ENGLISH PREMIER BETTING PICK - SWANSEA V CHELSEA

English Premier

2012-01-31 - Swansea vs Chelsea

A Sports Betting Pick by Cruiser

Match Preview :

Swansea City will be banking on their impressive home record when they welcome Chelsea to the Liberty Stadium tonight. Brendan Rodgers' side have won more games at home and have conceded just 6 times in 11 home matches. They have only lost once at home in 19 games but will welcome a Chelsea side unbeaten in 6 games on their travels.

For the record, Chelsea beat Swansea 4-1 when they met at Stamford Bridge earlier in the season, where Fernando Torres scored and was sent off in that same match. Torres has made 11 league appearances since scoring and will hope to score in this match.

This match will also be significant for Scott Sinclair as he faces his former club here. The 22-year-old spent five years with the Blues and featured 14 times after joining from Bristol Rovers as a 16-year-old.

Team News :

Swansea Team News :
After losing to Bolton in the FA Cup, Swansea are expected to restore their first team players to the starting lineup. Swansea and Manchester City are the only sides not to have suffered back-to-back Premier League defeats this season, but the Welsh side will need to avoid losing to Chelsea if they want to keep that record intact. First-choice keeper Michel Vorm will be restored in goal while Neil Taylor should return at left-back ahead of Fede Bessone. Meanwhile, wingers Scott Sinclair and Nathan Dyer are expected to start along with Joe Allen and Leon Britton. Swansea's on-loan midfielder Josh McEachran is unavailable as he is not allowed to play against his parent club.


Chelsea Team News :
Chelsea will travel to South Wales without John Terry after the England captain was ruled out by a knee injury. So we will see Gary Cahill making his debut for the club alongside Brazilian David Luiz at the heart of defence. Manager Andres-Villas Boas has problems in midfield after Ramires damaged knee ligaments in their weekend FA Cup win over QPR.

That means he joins Jon Obi Mikel on the sidelines while veteran Frank Lampard is rated at only 50-50 to face the club he played for on loan some 17 years ago. Meanwhile, The Blues have completed the signing of midfielder Kevin De Bruyne, although the 20-year-old Belgium international will remain with Genk until the summer.

Possible lineups

Swansea : Vorm, Rangel, Williams, Monk, Taylor, Dyer, Allen, Britton, Agustien, Sinclair, Graham
Chelsea Cech, Bosingwa, Cahill, Luiz, Cole, Romeu, Essien, Malouda, Sturridge, Torres, Mata.

Predictions

Go for Swansea once again to previal on home ground and remain unbeaten avoiding back to back defeats and accept the 1/2 ball with BET365.

The Pick :

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