Swansea City will be looking to reclaim a position in the top four when they host Crystal Palace, who will have a lot of momentum behind them after a stellar performance against Liverpool last week. Join The Roar from 2:00am (AEDT) for live updates.
Swansea City started off strong against former champions Manchester City in their last fixture through an early goal from Wilfried Bony, before conceding two goals in what was a entertaining fixture at the Etihad Stadium.
Although disappointed by the result, Swansea manager Garry Monk can take a lot of positives out of the game, including impressive midfield link ups, most notably including Jefferson Montero, who has been in outstanding form in recent weeks, creating opportunities whenever he can and playing a full game at a consistent pace.
Set to take on Queens Park Rangers and West Ham United in their following fixtures, Swansea City are more than capable of winning their next few games and should be looking to gain maximum points in the fight for a top four position.
Despite chasing the game after they conceded in just the second minute, Crystal Palace sent their fans home happy scoring three goals, including a stunning free kick by Socceroos skipper Mile Jedinak, in a entertaining win against Liverpool.
Palace manager Neil Warnock will be looking to implement some of the attacking strategies that were successful against Liverpool, however with Palace’s lacking ability to keep possession in recent weeks, it would not be a surprise to see Montero, Sigurdsson and Dyer come off successful off a counter attacking play.
Crystal Palace have had limited success against Swansea City, and will be looking to break that curse when they travel to the Liberty Stadium. The last time these two teams played was earlier in March, where a ten man Swansea City side dominated the majority of the game before a eighty-second minute penalty saw Palace salvage a draw.
This time around however, Swansea look much stronger in the back, much more clinical in their attacking movements and will be looking to come up with the three points.
Prediction: Swansea City 2-0 Crystal Palace
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Was nice to see both teams not want to settle for the point.
Ryan Selvage
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Good game for the neutral. Plenty of chances for both sides and a goal for Mile.
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Swansea City 1 (Bony 15') - 1 (Jedinak 25' (pen) ) Crystal Palace
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Both teams forced to settle for a point in what was an entertaining end to end fixture. Both sides went for the kill but it was not meant to be. The talking point was a dubious penalty call against Shelvey that saw Aussie skipped Jedinak equalise from the spot, after an early goal from Wilfred Bony put Swansea in front. Swansea stay out of the top four for now, and Palace are still somewhat clear of the relegation zone, but with the bottom half of the table being so tight, Crystal Palace need to be getting three points to escape the pressure of playing for a spot in the Premier League. Thank you for joining the Roar's liver coverage of the English Premier League, we look forward to seeing you again soon. Once again the final score was Swansea City 1 - 1 Crystal Palace
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Referee Martin Atkinson blows the final whistle. The final score is Swansea City 1 - 1 Crystal Palace
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90+3' - Bolaise tries for a shot late on that gets power but it goes well over. Swansea City 1 - 1 Crystal Palace
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90+3' - Bolaise with a good ball but Campbell can't quite get to it. Swansea City 1 - 1 Crystal Palace
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90+2' - Kelly with an optimistic effort that is saved by the keeper. Swansea City 1 - 1 Crystal Palace
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90+1' - Gomis' header goes over for a goal kick. Swansea City 1 - 1 Crystal Palace
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There will be four minutes of added time. Swansea City 1 - 1 Crystal Palace in the 90th minute.
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88' - Fraizer Campbell is penalised for a handball but no booking has been handed down. Swansea City 1 - 1 Crystal Palace
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Both teams still pushing forward trying to find that wining goal. Swansea City 1 - 1 Crystal Palace 87 minutes played.
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87' - Ward takes the corner that is taken easily by Fabianksi. Swansea City 1 - 1 Crystal Palace
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86' - Bolasie's shot is blocked and it goes out for a corner kick. Swansea City 1 - 1 Crystal Palace
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86' - Sigurdsson with another shot and a decent effort that goes over the bar for a goal kick. Swansea City 1 - 1 Crystal Palace
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84' - Bartley does well to pressure Campbell into taking the ball out for the goal kick. Swansea City 1 - 1 Crystal Palace
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Neither team settling for a point, as both teams look to attack and try and steal the game late on. Swansea City 1 - 1 Crystal Palace 82 minutes played
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SUBSTITUTION for CRYSTAL PALACE Puncheon will be coming off for Zaha in an attempt to steal the game. Swansea City 1 - 1 Crystal Palace 81 minutes played
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78' - Rangel with a good run and gets the ball to Sigurdsson who hits it low and it goes wide. Swansea City 1 - 1 Crystal Palace