Our prediction for this Championship match:
Swansea City play host to Leicester City at their Swansea.com Stadium on day 12 of the new Championship campaign. The Swans are after their fifth consecutive league win and they are likely to stick to their attacking style of play. Oliver Cooper is pushing for a start after finding the net as a substitute in a 3-1 win over Plymouth. Swansea’s injury list is pretty long, including the likes of Nathan Wood, Joe Allen, Steven Benda, Azeem Abdulai, Josh Ginnelly, Kristian Pedersen, and Ben Cabango.
The Foxes, on the other hand, are determined to secure a quick return to the Premier League and their six-match winning run is surely giving fans a reason for optimism ahead of the trip to South Wales. Despite Swansea’s fine form, Leicester City are the team to beat in the Championship and we predict that Jamie Vardy and Co. are going to showcase their quality on the field. All Kasey McAteer, Callum Doyle, Thomas Cannon, and Dennis Praet should miss out with injuries.
Highlighted Player (Jamie Vardy):
Spending his early career playing no-league football, Jamie Vardy made the headlines when he joined Leicester City in a £1 million deal in 2012, but little did he know that he would go on to become a genuine Premier League star just three years later.
The experienced forward helped the Foxes gain promotion to the elite division and then score more than 20 goals as they mounted an unlikely title bid, earning worldwide acclaim as well as a place in the England squad. Vardy went on to score his first two goals for the Three Lions in March 2016 friendlies, with his back-heel goal against Germany in Berlin seeing him instantly become a fans’ favourite.
Over the years, Vardy has earned a reputation as a striker who never gives up and can be a real menace for opposition defenders, but his excellent goalscoring record and good link-up play are enough to suggest he can be described as a mix of old-style pacey forwards and modern strikers.
Highlighted Team (Swansea):
Swansea City AFC is a Welsh football club from Swansea and is currently playing in the English Premier League. The biggest rival Swansea City is Cardiff City which is next to Swansea City the only football club from Wales that played in the PremierLeague.
Swansea City was founded in 1912 under the name ‘Swansea Town’. The first venue where Swansea City played was The Vetch Field. The club grew in members and fans and on 23th of July 2005 Swansea City opened the Liberty Stadium which holds a capacity of 21 000 supporters. The fans of Swansea City prefer to use the non-commercial name: White Rock Stadium.
In the history of Swansea City the club managed to win the Football League One twice and the Welsh Cup 10 times. So far the Welsh club didn’t win any prizes in the highest English divisions. Known players that wore the Swansea jersey are Lampard, Toshack, Martinez and Bony.