Swansea City vs Arsenal. Premier League.
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Tuesday 30 January 2018 19:27, UK
Henrikh Mkhitaryan is set to make his Arsenal debut in Tuesday night's Premier League clash at Swansea.
The Armenia international joined from Manchester United in exchange for Alexis Sanchez last week and is expected to feature at the Liberty Stadium as Arsene Wenger's side look to pick just their fourth away win of the season.
And Wenger has warned his side they will have to be at their best at the Liberty Stadium, especially after Liverpool's defeat against Swansea on Monday Night Football just over a week ago.
"When you don't win, you are criticised and I think Liverpool tried and what is a good warning for us is that Liverpool are an attacking team - you cannot criticise them for not attacking, they are very dangerous going forward and they didn't manage to score against Swansea," he said.
"That is a good warning for us that we have to produce an absolute total offensive performance."
Swansea will be without midfielder Renato Sanches after he suffered a hamstring injury in the FA Cup fourth round draw at Notts County over the weekend.
Federico Fernandez is set to return, though, after missing the cup game because of a nose injury.
Arsenal are also boosted by the return of Olivier Giroud following a hamstring injury but fellow forward Danny Welbeck (hip) is still missing, as is Santi Cazorla (Achilles).
Arsenal head to Swansea, hoping to succeed where Liverpool failed just over a week ago at the Liberty Stadium. Swansea will play in exactly the same way as they did against Liverpool. They'll defend in numbers but for me, Arsenal have got a bit more guile than Liverpool. They'll create more chances than Liverpool did and that will be the difference.
We could see the debut of Henrikh Mkhitaryan and if it was me, I'd definitely play him. Some people might say he hasn't had much football in recent months but with the way Swansea will set up, Arsenal will have a lot of the ball. They could have up to 70 per cent possession so his creativity will prove useful.
PAUL PREDICTS: 0-2