Swansea City v Arsenal, 30 January 2018

Score3-1 to Swansea City
RefereeLee Mason
CompetitionPremier League
VenueLiberty Stadium
Attendance20,819

View Swansea City v Arsenal head to head

Kick-off: 7.45pm Swansea City had now won six of their 14 meetings in the Premier League.

3 Swansea City

1 Arsenal

Goals:

Sam Clucas 34 G
Jordan Ayew 61 G
Sam Clucas 86 G

Goals:

Nacho Monreal 33 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Lukasz Fabiański
Defender Federico Fernández
Defender Alfie Mawson
Defender Mike Van Der Hoorn
Defender/Midfielder Kyle Naughton
Defender/Midfielder Martin Olsson
Midfielder Sam Clucas
Midfielder Leroy Fer
Midfielder KI Sung-yueng
Midfielder/Forward Nathan Dyer
Forward Jordan Ayew

Starting lineup:

Petr Čech Goalkeeper
Héctor Bellerín Defender
Laurent Koscielny Defender
Nacho Monreal Defender
Shkodran Mustafi Defender
Granit Xhaka Defender/Midfielder
Mohamed El Neny Midfielder
Mesut Özil Midfielder
Aaron Ramsey Midfielder
Alex Iwobi Midfielder/Forward
Alexandre Lacazette Forward

Substitutions:

Tom Carroll for Nathan Dyer 83
Wilfried Bony for Jordan Ayew 88
Wayne Routledge for Sam Clucas 90

Substitutions:

Henrikh Mkhitaryan for Mohamed El Neny 60
Olivier Giroud for Alex Iwobi 76

Cards:

Cards:

Mohamed El Neny 54 Y
Héctor Bellerín 69 Y
Mesut Özil 75 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Kristoffer Nordfeldt
Defender Kyle Bartley
Midfielder Tom Carroll
Midfielder Wayne Routledge
Midfielder/Forward Luciano Narsingh
Forward Tammy Abraham
Forward Wilfried Bony

On the bench:

Goalkeeper David Ospina
Defender/Midfielder Calum Chambers
Defender/Midfielder Sead Kolašinac
Midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan
Midfielder/Forward Ainsley Maitland-Niles
Forward Olivier Giroud
Forward Eddie Nketiah

Comments:

League position: 17th Swansea City had now won four and lost one of their eight games in all competitions under recently appointed manager Carlos Carvalhal. Sam Clucas had now scored all three of his goals so far in this Premier League season against Arsenal. Jordan Ayew had now scored four goals in his last seven Premier League games following a run of 15 appearances in the competition without a goal.

Comments:

League position: 6th Prior to this game, Arsenal had only lost one of their last 34 games in the Premier League since September 2011 against the team starting that day bottom of the table (won 27). The Gunners had now won three and lost six of their 13 away games so far in this Premier League season. Nacho Monreal had now scored four goals in his last 15 Premier League games after scoring once in his first 140 appearances in the competition.

3 Swansea City

Goals:

Sam Clucas 34 G
Jordan Ayew 61 G
Sam Clucas 86 G

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Lukasz Fabiański
Defender Federico Fernández
Defender Alfie Mawson
Defender Mike Van Der Hoorn
Defender/Midfielder Kyle Naughton
Defender/Midfielder Martin Olsson
Midfielder Sam Clucas
Midfielder Leroy Fer
Midfielder KI Sung-yueng
Midfielder/Forward Nathan Dyer
Forward Jordan Ayew

Substitutions:

Tom Carroll for Nathan Dyer 83
Wilfried Bony for Jordan Ayew 88
Wayne Routledge for Sam Clucas 90

Cards:

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Kristoffer Nordfeldt
Defender Kyle Bartley
Midfielder Tom Carroll
Midfielder Wayne Routledge
Midfielder/Forward Luciano Narsingh
Forward Tammy Abraham
Forward Wilfried Bony

Comments:

League position: 17th Swansea City had now won four and lost one of their eight games in all competitions under recently appointed manager Carlos Carvalhal. Sam Clucas had now scored all three of his goals so far in this Premier League season against Arsenal. Jordan Ayew had now scored four goals in his last seven Premier League games following a run of 15 appearances in the competition without a goal.

1 Arsenal

Goals:

Nacho Monreal 33 G

Starting lineup:

Petr Čech Goalkeeper
Héctor Bellerín Defender
Laurent Koscielny Defender
Nacho Monreal Defender
Shkodran Mustafi Defender
Granit Xhaka Defender/Midfielder
Mohamed El Neny Midfielder
Mesut Özil Midfielder
Aaron Ramsey Midfielder
Alex Iwobi Midfielder/Forward
Alexandre Lacazette Forward

Substitutions:

Henrikh Mkhitaryan for Mohamed El Neny 60
Olivier Giroud for Alex Iwobi 76

Cards:

Mohamed El Neny 54 Y
Héctor Bellerín 69 Y
Mesut Özil 75 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper David Ospina
Defender/Midfielder Calum Chambers
Defender/Midfielder Sead Kolašinac
Midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan
Midfielder/Forward Ainsley Maitland-Niles
Forward Olivier Giroud
Forward Eddie Nketiah

Comments:

League position: 6th Prior to this game, Arsenal had only lost one of their last 34 games in the Premier League since September 2011 against the team starting that day bottom of the table (won 27). The Gunners had now won three and lost six of their 13 away games so far in this Premier League season. Nacho Monreal had now scored four goals in his last 15 Premier League games after scoring once in his first 140 appearances in the competition.