Mesut Ozil makes a return to the starting lineup, after recovering from a bout of illness, as Arsenal prepare to face Swansea City at the Liberty Stadium. Meanwhile, Hector Bellerin misses the trip to Wales due to a knock, and has Gabriel filling in for him at right-back.
Skipper Laurent Koscielny, goalkeeper Petr Cech and Alexis Sanchez are all starting as well, after being rested for the FA Cup 3rd round win over Preston North End last week. Youngsters Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Jeff Reine-Adelaide and Rob Holding have also made the match day squad.
Meanwhile, Swansea City will bank on the creativity of Gylfi Sigurdsson and Wayne Routledge from midfield as well as Fernando Llorente as their striker.
Here are the confirmed lineups for the match at the Liberty Stadium.
The wait is over – here’s how we line up against @SwansOfficial #SCFCvAFC pic.twitter.com/2xC1jvsYvD
— Arsenal FC (@Arsenal) January 14, 2017
Here’s how we’ll line up against @Arsenal this afternoon… ??#SWAARS pic.twitter.com/kNEln1d4qK
— Swansea City AFC (@SwansOfficial) January 14, 2017
