With Sunderland needing just a point to secure Premier League survival, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger expects Dick Advocaat's side to sit deep and try to frustrate his side on Wednesday
Swansea employed similar tactics to win at the Emirates in Arsenal's last home game, but Wenger believes that defeat - only their second at home in this season's Premier League - was an unfortunate aberration.
"The Swansea game was an accident. Having analysed it, it's one of the games we deserved to win the most of all the games," said Wenger, whose team need a win to guarantee they avoid a Champions League play-off.
"I expect them [Sunderland] to be well organised defensively, sound at the back, and to try to use all the counter-attacks they can.
"We have to put a high rhythm into this game and play with a high level of energy to win.
"Sunderland, for a few years now, have struggled until five, six games before the end... [but] always they just find the final resources to get out of relegation.
"Advocaat has used his vast experience to give them confidence again, and to get them to play."
The Black Cats eased their relegation fears by winning their last away game, beating Everton against the run of play, and Advocaat admits a similar approach may be needed at the Emirates.
"We have to make it as hard as possible defensively and be sharp. Maybe we can do something sneaky like we did at Everton," he said.
"We will fight from the beginning to the end.
"Everybody is expecting us to lose and that makes it easier for us."
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