Swansea City v Everton: match preview

Swansea are looking for their fifth consecutive home win – against an indifferent Everton side that should include Wayne Rooney
  
  

Swansea City v Everton
Swansea City v Everton: probable starters in bold, contenders in light. Photograph: Guardian

A huge game for Swansea, who could take a significant step towards survival if they can rack up a fifth successive home win. Jordan Ayew, Swansea’s leading goalscorer, returns from suspension and will go straight back into the team, possibly at the expense of Tammy Abraham. For Everton, Wayne Rooney is expected to start, with Sam Allardyce insisting there is no problem between them after he substituted the forward last weekend, but there will be no Liberty Stadium return for Gylfi Sigurdsson, who remains injured. Stuart James

Saturday 3pm

Venue Liberty Stadium

Last season Swansea 1 Everton 0

Referee Lee Mason

This season G14 Y32 R2 2.57 cards/game

Odds H 6-4 A 2-1 D 9-4

SWANSEA

Subs from Nordfeldt, Mulder, Narsingh, Carroll, Abraham, Bartley, Britton, Dyer, Routledge, Roberts, James, Rangel

Doubtful Van der Hoorn (shoulder)

Injured Sanches (hamstring, unknown), Fer (achilles, unknown), Bony (knee, unknown)

Suspended None

Discipline Y41 R1

Form WLWDLD

Leading scorer J Ayew 6

EVERTON

Subs from Robles, Niasse, Davies, Bolasie, Martina, Kenny, Klaassen, Vlasic, Baningime, Funes Mori, Williams

Doubtful Jagielka (knock)

Injured Mangala (knee, unknown), Sigurdsson (knee, May), McCarthy (broken leg, Sep), Stekelenburg (groin, unknown), Holgate (ankle, unknown)

Suspended None Discipline Y47 R3

Form LLWWLD

Leading scorer Rooney 10

 

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