by Ian S. Palmer
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English Premier League co-leaders Leicester City pay a visit to Wales this Saturday, December 5 when they take on Swansea City at Liberty Stadium in Swansea. Leicester enters the weekend with 29 points on eight wins, five draws and just one loss. They’ve scored 29 times and allowed 21 against. Leicester is unbeaten on the road with four wins and three draws with 15 goals scored and nine allowed. Swansea sits in 15th position with three wins, five draws and six defeats for 14 points. They’ve scored 14 times and conceded 19. Swansea has two victories, three draws and a pair of losses at home with eight goals scored and nine conceded.
Swansea City vs Leicester City – Pinnacle SOCCER BETTING LINE:
- Pinnacle currently lists Leicester as the favorites at +163 with Swansea +180 and a draw at +253
Swansea City vs Leicester City – Head to Head:
- Swansea has won three in a row at home over Leicester with one of them being a clean sheet. They won 2-0 at home last season while Leicester won by the same score in their home match. However, Swansea has just four victories overall in their past 20 meetings with Leicester. Overall, these two sides have met 33 times in the past with Leicester winning 15, losing 10 and drawing the other eight.
Swansea was beaten 1-0 in Liverpool last weekend and have just one win in their past six outings while Leicester battled to a 1-1 home draw with Manchester United. The big story in that game was Leicester’s English forward Jamie Vardy as he set a new Premier League record with a goal in 11 consecutive games. Vardy now has 14 goals in 14 games this season to lead the league. Leicester has one loss this campaign and has been beaten just once in their past 18 matches dating back to last season. They’ve won 11, lost one and drawn six in that span. Meanwhile, Swansea has just one victory in their past 10 league outings and has lost three of their past four.
To make matters worse, Swansea has been shutout in four of their past six contests and six of their past 10 and are winless in their last five at home. Therefore, the biggest problem this squad has is finding the back of the net. Bafetimbi Gomis is their best forward and if he’s not on his game then the team is in deep trouble. However, the problem with Gomis is that he’s caught offside far too often. He leads the league in offside calls with twice as many as runner up Diego Costa of Chelsea.
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Leicester’s only loss of the season was a 5-2 decision to Arsenal and they’ve gone unbeaten since then in seven league matches. They’ve won three and drawn one in their past four road trips and have scored at least two goals in eight of their last 10 league encounters. Swansea could be without Patrick Tabanou for this game due to a thigh injury. Leicester could be without Matthew James if he hasn’t fully recovered from his recent injury.
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