Swansea vs Chelsea - Pre match.

Swansea City vs Chelsea pre match briefing :

The only place outside England where Liverpool will play this season, Liberty Stadium, sees Swansea take on Chelsea in what will be an encounter that most people believe will be a low scoring one.

Chelsea have conceded just 1 goal in their last 5 games, none in their last 4. In the process however, Chelsea’s scoring record has not been very impressive apart from the 4-0 win over Pompey.

Chelsea’s last 5 games’ results read :

1.  QPR                  0-1 Chelsea

2.  Norwich             0-0 Chelsea

3.  Chelsea             1-0 Sunderland

4.  Chelsea             4-0 Portsmouth

5.  Wolverhampton   1-2 Chelsea

The stats look impressive, Chelsea have won 4 of their last 5 games, but the real story is something completely different. Lack of creativity and as a result, lack of goals up front will hurt Chelsea.

Injuries for Chelsea :

1.  Ramires.

2.  Lampard

3.  Mikel.

The absence of Ramires and Lampard will surely be felt for Chelsea who’s midfield department is already struggling to create genuine chances in the final third for their strikers.

Mata and Sturridge have had average games offlate.

Torres has been really impressive in the past few games, his touches and movement has been great, but the goals just aren’t coming. Do we blame him for that? Or the fact that the midfield isn’t doing enough to provide good final balls?

Interesting, yet worrying stat : Torres didn’t attempt a single shot in the 90 minutes he played against QPR!

Meanwhile,

Possible Lineup :

-------------------Cech---------------------

---Ivanovic----JT--------Luiz----------Cole-----

------------------Romeu---------------------

-------Meireles-------------Essien--------------

-Sturridge--------------------------------Mata—

-----------------Torres------------------------

Problem area?

1.  Center Back – Luiz, he’s one player who will be excellent the entire match but will make one or two silly errors that will cost Chelsea.

2.  Midfield trio – Romeu does his job well, but the fact that Essien is a similar defensive minded player and that Meireles isn’t the kind of player who can provide that final killer pass is a worry for Chelsea.

Verdict? Swansea 0-0 Chelsea.