Swansea 2.90 v Leicester 2.74; The Draw 3.30
Saturday, 15:00
Clement's strategy is having some success
Swansea are unlikely to receive any awards for entertainment this season, but Paul Clement's side are nevertheless picking up enough points to keep themselves clear of the relegation zone.
The Swans won their second game of the season last weekend with a 2-0 victory over Huddersfield. Aside from an early mauling from Manchester United, no team has found it easy against Swansea, with Clement's defensive strategy proving hard to break down.
After a summer in which Swansea lost both their most creative player in Gylfi Sigurdsson and their top scorer in Fernando Llorente, no one can blame Clement for taking a cautious approach. He will hope though that in the on-loan striker Tammy Abraham, he has found a player to give Swansea a cutting edge. Abraham's brace against Huddersfield took his tally to four goals in eight games this season.
It's likely that Clement will be without the injured Kyle Bartley, Wilfried Bony and Renato Sanches for the visit of Leicester, while Leroy Fer serves a suspension.
Can Appleton give Leicester short-term boost?
At the time of writing it seems likely that Leicester will travel to Swansea without a manager, following their decision to sack Craig Shakespeare.
Shakespeare was unfortunate to be sacked, but it was hardly a surprise considering that the Leicester owners had shown their lack of sentimentality last season when they fired Claudio Ranieri, just months after he'd won the Premier League.
Leicester had a nightmare run of fixtures and their poor results in those games seems to to have affected their confidence in more winnable games, with the Foxes drawing with Huddersfield, Bournemouth and West Brom. Caretaker manager Michael Appleton will be hoping to inspire Leicester, but it seems that the club are intent on bringing in a high profile name to replace Shakespeare.
Appleton will be without two players on Saturday, with Robert Huth and Matty James both out injured.
Leicester should not be favourites
Leicester are the 2.74 favourites, with Swansea out at 2.90 and the draw at 3.30.
Even allowing for the fact that Leicester could receive a confidence boost from their change of manager, it's strange to see that they are the favourites against a Swansea side coming in off the back of a home victory over Huddersfield.
If you think that Swansea can pull off another victory, back them in the draw no bet market at 2.10, while the draw itself should not be discounted, with Leicester having drawn three of their last four Premier League games.
Unders looks nailed on
Under 2.5 goals is the favourite at 1.75, with overs at 2.12.
Leicester were a free-scoring (and free-conceding) side under Shakespeare, but one might expect them to try to get back to basics and keep things tight. With Swansea adopting a similar approach, the price for unders looks pretty generous.
Can Abraham add to his tally?
Despite Leicester's woes this season, Jamie Vardy has scored five goals in eight games and is the favourite to find the net at [2.63].
For Swansea, Abraham is 2.80 to add to the two goals that he scored against Huddersfield.
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Back the draw at 3.30
Back under 2.5 goals at 1.75
Back Abraham to score at 2.80
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