Arsenal and Swansea have announced the team news for their Monday night clash at the Emirates Stadium in the Premier League.
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The Gunners have named an unchanged side for the fifth successive game.
This is the first time this has occurred ever in Wenger’s almost 20 year tenure at the club – the last for the club coming in January 1994.
Aaron Ramsey surprisingly makes the bench despite Arsene Wenger describing him as “50/50” on Friday.
.@Arsenal team to play Swansea: Ospina, Bellerin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal, Coquelin, Cazorla, Ramsey, Ozil, Alexis, Giroud #AFCvSCFC
— Arsenal FC (@Arsenal) May 11, 2015
Meanwhile, Danny Welbeck does indeed miss out after he failed to record from a knee injury in time.
Tomas Rosicky makes the bench after a number of games where he has been completely cut from the match day squad – his last appearance for the club was way back in March in a 2-1 win at Newcastle.
.@Arsenal subs: Szczesny, Gibbs, Gabriel, Flamini, Wilshere, Rosicky, Walcott #AFCvSCFC
— Arsenal FC (@Arsenal) May 11, 2015
For Swansea, it’s a first return to the Emirates for Lukasz Fabianski who left Arsenal last summer for a move to Wales that ensured more first-team football.
There’s also a start for Jefferson Montero who Gunners right-back Hector Bellerin will try to keep quiet after the Ecuadorian gave Calum Chambers a roasting in this fixture at the Liberty Stadium earlier this season.
#Swans team v @Arsenal: Fabianski, Rangel, Fernandez, Williams (capt), Taylor, Ki, Shelvey, Cork, Sigurdsson, Montero, Dyer. #ARSSWA
— Swansea City FC (@SwansOfficial) May 11, 2015
Bafetimbi Gomis meanwhile has recovered from a hamstring injury but is not yet fit enough to start.
#Swans subs v @Arsenal: Tremmel, Richards, Britton, Grimes, Barrow, Emnes, Gomis. #ARSSWA
— Swansea City FC (@SwansOfficial) May 11, 2015
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