Chelsea vs Swansea City – English Premier League – Preview

Posted on November 29, 2017 by Sreya

Chelsea vs Swansea City – Chelsea hosts Swansea City at the Stamford Bridge on 29th November, Wednesday in a crucial English Premier League fixture.

Chelsea are third in league standings with twenty-six points while Swansea are nineteenth with nine points.

Chelsea played out a 1-1 draw against Liverpool, but it was two points dropped for the defending champions. Swansea City, meanwhile, are firmly entrenched in a relegation battle, losing four matches consecutively and then playing a goalless draw against Bournemouth in their previous game.

Team News

Michy Batshuayi and David Luiz are sidelined through injuries while Victor Moses has returned to the matchday squad, but is yet to regain enough match fitness to start a game.

The visitors will be without the ineligible Tammy Abraham and the injured Kyle Bartley. Federico Fernandez is unavailable too.

Chelsea Possible Starting Lineup: Thibaut Courtois, Cesar Azpilicueta, Andreas Christensen, Gary Cahill, Davide Zappacosta, Cesc Fabregas, N’Golo Kante, Marcos Alonso, Pedro, Alvaro Morata.

Swansea City Possible Starting Lineup: Lukasz Fabianski, Kyle Naughton, Mawson, Hoorn, Jonas Olsson, Sung-yueng, Leroy Fer, Clucas, Renato Sanches, Andre Awey, Wilfried Bony.

“Now we go from one game to another, last season we had more time to prepare which was good, but everybody wants to play in the Champions League because it’s the best level you can play at.

It’s not the best planning from the Premier League. But that’s what we’re supposed to do, we tried to make the best of it and we proved we felt good.”

– Thibaut Courtois, Chelsea.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Chelsea vs Swansea City H2H Stats, Chelsea have won two, drawn two and lost one of their last five encounters with Swansea City.

In fact, Chelsea are undefeated in nine of their last ten matches against Swansea in all competitions. Swansea have failed to score in their last three games and Chelsea are the clear favourites tomorrow.

A 2-0 win for Chelsea is the most likely result.