Swansea vs Chelsea: Premier League match preview

A look ahead to this weekend's Premier League fixture at the Liberty Stadium

Holly Wade
Friday 16 January 2015 10:19 EST
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Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho (Getty)

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Chelsea head across the bridge to Swansea this weekend, hoping to repeat their 4-2 win from last September when the teams last met.

Mourinho's team have had a relatively good spate of results of late, winning four of their latest six Premier League games. Currently sitting proud at the top of the table the Blues are only separated from nearest rivals Manchester City by two points.

Swansea are looking stable in ninth position, having only lost one of their last six matches. Despite this it seems unlikely that Garry Monk’s side will be able stop Chelsea in their tracks this weekend though.

KICK-OFF: Saturday, 3.00pm

PAST THREE MEETINGS…

Chelsea 4 (Costa 3, Remy) Swansea 2 (Terry, Shelvey), Premier League, September 2014

Swansea 0 Chelsea 1 (Ba), Premier League, April 2014

Chelsea 1 (Hazard) Swansea 0, Premier League, December 2013

STATS…

The last time Swansea beat Chelsea was in the Capital One Cup in 2013 where Michu and Graham scored to take the 2-0 win

The two teams have only ever met over the course of 14 different seasons, ranging from 1925 to 2015

The last five times that Swansea have been at home to Chelsea they have either lost or drawn the match

ODDS…

Swansea to win: 6

Chelsea to win: 4/7

Draw: 16/5

TV: Highlights on BBC1 at 10.25pm.

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