Swansea City vs Manchester City Preview

December 13, 2017
By: Deke Hardman

It’s bottom vs top in the Premier League at the Liberty Stadium where Swansea City host Manchester City.

The hosts won for the first time in eight league games, edging past fellow strugglers West Bromwich Albion though they go in to this match bottom of the table following Crystal Palace’s come-from-behind victory over Watford on Tuesday evening.

However another win here could see them climb out of the drop zone should other results fall in their favour, with West Ham United and West Bromwich Albion facing tricky ties against Arsenal and Liverpool respectively.

Wayne Routledge is an injury doubt after suffering a muscle problem in only his second start at the weekend while Federico Fernandez is pushing for a recall after making the bench against the Baggies.

Wilfried Bony is priced at 17.0 (16/1) to score the first goal of the game with Sky Bet with Leroy Fer a 21.0 (20/1) chance with a number of bookmakers.

The home win is widely available at 13.0 (12/1) with the visitors 1.25 (1/4) with several firms. The draw can be backed at 7.0 (6/1) with Betfred.

Pep Guardiola’s side made it a joint-record fourteen league wins in a row on Sunday after edging past rivals Manchester United – their fourth consecutive 2-1 victory.

Captain Vincent Kompany has a muscular injury and will miss out with fellow defenders Benjamin Mendy and John Stones, while Sergio Aguero is set to be recalled to the starting line-up.

The Argentina international is 4.0 (3/1) to open the scoring with Sky Bet, ahead of 5.5 (9/2) shot Raheem Sterling.

Of the fifteen meetings between these two sides, Manchester City have lost just once while the last four clashes in South Wales have seen a total of seventeen goals.

Both teams have scored on each of the last six occasions the pair have faced each other with the champions elect winning five of those games.

You can back both to net this time around at 2.1 (11/10) while a Manchester City win not to nil can be backed at 2.88 (47/25).

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