Chelsea vs Swansea City Preview

August 6, 2015
By: Deke Hardman

Jose Mourinho

Saturday’s Premier League action concludes at Stamford Bridge where champions Chelsea take on Swansea City.

The Blues, who secured last season’s title by a margin of eight points, have struggled in preseason losing two of their four games in the International Champions Cup and needed penalties to win the other two, while they were beaten one goal to nil by Arsenal in last weekend’s Community Shield at Wembley.

Last season’s top scorer Diego Costa is Jose Mourinho’s only injury concern, so loan signing Radamel Falcao could lead the line, while fellow new arrivals Asmir Begovic, Nathan and Danilo Pantic will all hope to be involved.

Falcao, who scored just four goals in a year-long spell with Manchester United last season, is priced at 5.5 (9/2) to get the first of the game here with reigning PFA Player of the Year Eden Hazard a 6.0 (5/1) chance with Coral.

The home win can be backed at 1.38 (3/8) with 888 Sport, with the visitors as highly priced as the 12.0 (11/1) on offer from Betfair. The draw is widely available at 5.0 (4/1).

In his first full season in charge, Garry Monk guided the Swans to an impressive eighth place finish, while they go into this match having gone through preseason unbeaten.

Jordi Amat should recover from injury in time to make the matchday squad though is unlikely to start, while Eder, Franck Tabanou and Andre Ayew are all in line to make their debuts.

Ghana international Ayew, who scored eleven times for Marseille last season, can be backed at 17.0 (16/1) to open the scoring with a variety of bookmakers with Bafetimibi Gomis a 12.0 (11/1) shot with most firms.

The Blues won both meetings between the sides by an aggregate score of 9-2, while the Welsh outfit have won just once against their London opponents in their history.

Coral offer a price of 5.5 (9/2) for Chelsea to score four or more goals this time around while the same firm offer 6.0 (5/1) for there to be a combined total of five or more in the game.

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