Swansea v Chelsea preview

Welsh side looking to maintain impressive home record

Gary Cahill: Expected to make his Chelsea debut in John Terry's absence

Brendan Rodgers: Swansea have impressed in England's top flight after promotion

Form guide:
Swansea: LDDWWL
Chelsea: DDLWWD

Injuries:
Swansea: Bodde
Chelsea: Terry, Ramires, Mikel

Referee: Kevin Friend

Sky Bet odds: Swansea 3/1, Draw 12/5, Chelsea 20/21

Opta stat: Swansea have committed fewer fouls than any other team in the Premier League (187). Chelsea have lost just one of their last 10 Premier League games (W5 D4 L1).

Swansea City will be looking to build upon their impressive home record when they tackle Chelsea at the Liberty Stadium.

Brendan Rodgers' side have won more games at home than Liverpool and have conceded six league goals in 11 fixtures.
Swansea are imperious at the Liberty having lost once in 19 games, although the Blues are unbeaten in six away from Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea secured a 4-1 win over the Welsh side earlier in the campaign. Fernando Torres scored and was sent off in the contest.
Torres has made 11 league appearances since without scoring while the fixture also sees Blues old-boy Scott Sinclair face his former club.
The 22-year-old spent five years with the Blues and featured 14 times after joining from Bristol Rovers as a 16-year-old.

Swansea news

Swansea are expected to restore a host of players to their line-up having opted to make changes for the FA Cup exit at Bolton.
Swansea and Manchester City are the only sides not to have suffered back-to-back Premier League defeats this season, but the Welsh side will need to avoid losing to the Blues to maintain that record.
First-choice keeper Michel Vorm will be restored in goal while Neil Taylor should return at left-back ahead of Fede Bessone.
Wingers Scott Sinclair and Nathan Dyer are expected to start along with Joe Allen and passing machine Leon Britton.
Swansea's on-loan midfielder Josh McEachran is unavailable for selection against his parent club.

Blues news

Chelsea will travel to South Wales without John Terry after the England captain was ruled out by a knee injury.
That means £7million January signing Gary Cahill should make his debut for the club alongside Brazilian David Luiz at the heart of defence.
Manager Andre Villas-Boas has midfield issues to contend with after Ramires damaged knee ligaments in their weekend FA Cup win over QPR.
He joins Jon Obi Mikel on the sidelines while veteran Frank Lampard is rated at only 50-50 to face the club he played for on loan some 17 years ago.
The Blues have completed the signing of midfielder Kevin De Bruyne, although the 20-year-old Belgium international will remain with Genk until the summer.

Predicted starting XIs:

Swansea: Vorm, Rangel, Williams, Monk, Taylor, Dyer, Allen, Britton, Agustien, Sinclair, Graham
Chelsea: Cech, Bosingwa, Cahill, Luiz, Cole, Romeu, Essien, Malouda, Sturridge, Torres, Mata.