Swansea vs Liverpool: Team news, kick-off time, likely line-ups, odds and stats from the Premier League clash
Ahead of the Premier League's weekend action, Sportsmail will be providing you with team news, betting odds and Opta stats. Here is all you need to know as Swansea host Liverpool.
In or out? Keep up-to-date with all the latest team news and stats ahead of the weekend
Swansea vs Liverpool (The Liberty Stadium)
Team News
Swansea
Swansea are waiting on striker Tammy Abraham ahead of Monday's Premier League home game with Liverpool.
The England international has missed four games with a hip injury, but the return of Wilfried Bony from a hamstring problem has bolstered Swansea's strikeforce.
Mike Van der Hoorn (muscle injury), Renato Sanches (hamstring) and Angel Rangel (calf) should all be available.
Provisional squad: Fabianski, Naughton, Fernandez, Bartley, Mawson, Olsson, Clucas, Ki, Carroll, Ayew, Bony, Nordfeldt, Roberts, Rangel, Van der Hoorn, Mesa, Britton, Fer, Sanches, Narsingh, Abraham, Dyer, Fulton, Routledge, McBurnie.
Swansea are waiting on striker Tammy Abraham ahead of Monday night's game with Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool top scorer Mohamed Salah and defenders Dejan Lovren and Ragnar Klavan are all expected to recover from illness to face Swansea on Monday.
Centre-back Virgil van Dijk returns to the side after a tight hamstring ruled him out of last week's win over Manchester City.
Captain Jordan Henderson (hamstring) and Alberto Moreno (ankle) are back in training but are not likely to be ready until next weekend's FA Cup tie at home to West Brom.
Provisional squad: Karius, Alexander-Arnold, Van Dijk, Matip, Robertson, Can, Wijnaldum, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Salah, Firmino, Mane, Mignolet, Gomez, Klavan, Lovren, Milner, Lallana, Ings, Solanke, Sturridge.
Virgil van Dijk returns for Liverpool after a tight hamstring ruled him out of last week's win
Key match stats
Supplied by Opta
Although Swansea have conceded 27 goals in 13 Premier League games (W3 D3 L7) against the Reds, just six of those have come at Liberty Stadium.
14 of Liverpool’s last 15 Premier League goals in this fixture have been scored in the second half (93%).
Since Swansea and Liverpool last met in the Premier League at Liberty Stadium in October 2016 – Francesco Guidolin’s last match in charge – the Swans have had five different managers take charge of a Premier League game (Bradley, Curtis, Clement, Britton and Carvalhal), spanning 54 games; by contrast, Liverpool have had five different managers span 517 Premier League games.
Liverpool, who won 5-0 in the reverse fixture, haven’t won both league matches in a season by such a margin or greater against an opponent since 2001-02 against Ipswich Town (6-0 away, 5-0 at home).
This will be Liverpool’s first away league visit to a side starting that day bottom of the Premier League since February 2016, when they won 6-0 at Aston Villa.
Swansea have lost each of their last three Premier League games played on a Monday, conceding at least three goals each time.
Roberto Firmino has scored five goals in his last three Premier League games against Swansea
The Reds have scored at least twice in each of their last six Premier League away games – just one short of their record in the competition of seven between February and May 2014.
The Swans have scored fewer home goals than any other Premier League side this season (6), while Liverpool have scored the most away from home (29).
Roberto Firmino has scored five goals in his last three Premier League games against Swansea, including braces in each of the last two.
Mo Salah has scored 18 goals from 44 shots on target in the Premier League this season – Swansea, by contrast, have scored just 14 goals as a team from 52 shots on target.
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