Sunshine Fellas!
Its a fabulous Friday and I always get excited as it is the last day of working days. It is yet another weekend with full of football action and especially Arsenal! I'm writing this after Arsenal scraped through a win against West Brom in 3rd round of COC.. Lucky us :) Let's talk about our upcoming game this weekend against Swansea at Liberty Stadium. But first, lets flash past a season back and remind ourselves of some good things which happened.
Lineup Then:
Swansea
Starting XI : Vorm, Rangel, Williams, Monk, Davies, Britton, de Guzman, Ki, Dyer, Hernandez, Michu
Subs : Tremmel, Bartley, Tiendalli, Lamah, Routledge, Moore, Shechter
Arsenal
Starting XI : Fabianski, Jenkinson, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal, Arteta, Diaby, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Cazorla, Walcott, Giroud
Subs : Szczesny, Gibbs, Vermaelen, Coquelin, Ramsey, Rosicky, Gervinho
Blast from the Past:
Team returned with a win at Allianz arena before meeting the swans at Liberty Stadium. Arsenal managed to win the game 2-0 which marked the first goal for Monreal and a late goal by Gervinho assisted by Ramsey both coming as a sub. It was thought a comeback for Gervinho and he did well indeed with a string of good performances until the end of the season.
Highlights of the match which covers the important segments that happened in the game is here
Current Mood:
Swansea have been literally in a poor form starting off the league with two successive defeats and managed to get 2 wins in last 3 PL games. And they have lost to a championship side in COC just two nights before and they are yet to win a home game this season in the Premier League.
Arsenal are in a fantastic winning streak in all competitions winning last 8 of them and most importantly the last 11 away games because it is gonna be another away game this weekend. If the team keeps playing the way they have, they can set the field on fire
Predicted Lineup:
Swansea
Swansea were coc title defenders and they made plenty of changes in their last match against Birmingham which could have been a reason for their early exit in the cup competition. They will field a stronger XI as they will try to get the first home win this season in the Premier League and get the momentum running.
Arsenal
Arsène has rested all the first teamers barring Per and Arteta in last match against West Brom which was a necessity. Now, I expect them to feature along with first team players returning to action which means the line up will be something like this
Talismen:
Swansea : Michu is the man. He had a poor start to the season along with his team but he is getting his touch back and could prove vital for the Swans in the upcoming match. He can simply threaten our defense but I still believe our men can get hold of him or we can leave that job to the new bald guy arrived from Merseyside this summer :D
Arsenal : It is gonna be Ramsey with no doubts so ever. People may say Özil will be the key figure but there is reason I chose Ramsey. He is in a sizzling form of scoring goals and not only that but he runs all over the pitch to retrieve the ball back when it is lost, putting in tackles and bossing the midfield.
For a fact, Ramsey has successfully completed 22 tackles this season more than Fellaini and Carrick combined(21)
Scoreline Prediction:
2-1 to The Arsenal!! Giroud to score first and Özil to open his account for the Gunners!
Come on you Gunners!
Wish the team all the luck :)
Adieu!!
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