As Chelsea try to keep their UEFA Champions League hopes alive, they travel to Wales to play Swansea City. The Jacks are in a poor run of form, with a solitary win in their last six. They’ll be hoping for something here, but Chelsea – majorly improved in the last two – will smell blood here.
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The home side will be reliant on their midfield to keep things tight again. The trio of Andy King, Ki Sung-yeung and Tom Carroll provides them with ball playing skills, with the hope that they can play around the midfield duo of N’Golo Kante and Cesc Fabregas.
Up front, they’ll be looking to Jordan Ayew to produce the goods, with Sam Clucas and Andre Ayew looking to make the most of their pace on the flanks. If they are to get anything here, though, they need Alfie Mawson and Mike van der Hoorn to show up and put in an imperious performance after a shellacking in their last match.
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Meanwhile, the Blues rock into Wales looking a little light at the back. Marcos Alonso sits out this one, as does David Luiz and Ethan Ampadu. The trio of defenders leaves Antonio Conte a touch light at the back, and he’ll need to get creative at the back. However, with Chelsea’ propensity for dominating the ball and their ability to get in the opposition box, we expect them to push Swansea really hard for the three points here.
Verdict
It’s hard to say, but we think a draw could be on the cards. Chelsea have handled tough matches like this with ease recently, though, and will want to put the pressure on Liverpool and Tottenham with a positive result. With Liverpool playing bogey team Stoke we suspect they’ll get out of this one with a positive result.