Everton vs Swansea City – Match Preview

Swansea City visit Goodison Park to play the 10th round of fixtures of the English  Premier League 2014/15 season against Everton.

Everton are currently in 9th position with 12 points while their opponents for this weekend, Swansea are in 6th position with couple of points more. Both these teams have a great chance to climb up to the top five if they can secure a win and rely on the other matches that are to be played.

In the last six meetings between these sides, Everton have been victorious in four occasions while they have lost just once. One match between the side have ended in a draw. The most recent encounter between the sides was in 2014 when the teams met in a League Cup tie. Swansea won that match 3-0 with goals from Nathan Dyer, Gylfi Sigurdsson and Marvin Emnes.

Team News:

Kevin Mirallas is still unfit and will not play in this match along with John Stones who has suffered an injury. Bryan Oviedo has made a comeback in training but it is unlikely he will feature just yet. Arouna Kone has resumed training but he will be given time to prove his full fitness. Romelu Lukaku picked up a knock but it shouldn’t stop him from starting the match this weekend.

Swansea are without Spanish center back Jordi Amat who joins English midfielder Leon Britton in the injury front. Dwight TIendalli and Ashley Richards have both recovered from respective injuries but they are still not match fit. Gylfi Sigurdsson should be fit enough to start the match after being subbed off early in second half last weekend. Rory Donelly is also not fully match fit.

Probable Starting Lineup:

Everton:

Formation: 4-2-3-1

Tim Howard: Seamus Coleman, Antolin Alcaraz, Phil Jagielka, Leighton Baines: James McCarthy, Gareth Barry: Steven Naismith, Samuel Eto’O, Leon Osman: Romelu Lukaku

Swansea:

Formation: 4-2-3-1

Lukasz Fabianski: Angel Rangel, Ashley Williams, Federico Fernandez, Neill Taylor: Ki Sueng Yueng, Jonjo Shelvey: Nathan Dyer, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Jefferson Montero: Wilfried Bony