Manchester City vs Swansea – English Premier League – Preview

Posted on April 22, 2018 by Sreya

Manchester City vs Swansea – Manchester City hosts Swansea at the Etihad on 22nd April, Sunday in an English Premier League fixture.

Manchester City won 3-1 against Tottenham Hotspur and with Manchester United’s loss to West Bromwich Albion, Pep Guardiola’s side won the Premiership with elan and they are on course to break a number of records about points and wins. City have eighty-seven points to their name, with five games to play.

Swansea City are seventeenth in the league standings with thirty-three points and have slowly picked themselves outside the relegation zone although they are still not safe completely.

Team News

Fernandinho is suspended while Sergio Aguero is injured. Benjamin Mendy and John Stones will also miss out due to injuries. The visitors will be without the injured Wilfred Bony, Leroy Fer, Angel Rangel and Renato Sanches while Luciano Narsingh, Mike van der Hoorn and Sam Clucas will face late fitness tests.

Manchester City Possible Starting Lineup: Ederson, Kyle Walker, Vincent Kompany, Nicolas Otamendi, Fabian Delph, Kevin de Bruyne, Ilkay Gundogan, David Silva, Raheem Sterling, Gabriel Jesus, Leroy Sane.

Swansea City Possible Starting Lineup: Lukasz Fabianski, Kyle Naughton, Federico Fernandez, Alfie Mawson, Martin Olsson, Luciano Narsingh, Andy King, Ki Sung-yueng, Tom Carroll, Tammy Abraham, Jordan Awey.

“I believe it will be a fight to stay up until the last minute. Some teams have played one more game than us, some teams have played two more games than us. I think all of them, from Bournemouth down, can still be relegated as it stands.”

– Carlos Carvahal, Swansea City.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Manchester City vs Swansea H2H Stats, Manchester City have won four and drawn one of their last five matches against Swansea City. In fact, Manchester City have won nine of their last ten matches against Swansea City in all competitions.

A 2-0 win for Manchester City is the most probable result.