Swansea vs Tottenham Prediction, Betting Tips and Preview

Swansea take on Tottenham in FA Cup action this Saturday. Read the match predictions to find out why we predict the away side to progress to the next round.

Swansea vs Tottenham Preview

Swansea’s season has been turned around thanks to the appointment of Carlos Carvalhal towards the end of last year. The Portuguese coach has lifted the Swans out of the bottom three and up to 14th in the Premier League by picking up 8 wins, 6 draws and just 2 losses during his time in charge. His first loss as manager was against Saturday’s opponents where his side suffered a 2-0 defeat in early January at the Liberty Stadium. Although the Swans are not out of danger yet, being just four points above the relegation zone, they are looking like one of the more likely teams to survive the drop.

Swansea reached the quarter-finals by defeating Sheffield Wednesday at the Liberty Stadium after they were held to a 0-0 draw at Hillsborough Stadium thus forcing the replay. The matched looked like it could be heading for another stalemate draw before Carvalhal brought on Jordan Ayew in the 46th minute. The Ghanaian international found the net nine minutes later to break the deadlock and see his side through to the semi-finals. However, Swansea were dealt a huge blow on Saturday when Ayew was dismissed early on in the game against Huddersfield. His side managed to hold onto a draw despite having 10 men for almost 80 minutes but it now means Ayew will be suspended for this weekends FA Cup match.

With Jordan Ayew suspended and Wilfred Bony injured, Tammy Abraham will lead the front line for Swansea. Carlos Carvalhal also has a number of other players unavailable through injury including, Leroy Fer, Leon Britton, Renato Sanches and Angel Rangel.

Tottenham bounced back from their 2-1 defeat to Juventus in the Champions League with a 4-1 win away to Bournemouth at the weekend. Prior to their Champions League exit, Mauricio Pochettino’s side were 17 games unbeaten, although they have had a nervy time in this competition so far with both Newport and Rochdale forcing replays.

Spurs are unbeaten in their last nine matches on the road. However, five of those have ended in draws. They will take confidence from the fact that they have never been beaten by the hosts and that the last time they met at the Liberty Stadium Spurs emerged as winners with a 2-0 victory.

Although Pochettino may have rotated his squad for this fixture anyway, his side also lost a star player when Harry Kane went off injured in their last match against Bournemouth. Dele Alli and Danny Rose were also injured in that game and could potentially miss Saturday’s match although their injuries seem less serious.

Along with Kane, Alli and Rose on the injured list, Toby Alderweireld will also miss the game because of a hamstring problem. Lucas Moura, Fernando Llorente, Michel Vorm and Juan Foyth could all be handed starts should none of them recover in time.

Swansea vs Tottenham Betting Tips

• Swansea have won 5 drawn 4 and lost 1 of their last 10 matches
• Tottenham have won 6 drawn 3 and lost 1 of their last 10 matches
• Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Swansea have scored an average of 2.1 goals and conceded an average of 0.9 goals per game
• Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Tottenham have scored an average of 2.3 goals and conceded an average of 1 goal per game
• There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 4 of Swansea’s previous 10 matches
• There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 6 of Tottenham’s previous 10 matches

Swansea vs Tottenham Predictions

Both sides are in good form and Swansea have been excellent at home recently, winning their last seven matches at the Liberty Stadium. With Jordan Ayew out, the Swans will be looking towards Tammy Abraham to produce goals. The striker has found the net four times this season but we’re not sure if he is enough of a threat to break down Tottenham’s back four. However, Tottenham also have a string of key players out after their trip to Bournemouth and so they too will be without their main goal scorer.

Despite Tottenham’s shaky results so far in this competition, we expect them to have enough to progress to the next round. Pochettino’s side have scored at least two goals in nine of their last ten FA Cup matches and despite the potential absence of Harry Kane and Dele Alli, we expect them to do the same again. This could be a tight game but we’re backing the visitors to progress with a 2-0 victory at the Liberty Stadium.

Swansea have never beaten Tottenham and have only managed three draws in the fourteen times they have played them with Tottenham winning the remaining eleven.

Tottenham have already beaten Swansea at the Liberty Stadium this season. Goals from Fernando Llorente and Dele Alli sealed a 2-0 with for the visitors when the teams met in the Premier League earlier in the year.

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