Swansea v Leicester, Sat 21 Oct 15:00
Coming up after the International break we have two successive home matches within the space of three days, Leicester and Watford.
First then is Leicester, who were relegated from the Premier League on the final day of last season with Everton just about winning out.
Leicester lost key midfielders James Maddison, Harvey Barnes and Youri Tielemans during the summer to big transfers out, otherwise they kept most of their team from the Premier League together.
They also brought in new head coach Enzo Maresca, assistant to Pep Guardiola’s at Manchester City and what a fine job Maresca is doing so far. He replaced Brendan Rodgers who left by mutual consent after four years in charge.
They’ve won a record 10 of their first 11 games so far this season, amassing 30 points and conceding just 6 goals in the process. Their 5 straight away wins, conceding only 3 goals, include 1-4 drubbings of Southampton and Blackburn. They are a possession based team that operate in a 4-3-3 formation to good effect.
So, the question is how do the Swans become the first team to halt the Foxes perfect away record? With great difficulty I’m thinking.
We are no mugs ourselves with 4 straight wins under our belts after a poor start to the season, but will the gap in class between the two sides be too much to overcome. Coupled with our spate of injuries to key players it will be an uphill task but not impossible. Football is a funny old game and often turns up surprise results. Come on the Swans!