On Monday night, promotion-chasing pair Swansea City and Burnley go head-to-head at the Swansea.com Stadium as the pair battle for potentially vital points at the top of the Championship table.
Swansea City form guideDespite being in 12th place in the Championship, the Swans are just a point adrift of the play-off spots in a congested section of the table in the English second tier. The Welsh team's form has been poor of late. However, a 4-0 home win over Watford last time out ended an eight-game winless league run for the Swans.
Swansea have a decent recent home record in the Championship, winning five of their last seven league matches on home soil while also scoring two goals in six of the seven games in the run.
Burnley form guideThe Clarets are in a highly promising position heading into their first game of 2023. Vincent Kompany’s team is now 14 points clear of third-place Blackburn Rovers in the race for automatic promotion to the Premier League.
A 1-0 win at Stoke City last time out means that Burnley has now won nine of their last ten matches in the Championship. They maintained a solid defensive record against the Potters, keeping their fourth clean sheet in five league outings.
The Clarets have been good travellers of late in the English second tier, winning four of their previous six away games in the Championship. On their travels, they have also scored at least two goals in three of their last four league matches.
Latest team newsSwansea has fitness doubts over midfielder Liam Walsh and forward Michael Obafemi. Welsh international Joe Allen could return to the starting line-up.
Burnley has doubts about the fitness of Vitinho. The Clarets' first-choice front three, Anass Zaroury, Jay Rodriguez and Nathan Tella, were rested for the Stoke game but should start this one.
What am I backing?Swansea bounced back to winning ways last time out. However, Burnley has such momentum that it is difficult to back against them recording another victory in this encounter.