorla.

Swansea City Possible Starting Lineup: Lukasz Fabianski, Mike van der Hoorn, Federico Fernandez, Alfie Mawson, Kyle Naughton, Leroy Fer, Tom Carroll, Jonas Olsson, Nathan Dier, Tammy Abraham, Andre Ayew.

Arsenal Possible Starting Lineup: Petr Cech, Laurent Koscielny, Skhodran Mustafi, Nacho Monreal, Hector Bellerin, Jack Wilshere, Granit Xhaka, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Mesut Ozil, Alexandre Lacazette.

“We need players to try and improve the team. We have not brought in any players but we have lost just once in seven games and against good teams.”

– Carlos Carvahal, Swansea City.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Swansea City vs Arsenal H2H Stats, Arsenal have won four and lost one of their five previous matches against Swansea City.

Also, Arsenal have scored at least two goals in six of their last seven away matches against Swansea in all competitions.

Although Swansea pulled off a surprise victory against Liverpool last week, a 2-1 win for Arsenal is the most probable outcome.