This would have been one of the most explosive encounters of the weekend a few weeks ago having featured the return of Paulo Sousa after he quit the Liberty Stadium to join Leicester in the summer. However, following a dreadful start by the Foxes Sousa has now been replaced and it’s been left up to former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson to pick up the pieces. While the Walkers Stadium outfit are struggling at the lower end of the table, Swansea are having a very good campaign and occupy the last playoff place in 6th.
Swansea have become renowned for playing a unique and attractive style of football through the years and when they lost Paulo Sousa during the summer, there were worries that this brand could come to an end. What’s more, there were big doubts over the credentials of new manager Brendan Rodgers, who had endured a truly awful spell in his last post as Reading manager. However, it appears as though Rodgers has learned from his mistakes and Swansea supporters will be very happy with the direction their season is heading. Rodgers has put together a strike partnership of Stephen Dobbie and Scott Sinclair and with nine goals between them already, that’s just one part of the success story. They’ve lost just once in their last eight and having held league leaders QPR to a draw in their last outing, the Swans will definitely be full of confidence as they continue their assault on the top positions.
Leicester on the other hand are slowly climbing up the table following the awful start to the season they had. Since Paulo Sousa’s departure, the Foxes have managed seven points from three games and that’s a significant improvement on the form which saw them rooted to the bottom of the league after the opening weeks of the season. Sven-Goran Eriksson has got to work on putting his own team together and having brought in the likes of Kyle Naughton, Curtis Davies and Darius Vassell already, it’s plain to see that the Leicester squad has already improved immensely on paper.
As for team news, the Swans are preparing to be without Mark Glover for the next six weeks after it was found that the midfielder had torn his hamstring. Brendan Rodgers might hand a debut to Marvin Emnes though after the striker was left on the bench in the midweek fixture. Leicester’s new singing Darius Vassell is highly unlikely to feature as he bids to regain his match sharpness. Matty Fryatt and Lloyd Dyer could start though as the duo return from suspension and injury respectively.
Swansea are one of the few sides in the division who are unbeaten at home but we think that statistic could change this weekend. The Swans are having an excellent season, but Leicester are growing in confidence every game and with the
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