Swansea v Arsenal Betting Tips – Premier League 30th January 7.45pm
Big game for Swansea because three points in this one could see them claw their way out of the Premier League relegation zone. That would be a huge boost for them and a reward for them having only lost one of their last four games in the top flight. Arsenal, who haven’t been terrific on their travels this season have reason to just be a little cautious after Liverpool suffered a loss at the Liberty Stadium recently.
Swansea News and Form
Swansea produced three points for themselves in a shock 1-0 win over Liverpool in their last game at the Liberty Stadium in the top flight. Can they churn out back to back wins by taking down Arsenal as well? The victory over Liverpool saw Swansea end a three-match losing streak on home soil against top-six sides. The Swans have won just three times at home this season (D2 L7) but there have been signs that under Carlos Carvalhal that they have some fight in them. Seven goals is all that they have to show for themselves at home in the league this season and they haven’t addressed that problem in the January transfer window either. But their clean sheet against Liverpool suggests that they can keep the scoreline down so under 2.5 goals at Ladbrokes looks to be a good place to start for the fixture. Each of their last three home games have gone under the goal line. Just 33% of Swansea’s games at the Liberty Stadium this season have managed to enough to go over 2.5 goals. 71% of the goals that the Welsh club have managed to come up with on home soil this season have been in the second half of matches. Swansea have scored the opening goal in just three of their twelve home games.
Arsenal News and Form
Arsenal’s record away from home this season is W3 D4 L5 and not good enough by their standards and a top-four finish is far from a certainty at the moment. The Gunners have produced a poor W1 D3 L1 in their last five Premier League away games now and suffered a shock loss at Bournemouth last time out on the road. Their scoring hasn’t been particularly impressive on the road with fourteen goals in twelve league games and two of their three away wins have been by just the one goal margin as well. With Alexis Sanchez having moved on, it will be interesting to see how the Gunners cope as he was their top scorer with four away goals and only Alexandre Lacazette has scored more than one away goal for them this term (2). The Gunners have hit the back of the net in each of their last twelve league matches but they are without a clean sheet in three on the road, so they have their vulnerabilities. Both teams to score at Ladbrokes may just be worth a flutter in this one. Swansea are fighting for their lives at the moment and Arsenal need to show up and show a bit of quality to keep themselves in the hunt for a top-four finish.
Swansea v Arsenal Head to Head
Arsenal took a 2-1 home win over Swansea when the two clashed last October in the top flight and the Gunners won 4-0 at the Liberty Stadium last season. But over the last eight between these two in the Premier League, Arsenal are W4 D1 L3 against Swansea, so things have been pretty even. However, Arsenal on are on a three-match winning sequence against the Welsh club at the moment. Each of the last five Premier League contests between the two clubs have gone over 2.5 goals and Swansea have won just one of their last six on home soil against Arsenal in all competitions.
Swansea v Arsenal Betting Odds*
Arsenal 1/2, Draw 13/4, Swansea 11/2* (Betting Odds taken on January 28th, 2018 at 5:46 p.m.)
Swansea v Arsenal Predictions
Draw: Arsenal do go as favourites to get the win on the board but Swansea, while still lacking scoring power, look more organised and together under Carvalhal and it may be worth backing the home side to get a point out of the home match. If they can keep Liverpool off the scoresheet, they have a good chance of doing it against Arsenal.
