Arsenal take on Swansea in the FA Cup third round replay at the Emirates Stadium. A trip to Brighton in the last 32 awaits for the winners.

Having triumphed 2-0 at the Emirates Stadium earlier this season, Laudrup is confident. "In 11 away games we have only conceded nine goals which is quite good for a manager who always played up front," he said.

A hectic January schedule for Michael Laudrup so top scorer Michu is on the bench as Danny Graham leads the line. Regular defenders Ashley Williams and Angel Rangel are also missing.

Arsenal are without suspended defender Laurent Koscielny and injured midfielders Tomas Rosicky and Mikel Arteta (calf). Forward Gervinho is away at the African Nations Cup with Ivory Coast while Lukas Podolski is only on the bench. Francis Coquelin and Olivier Giroud start. If Arsene Wenger sticks with his usual 4-3-3 formation it looks like Abou Diaby and Theo Walcott flanking the former Montpellier hitman.

TEAMS: Arsenal: Szczesny, Sagna, Mertesacker, Vermaelen, Gibbs, Coquelin, Wilshere, Diaby, Cazorla, Walcott, Giroud. Subs: Mannone, Jenkinson, Santos, Ramsey, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Arshavin, Podolski /// Swansea: Vorm, Richards, Chico, Bartley, Tiendalli, Britton, Agustien, de Guzman, Routledge, Dyer, Graham. Subs: Tremmel, Monk, Davies, Ki, Shechter, Hernandez, Michu.