Swansea vs Liverpool – English Premier League – Preview

Posted on October 1, 2016 by Sreya

Swansea vs Liverpool – Swansea host Liverpool at the Liberty Stadium on 1st October, Saturday as they aim to recover from a disastrous start to their new season of the English Premier League. Swansea have lost four of their last five matches following their opening day win against Burnley.

A loss against the Kops could spell the end for Francesco Guidolin who admitted he and the club are under tremendous pressure to earn a positive result tomorrow.

Liverpool have climbed up to the fourth position with three consecutive wins, accumulating thirteen points after six matches. Swansea are on the seventeenth position in league standings.

Liverpool attained four wins in a row lately if you consider their League Cup trimph against Derby County. So, Liverpool are bookies’ favourite to win today match.

Team News

Nathan Dyer is sidelined through an ankle injury which could keep him out for upto two months. Federico Fernandez has been listed as a doubt. Liverpool will be without Sheyi Ojo and Joseph Gomez, but Dejan Lovren is likely to return after his illness.

Swansea Possible Starting Lineup: Lukasz Fabianski, Angel Rangel, Mike van der Woorn, Jordi Amat, Kyle Naughton, Modou Barrow, Leroy Fer, Jack Cork, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Borja Baston, Fernando Llorente.

Liverpool Possible Starting Lineup: Loris Karius, Nathaniel Clyne, Dejan Lovren, Joel Matip, James Milner, Jordan Henderson, Adam Lallana, Georginio Wijnaldum, Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino, Philippe Coutinho.

“We will be prepared for this game. We know about the quality of Swansea. We lost there last year after coming back from Villarreal. We had to make a lot of changes at Swansea last season. In that moment it was too much for us. Now we have no excuses. We have time to recover, time to prepare and time to analyse.”

– Jurgen Klopp, Liverpool.

Contributor’s Pick

According to Swansea vs Liverpool H2H stats, the last five matches between these two clubs have resulted in four wins for Liverpool and a draw.

Swansea have conceded at least two goals in their last three home matches in the Premier League and Liverpool are expected to win easily in a possibly high-scoring match. A 3-1 win for Liverpool is the most possible outcome.