This Wednesday
Arsenal faced a humiliating defeat in the Premier League (PL). About a week
ago, Liverpool encountered the similar result. This is same Liverpool club who
has beaten league leaders City.
A same thing happened in both
scenes: Swansea football club. Let's look at the league table before Liverpool
match.
position
|
Club
|
Match played
|
GD
|
Points
|
17
|
Southampton
|
23
|
-11
|
21
|
18
|
Stoke
|
23
|
-27
|
20
|
19
|
West Brom
|
23
|
-12
|
19
|
20
|
Swansea
|
23
|
-21
|
17
|
Gary Linekar also tweeted that
there is only 6 points difference (hence takes only two games to separate)
between 10th positioned and 20th positioned club. And he
was absolutely right about that. Who goes to relegation and who finishes within
top 10 is still in great uncertainty.
Even Swansea took full three
points with the narrow win against Liverpool, they remained on the bottom of
the league. But, after Arsenal game things are little different. And Swansea is
close to 13th placed Crystal Palace in the sense that they are just
ahead of three points. Now, Swansea is at 19th.
position
|
Club
|
Match played
|
GD
|
Points
|
13
|
Crystal palace
|
25
|
-15
|
26
|
14
|
Newcastle
|
25
|
-12
|
24
|
15
|
Brighton
|
25
|
-16
|
24
|
16
|
Stoke
|
25
|
-25
|
24
|
17
|
Huddersfield
|
25
|
-25
|
24
|
18
|
Southampton
|
25
|
-11
|
23
|
19
|
Swansea
|
25
|
-18
|
23
|
20
|
West Brom
|
25
|
-15
|
20
|
Goal difference is better than
16th place Stoke and 17th place Huddersfield. This
clearly indicates that Swansea has a high chance that it can climb up the table
next game week. Looking at the current form, they may win or at least draw.
What
have changed with Swansea?
Swansea
is now with new manager, Carlos Carvahal after they have sacked Paul Clement on
December 2017.
One clear thing the Carvahal has changed with the Swansea is
their defensive setup. Even if the ball in opponent's legs they have kept their
momentum and enthusiasm to grab the ball. Unlike Carvahal's usual attacking strategy,
he went for more defensive foundation. And it clearly improved their
performance from Tottenham game.
Mike
van der Hoorn is the central defender who has nowadays go up on the field and
support middle play. His beautiful cross on Newcastle game gave Jordan Ayew a
goal.
Jordan's
elder brother Andre has returned to Swansea from West Ham for a club record fee
of $25.5 million. He was their leading scorer with 12 goals in the previous
season.
Good
luck to the Welsh club for the good season! J