Arsenal aim to get season back on track at Swansea

An unbelievable collapse from 3-0 up in the Champions League on Wednesday night at home to Anderlecht left many Arsenal fans and pundits alike questioning the tactics and know-how of the players. It was certainly a shock to see Anderlecht come back from that three goal deficit to claim a point late in the game and it really underlined Arsenal`s inability to see out matches. Nonetheless, Arsene Wenger`s team remain favourites for the trip to Swansea and are 6/5 with betfred to leave South Wales with all three points.

Arsenal still have injury concerns in defence, with Per Mertesacker and Nacho Monreal looking likely to be the central defensive pairing and this will encourage Swansea, who are available at 13/5 with bet365 to defeat Arsenal at the Liberty Stadium. Gary Monk`s team will have to do this without central midfielder Jonjo Shelvey who will be missing the game due to suspension having picked up a red card away at Everton last week. Despite the loss of Shelvey, Swansea have more than enough about them to trouble a make-shift Arsenal back line, with striker Wilfried Bony especially, who is in good form, netting four times in his last four games. The Ivorian striker is available at 6/1 with SkyBet to score the first goal of the game. The pacey Nathan Dyer could also cause problems for the Arsenal defence, the winger already has three Premier League goals to his name and is on offer at 9/2 with SkyBet to score at any time during the game.

With the Arsenal defence unable to cope with the forward players of Anderlecht, their best form of defence at the moment is attack and none more so than the in form Alexis Sanchez. The Chilean has already bagged seven goals in the Premier League this season and that includes five in his last three Premier League games. bet365 offer 5/1 for Sanchez to score the opening goal of the match.

There have been 14 goals in total from the last 5 meetings between Swansea Arsenal and considering Arsenal`s defensive deficiencies but also their fantastic attacking options, it looks unlikely that the scoring average of 2.8 goals per game during that period is going to get any lower following this match. Also, three of the four games played at the Liberty Stadium in the Premier League between these two teams have resulted in at least three goals being scored. Keeping that in mind, SkyBet offer 5/6 for their to be over 2.5 goals in the game.

In terms of form, Swansea, despite a good start, have won only one of their last seven Premier League games. During the same period of seven matches, Arsenal have won three times, all of which came against teams in the bottom half of the table, which suggests that neither team are in sparkling form at present. Therefore, it`s difficult to discount a draw as being the final outcome of this match and BetVictor offer 18/5 for this to happen with both teams to score. Looking at the correct score market for this game and considering the facts mentioned above, a high scoring draw looks likely and the 2-2 draw can be backed at 15/1 with BetVictor.

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