Manchester City vs Swansea – English Premier League – Preview

Posted on February 5, 2017 by Sreya

Manchester City vs Swansea – Manchester City hosts Swansea at the Etihad on 5th February, Sunday in a crucial English Premier League fixture.

Manchester City are fifth in league standings with forty six points while Swansea are seventeenth with twenty one points. Manchester City won 4-0 against West Ham in midweek and were the only top six club to take full points in the last match.

Swansea won 2-1 against Southampton for their third victory in previous four league matches, a stretch of good form which helped them to climb out of the relegation zone.

Team News

Ilkay Gundogan is Manchester City’s only injury concern while Swansea will be without the injured Jefferson Montero. Leon Britton is a doubt.

Manchester City Possible Starting Lineup: Willy Caballero, Pablo Zabaleta, John Stones, Vincent Kompany, Aleksandar Kolarov, Yaya Toure, Fernandinho, Leroy Sane, Kevin de Bruyne, Gabriel Jesus, Sergio Aguero.

Swansea City Possible Starting Lineup: Lukasz Fabianski, Kyle Naughton, Federico Fernandez, Alfie Mawson, Martin Olsson, Jack Cork, Tom Carroll, Gylfi Sigurddson, Leroy Fer, Luciano Narsingh, Fernando Llorente.

“We know there are 15 games to go with a hard game on Sunday. If we keep going as we are we have a big chance [of staying up] but there is a lot football to be played. There is a lot of hard work to do before we reach that point.”

– Paul Clement, Swansea City.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Manchester City vs Swansea H2H Stats, the last five league matches between these two clubs have resulted in four wins for Manchester City and one draw. In fact, Manchester City have won their last 5 home matches against Swansea in all competitions.

There have been over 2.5 goals scored in Swansea’s last eleven games in the Premier League. Moreover, Manchester City are undefeated in thirteen of their last fourteen home matches.

Pep Guardiola’s side are likely to win 3-0 tomorrow.