Swansea vs Chelsea – English Premier League – Preview

Posted on September 10, 2016 by Sreya

Swansea vs Chelsea – Swansea hosts Chelsea at Liberty Stadium, Wales on 11th September, Sunday in their fourth English Premier League fixture of the season. As the new season starts to gain momentum after the first international break of the season, both clubs will aim to find their feet with settled squads post the transfer window.

Chelsea went into the international break sitting atop the Premier League table with nine points after an impressive 3-0 win over Burnley. Swansea, on the contrary, lost two consecutive games against Hull City and Leicester City after beginning their campaign with a 1-0 win over Burnley.

Team News

Borja Baston is likely to start, having recovered from his thigh injury. Marcos Alonso and David Luiz are unlikely to feature for Chelsea, with Antonio Conte’s only serious injury concern being Kurt Zouma, who is still recuperating from his knee injury.

Swansea City Possible Starting Lineup: Lukasz Fabianski, Kyle Naughton, Federico Fernandez, Jordi Amat, Stephen Kingsley, Jack Cork, Leroy Fer, Modou Barrow, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Wayne Routledge, Fernando Llorente.

Chelsea Possible Starting Lineup: Thibaut Courtois, Branislav Ivanovic, John Terry, Gary Cahill, Cesar Azpilicueta, N’Golo Kante, Nemanja Matic, Willian, Oscar, Eden Hazard, Diego Costa.

“At this moment we must focus only on our game. We know against Swansea it will be very tough. We face a team well-organised with a good manager. It’s important to look at ourselves and not the others.

I think the new players need a bit of time to work with a new method, a new philosophy, a new idea of football and it’s important to give them a bit of time.”

– Antonio Conte, Chelsea

Contributor’s Pick

According to Swansea vs Chelsea H2H statistics, Chelsea have won four and lost only one of their last six matches against Swansea City. Chelsea will start as clear favorites and are likely to win 1-0 against Swansea.