Premier League preview: Arsenal face Swansea live at the Liberty Stadium

Premier League preview: Arsenal face Swansea live  at the Liberty Stadium

Arsenal will hope to put their stuttering form behind them when they visit Swansea City on Super Sunday.

Arsene Wenger’s men visit the Liberty Stadium, with the match live on Sky Sports 1HD from 3.30pm, having blown a three-goal lead to draw against Anderlecht in the Champions League in midweek.

Jamie Redknapp looks ahead to the Super Sunday game between Swansea and Arsenal

Arsenal have also only won four games in the Premier League so far this season, although they do still sit in the top four of the division.

But a comfortable victory over struggling Burnley last weekend has not been enough to silence the critics and the meeting with Swansea will be far from straight forward.
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Garry Monk’s men have only been beaten by Southampton at home this season as they have made their best start to a Premier League campaign, taking 15 points from 10 games.

That form places Swansea sixth in the table ahead of the weekend and they could overtake Arsenal if they can repeat their dramatic 3-2 win in Wales from January 2012.

Star striker Wilfried Bony has scored four goals in the league this season and will most likely be the biggest threat to Arsenal.

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    Danny Welbeck has scored three goals in three Premier League appearances against Swansea
    Arsenal have won just four Premier League matches this season and those have come against teams currently in the bottom six
    Swansea have dropped the joint-most points from winning positions this season, while Arsenal have recovered the most from losing positions

Not for the first time this season, Swansea will be without Jonjo Shelvey due to suspension after the midfielder was sent off against Everton.

Leon Britton is back in full training after his knee injury but he is not expected to return to first-team action until the end of November.

Jordi Amat (knee) and Dwight Tiendalli (ankle) have also returned to full training but Jazz Richards (knee) is not quite at that stage.

Arsenal will welcome Jack Wilshere back from illness after the England midfielder sat out the win against Burnley and Tuesday night's Champions League draw with Anderlecht.

Mikel Arteta has been ruled out after picking up a hamstring injury against the Belgians but Theo Walcott is fit enough to start if he is selected following his first appearance since January as a substitute last weekend.

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Paul Merson’s prediction

This is a hard game for Arsenal, especially after what happened against Anderlecht. I don’t just blame the back four because defending is done from the front and you have to blame everybody in the team. They are very lucky that they’ve got Alexis Sanchez because he’s been outstanding. They will be in trouble in the Champions League if they don’t win their group, so the priority has to be top four this season. However, I think this will be a hard game for them. I like Wilfried Bony and I think Swansea will cause problems.

PAULL PREDICTS: 1-5