WEST BROM VS SWANSEA PREVIEW & PREDICTION
A number of matches in the Premier League are full of tension this weekend. For example, West Bromwich Albion receives a visit from Swansea City and for West Bromwich Albion the canvas seems to have fallen, but at Swansea City they realize that this weekend three points have to be achieved.
West Bromwich Albion:
Nobody will keep in mind that West Bromwich Albion will leave the last place in the Premier League. That The Baggies would degrade this season was already a lot longer to come, but it must now also very crazy West Bromwich Albion still the twentieth place left. The Premier League fielder has seven points behind Stoke City and only needs one victory in the last few months of this season, we should not expect miracles from The Baggies anymore.
West Bromwich Albion lost the last nine games and so there is no confidence at all at The Baggies. Last week, Burnley was too strong with 1-2 for the team of former coach Alan Pardew and that meant for West Bromwich Albion the eighth league defeat in a row. Never before has West Bromwich Albion lost so many games in the Premier League and the West Bromwich Albion supporters will not even be surprised if a ninth game is added this weekend. The advantage for West Bromwich Albion this weekend is that a number of important players are fit again, but the question is whether players such as Daniel Sturridge, Gareth Barry and Nacer Chadli can take care of the turnaround.
After the loss against Burnley, Pardew was fired. On the one hand it is understandable that the club management did not want to continue with Pardew, but the question is whether this is the right time to put a manager on the street. After all, WBA is almost certain of relegation and nobody expects that field trainer Darren Moor will suddenly start to cause a change at West Bromwich Albion. All in all, this season seems to end as a deception for West Bromwich Albion.
Swansea City:
At Swansea City they know exactly how they feel at West Bromwich Albion right now. The Swans were also at the bottom of the Premier League for a long time and that resulted in Paul Clement taking his stuff from the Liberty Stadium. Under Carlos Carvalhal, however, Swansea City has suddenly started to improve and The Swans have also been above the degradation line for a while. Nevertheless, the gap of Swansea City at number eighteen Southampton is only three points and The Swans are not there yet.
The Swans did not win their last three games. In the FA Cup, Tottenham Hotspur was 0-3 too strong for the Carvalhal team and Swansea City did not go further than a goalless draw at Huddersfield Town in the Premier League and there was a 2-0 defeat on a visit to Manchester United. At Old Trafford there was a 2-0 score on the scoreboard after twenty minutes of playing football and at Swansea City they knew early on in the game that there was little to gain from visiting Manchester United.
On a visit to West Bromwich Albion, however, there is a lot to be gained for The Swans and the team of Carvalhal must also win at The Hawthorns. The program is Swansea City in the last weeks of the season not very well-disposed and so the three points this weekend are very important. After the game against West Bromwich Albion there are four opponents for Swansea City who are much better on paper than The Swans and Carvalhal ends the season with his players with degradation squatters in his own home against Southampton and Stoke City. The chances are that the relegation battle will only be decided in the Premier League in the last two rounds of the season.
PREDICTION: Over 1.5 goals @ 1.44
