Swansea meet Welsh rivals, Wrexham as the Sky Bet Championship kicks off their festive fortnight of action.
Victory would lift Swansea up to 17th in the table, whilst Wrexham can climb as high as eighth with a win.
Team News
Swansea will be without Burnley loanee, Manuel Benson for at least their next four games after he was called up by Angola for the Africa Cup of Nations.
Wrexham are unlikely to welcome Liberato Cacace back from a calf injury, although he is nearing a return to the matchday squad.
Danny Ward (elbow), Lewis Brunt (thigh), Andy Cannon (ACL), Issa Kabore (hamstring), Elliot Lee (knee) and Jay Rodriguez (ankle) remain absent.
When is Kick-Off?
Swansea host Wrexham at the Swanseacity.com Stadium on Friday 19 December at 8pm GMT, live on Sky Sports in the UK.
Stat Attack
- Swansea are winless in their last nine meetings against Wrexham (D2, L7).
- Wrexham have avoided defeat in their last four trips to Swansea (D2, L2).
- Wrexham have kept clean sheets in their last four meetings against Swansea (W3, D1).
- Goncalo Franco has been booked in Swansea’s last two home matches (W2).
- Wrexham are winless in their last six away matches in the Championship (D4, L2).
Prediction
Swansea’s vulnerability this season has been their defence because there is no doubting that they’ve got goals within them, yet sloppy defensive play has too often been their downfall although there has been an improvement with two clean sheets in their last three games.
Wrexham though are in strong form with just one defeat in their last 11 league matches and when not winning, they have shown proper character to grind out draws which could prove significant come end of season if in the play-off picture.
As for this match specifically, my instinct is that this could well be a close battle because Swansea definitely are capable of goals, but Wrexham should have enough quality to snatch a draw and breach the Swans’ defence.
Prediction: Swansea 1-1 Wrexham
Result: Swansea 2-1 Wrexham
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