Manchester City vs Swansea
English Premier League
Date: Sunday, 5th February 2017
Kick-Off at 13:30 UK / 14:30 CET
Venue: Etihad Stadium, Manchester.
This has been a pretty incredible week for Manchester City. Not only does the team look very good again, the results from the other teams in the top-four race continue to favor the Sky Blues. In midweek, City were the only side in the Top 6 to pick up all three points, which moved them level with Liverpool.
Then the weekend came, and Liverpool lost to Hull City, while Arsenal once again failed to win at Stamford Bridge. Only Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur won on Saturday, and Manchester United cannot overtake City this weekend, so the Citizens are in fantastic position to leap over Arsenal and Liverpool and finish Matchweek 24 in third place, just one point behind Spurs.
Consistency of results is key to maintain a strong position in the table, but the latest performances have been so encouraging that the good results look again like a real possibility. It doesn't seem impossible to win games anymore, and Gabriel Jesus has been the game-changer Pep Guardiola and his men badly needed to regain confidence and start to play well and win games again.
Swansea City present a very difficult challenge on Sunday, as Paul Clement's side are no longer relegation candidates and play a very intense, competitive football now. The Swans are in very strong form and can cause lots of problems to the Citizens.
We said the same about West Ham, though, and we know how that went. Another win like that would be pretty cool.
Manchester City vs Swansea City: Head to Head Statistics
Manchester City have dominated their few meetings with Swansea City, they have won eleven games, drawn twice and lost 3 games to Swansea City.
Swans have never won a game at Etihad Stadium, they have lost all their 7 games against Manchester City at Etihad Stadium.
Manchester City have scored 18 goals at Etihad against Swansea City and conceded just 3 games.
Manchester City are unbeaten in their last 10 meetings against Swansea City, they have won 8 games and drawn twice.
The reverse of this fixture was won by Manchester City as they defeated Swans 1-3.
Manchester City vs Swansea City: Prediction
Manchester City are undoubtedly the favorites in this game, their last outing showed they are back to superb form.
Pep Guardiola’s men are in a good scoring form, having scored 16 goals in their last 6 games. Also Swansea City have scored at least 2 goals in each of their last 2 games.
We expect a goal galore in this game