Swansea City v Huddersfield Town: Team news, kick-off time, probable line-ups, odds and stats from the Premier League clash

  • Renato Sanches highly doubtful for Swansea City following thigh strain
  • Wilfried Bony also facing a late fitness test after picking up a calf problem
  • Danny Williams set to feature in Huddersfield Town squad following injury
  • Steve Mounie is back in training after missing three league games 

Ahead of this weekend's Premier League action, Sportsmail will be providing you with all you need to know about every fixture, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats. 

Here is all the information you need for Swansea's home clash with Huddersfield.

 

Swansea City v Huddersfield Town (Liberty Stadium) 


Team news

Swansea

Renato Sanches is set to miss Swansea's Premier League home game against Huddersfield after picking up a thigh strain on international duty with Portugal.

Swansea will also make a late decision on Wilfried Bony who has been troubled by a nerve problem in his calf which has caused him to experience tightness in his hamstring.

Renato Sanches (right) picked up a thigh strain while on international duty with Portugal

Renato Sanches (right) picked up a thigh strain while on international duty with Portugal

But there is better news on Nathan Dyer (achilles) and Ki Sung-yueng (knee) who are available for the first time this season.

Provisional squad: Fabianski, Naughton, Fernandez, Mawson, Olsson, Britton, Clucas, Carroll, Fer, Ayew, Abraham, Nordfeldt, Rangel, Van der Hoorn, Mesa, Sanches, Bony, Fulton, Narsingh, Routledge, Dyer, McBurnie.

Huddersfield

Danny Williams is expected to return to Huddersfield's squad for their Premier League game at Swansea.

Midfielder Williams has recovered from a foot injury and could start, with head coach David Wagner to decide whether to rest Australia international Aaron Mooy.

Danny Williams is set to return to the Huddersfield Town squad for the clash with Swansea

Danny Williams is set to return to the Huddersfield Town squad for the clash with Swansea

Club record signing Steve Mounie is back in training after missing three league games due to an inflamed heel and may be involved. Collin Quaner (calf), Kasey Palmer (hamstring) and Michael Hefele (Achilles) are still out.

Provisional squad: Lossl, Lowe, Malone, Schindler, Jorgensen, Smith, Hogg, Williams, Mooy, Billing, Van La Parra, Ince, Kachunga, Depoitre, Mounie, Green, Sabiri, Cranie, Hadergjonaj.

 

SWANSEA v HUDDERSFIELD

Kick-off: Saturday, 3pm

Odds (subject to change):

Swansea 6/5

Draw 23/10

Huddersfield 31/10

Managers:

Paul Clement (Swansea)

David Wagner (Huddersfield)

Head-to-head league record:

Swansea wins 13

Draws 14

Huiddersfield wins 23

Recent league form (latest result first):

Swansea: LLDLW

Huddersfield: LDDLD

Referee: Paul Tierney 

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Key match stats (supplied by Opta)

This is the first top-flight meeting between Swansea City and Huddersfield Town, with the two sides having met in each of the other top three tiers of English football. It will be the 92nd fixture in English league football to span the top four tiers, with Swansea having previously faced Watford and Wolves in all four divisions and Huddersfield facing Portsmouth in all four.

Huddersfield have won their last two away league games against Swansea, although this is the first match since November 2007 – they’ve never won three consecutive away matches in Swansea.

The Terriers have failed to score in nine of their last 14 matches in all competitions, including in each of the last three. They last went four competitive games without a goal back in August 2004.

Swansea have attempted the fewest shots in the Premier League this season (46) and have also registered just 30 shots in open play, a league-low.

Paul Clement's Swansea side have attempted the fewest shots in the Premier League with 46

Paul Clement's Swansea side have attempted the fewest shots in the Premier League with 46

Swansea have also fired in just 11 shots on target so far this season, the fewest in the Premier League. There have been three players land more shots on target in the top-flight this season than the Swans have managed (Harry Kane 16, Romelu Lukaku 15, Mohamed Salah 14).

The Swans have won just once in their last six Premier League games against newly-promoted sides, failing to score in four of those games (W1 D1 L4).

Since David Wagner took charge of his first game as Huddersfield boss in November 2015, no manager has lost more matches in the top four tiers of English football by four or more goals than the American (five, level with Mark Hughes).

Jordan Ayew has had a hand in more Premier League goals for Swansea in 2017 than any other player currently at the club (two goals, three assists). Prior to their departures, Gylfi Sigurdsson (12) and Fernando Llorente (10) led the Swans for goal involvements in 2017.

Only Southampton’s Nathan Redmond (23) has had more shots without scoring in the Premier League this season than Huddersfield’s Tom Ince (20).

David de Gea (6) is the only Premier League goalkeeper to have kept more clean sheets this season than Huddersfield’s Jonas Lossl (4) – level with Petr Cech, Hugo Lloris and Ederson.