Arsenal v Swansea City, 28 October 2017

Score2-1 to Arsenal
RefereeLee Mason
CompetitionPremier League
VenueEmirates Stadium
Attendance59,493

View Arsenal v Swansea City head to head

Kick-off: 3.00pm Prior to this game, Swansea City had won on two of their last three visits to Emirates Stadium (all Premier League).

2 Arsenal

1 Swansea City

Goals:

Sead Kolašinac 51 G
Aaron Ramsey 58 G

Goals:

Sam Clucas 22 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Petr Čech
Defender Héctor Bellerín
Defender Laurent Koscielny
Defender Per Mertesacker
Defender Nacho Monreal
Defender/Midfielder Sead Kolašinac
Defender/Midfielder Granit Xhaka
Midfielder Mesut Özil
Midfielder Aaron Ramsey
Midfielder/Forward Alexis Sánchez
Forward Alexandre Lacazette

Starting lineup:

Lukasz Fabiański Goalkeeper
Federico Fernández Defender
Alfie Mawson Defender
Mike Van Der Hoorn Defender
Kyle Naughton Defender/Midfielder
Tom Carroll Midfielder
Sam Clucas Midfielder
Leroy Fer Midfielder
KI Sung-yueng Midfielder
Tammy Abraham Forward
Jordan Ayew Forward

Substitutions:

Rob Holding for Sead Kolašinac 78
Olivier Giroud for Alexandre Lacazette 81

Substitutions:

Luciano Narsingh for Jordan Ayew 81
Nathan Dyer for Mike Van Der Hoorn 82
Ollie McBurnie for Tom Carroll 84

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Matt Macey
Defender Rob Holding
Midfielder Francis Coquelin
Midfielder Jack Wilshere
Midfielder/Forward Alex Iwobi
Midfielder/Forward Theo Walcott
Forward Olivier Giroud

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Kristoffer Nordfeldt
Defender Joe Rodon
Midfielder Roque Mesa
Midfielder Wayne Routledge
Midfielder/Forward Nathan Dyer
Midfielder/Forward Luciano Narsingh
Forward Ollie McBurnie

Comments:

League position: 5th Arsène Wenger took charge of his 800th Premier League game; a total only bettered by Sir Alex Ferguson (810). Arsenal had now won their last 13 games at Emirates Stadium in all competitions; their longest ever winning run at the venue. The Gunners had now come from behind to win three games so far in this Premier League season; more than they did in the whole of 2016-17 (two). Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger said: "At half-time, I could be worried because we were 1-0 down and I knew that Swansea had conceded only one away goal the whole season. For us it was important to play quicker, sharper, with more penetration, changing sides quicker and putting them more under pressure, which we did in the second-half."

Comments:

League position: 17th Swansea City had conceded only one goal in their preceding six away games in the Premier League. The Swans had now scored seven goals in their ten games so far in this Premier League season. When Arsène Wenger took charge of his first Arsenal game in 1996, City were in 18th position in League Division 3 (now League Two). Swansea City manager Paul Clement said: “You always know it is going to be a tough task coming here against a strong attacking side with quick combinations in and around the box. We knew we would need to be focused for the whole game and in the first-half we played well and took our chance on the counter-attack, which is where we thought we would get our opportunities. It was just that period after half-time where we did not get our details right, we did that so well in the first-half."

2 Arsenal

Goals:

Sead Kolašinac 51 G
Aaron Ramsey 58 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Petr Čech
Defender Héctor Bellerín
Defender Laurent Koscielny
Defender Per Mertesacker
Defender Nacho Monreal
Defender/Midfielder Sead Kolašinac
Defender/Midfielder Granit Xhaka
Midfielder Mesut Özil
Midfielder Aaron Ramsey
Midfielder/Forward Alexis Sánchez
Forward Alexandre Lacazette

Substitutions:

Rob Holding for Sead Kolašinac 78
Olivier Giroud for Alexandre Lacazette 81

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Matt Macey
Defender Rob Holding
Midfielder Francis Coquelin
Midfielder Jack Wilshere
Midfielder/Forward Alex Iwobi
Midfielder/Forward Theo Walcott
Forward Olivier Giroud

Comments:

League position: 5th Arsène Wenger took charge of his 800th Premier League game; a total only bettered by Sir Alex Ferguson (810). Arsenal had now won their last 13 games at Emirates Stadium in all competitions; their longest ever winning run at the venue. The Gunners had now come from behind to win three games so far in this Premier League season; more than they did in the whole of 2016-17 (two). Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger said: "At half-time, I could be worried because we were 1-0 down and I knew that Swansea had conceded only one away goal the whole season. For us it was important to play quicker, sharper, with more penetration, changing sides quicker and putting them more under pressure, which we did in the second-half."

1 Swansea City

Goals:

Sam Clucas 22 G

Starting lineup:

Lukasz Fabiański Goalkeeper
Federico Fernández Defender
Alfie Mawson Defender
Mike Van Der Hoorn Defender
Kyle Naughton Defender/Midfielder
Tom Carroll Midfielder
Sam Clucas Midfielder
Leroy Fer Midfielder
KI Sung-yueng Midfielder
Tammy Abraham Forward
Jordan Ayew Forward

Substitutions:

Luciano Narsingh for Jordan Ayew 81
Nathan Dyer for Mike Van Der Hoorn 82
Ollie McBurnie for Tom Carroll 84

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Kristoffer Nordfeldt
Defender Joe Rodon
Midfielder Roque Mesa
Midfielder Wayne Routledge
Midfielder/Forward Nathan Dyer
Midfielder/Forward Luciano Narsingh
Forward Ollie McBurnie

Comments:

League position: 17th Swansea City had conceded only one goal in their preceding six away games in the Premier League. The Swans had now scored seven goals in their ten games so far in this Premier League season. When Arsène Wenger took charge of his first Arsenal game in 1996, City were in 18th position in League Division 3 (now League Two). Swansea City manager Paul Clement said: “You always know it is going to be a tough task coming here against a strong attacking side with quick combinations in and around the box. We knew we would need to be focused for the whole game and in the first-half we played well and took our chance on the counter-attack, which is where we thought we would get our opportunities. It was just that period after half-time where we did not get our details right, we did that so well in the first-half."