Swansea vs. Chelsea / Premier League – This is definitely the most interesting duel in this Saturday’s program within the framework of the 22nd round of the English Premiership, because the ninth Swansea  meet with the leading Chelsea in Wales, which currently has a large 19-point lead. In addition, the “Reds” from London can boast that they made four consecutive wins in their mutual duel and so they in September last year celebrated on Stamford Bridge celebrated with 4-2. Begins: 17.01.2015 – 16:00 CET

Swansea
But before that all their duels were extremely hard and uncertain and therefore in the team of Swansea hope that they can now in front of their fans provide decent resistance to the current leader of the Premier League. Especially because the atmosphere in the team was improved a little bit after two consecutive draws in the league and routine placement into the next round of the FA Cup after celebrated over Tranmere with even 6-2 away. However, now they themselves are aware that they must not play nearly as offensive, because they will confront the team that will certainly punish the slightest mistake in their defence.

In addition, the Welsh attack is considerably weakened after their top scorer Bony has left the team a few days ago, who is normally located on the African Cup of Nations, but it did not stop him to officially confirm his move to Manchester City. On the other hand, the management of this team did not waste time and they expressly brought a young and talented striker Oliveir from Benfica, but he will probably be only the first backup to a much more experienced Gomis. Let us add that the injured striker Montero will miss the match due to his injury, while midfielder Ki Sung-Yong is still at the Asian Cup.

Probable lineups Swansea: Fabianski – Rangel, Fernandez, Williams, Taylor – Britton, Shelvey – Dyer, Sigurdsson, Routledge – Gomis

Chelsea
Unlike Swansea, the team of Chelsea is awaiting this match after two routine home wins, first by celebrating in the FA Cup with 3-0 against Watford, and then last weekend in the championship with 2-0 against Newcastle. Of course their coach Mourinho is very relieved after two triumphs, because they had previously experienced an unpleasant championship defeat of 5-3 away against their city rivals Tottenham, while a round earlier they just came to a point in Southampton, by playing 1-1.

However, after the victory over Newcastle and a draw of Manchester City against Everton, the “Reds” again have two points more than their only real rivals for the title, so they will now with even more confidence meet the always unpleasant and tough Swansea. This actually means that coach Mourinho will this time primarily try to save the goal, while in attack he mostly trusts in his biggest stars, Diego Costa and Hazard. As for absences, only the slightly injured defender Azpilicuete will miss this match due to injury.

Probable lineups Chelsea: Courtois – Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry, Filipe Luis – Matic, Fabregas – Willian, Oscar, Hazard – Diego Costa

Swansea vs. Chelsea PICK
Of course the leading Chelsea applies for a big favourite in this away match against their old rivals Swansea, but considering the last few away games, we believe that they will this time, be a lot more careful and with a quiet and smart tactics try to come at least to a minimal victory.

Pick: under 2.5 goals

Stake: 4/10

Odds: 1.87