Swansea vs Portsmouth Prediction: The hosts are the favourites

Portsmouth will travel to the Swansea.com Stadium on Saturday to face Swansea. The visitors sit bottom of the league while the hosts intensify their effort in the playoff qualification. Below are previews, possible starting 11, expert betting tips, and odds.

Swansea City

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Swansea City returned to winning ways with a 2-1 win over Derby in their last game. They had earlier lost 1-0 to Burnley and 4-3 to Leads. They haven’t been special at home, remaining winless in 4 of their last five games at the Swansea.com Stadium. They sit 11th on the table with 22 points in 17 games, scoring 16 goals and conceding 15. Meanwhile, Harry Darling (muscle injury), Sam Parker (hamstring), Oliver Cooper (broken foot), Ji-sung Eom (knee injury), Andrew Fisher (groin injury), and Josh Ginnelly (achilles tendon) are out of this game.

Portsmouth

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Portsmouth’s last game was a 3-1 win over Preston earlier this month, before the international break. They have since seen two games called off. Their game against Blackburn was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch, and their match against Millwall was postponed after 55 minutes because of a power failure at Fratton Park. They enter this clash with this frustration and the fact that they have seen just one win in their eight away games this season. They sit bottom of the table with 12 points in 15 games, scoring 16 goals and conceding 28. Meanwhile, Jordan Williams (hamstring), Zak Swanson (heel injury), Will Norris (knee injury), Jacob Farrell (leg injury), Conor Shaughnessy (calf injury), and Ibane Bowat (tendon injury) will miss this game.

Possible Starting 11

Swansea — Lawrence Vigouroux, Kyle Naughton, Ben Cabango, Cyrus Christie, Josh Tymon, Gonçalo Franco, Matt Grimes, Ronald, Liam Cullen, Myles Peart-Harris, Zan Vipotnik.

Portsmouth — Nicolas Schmid, Terry Devlin, Regan Poole, Marlon Pack, Connor Ogilvie, Freddie Potts, Andre Dozzell, Matt Ritchie, Callum Lang, Joshua Murphy, Colby Bishop.

Expert Betting Tips

Despite winning their last game, Portsmouth have been performing below par since the start of the season, and I don’t think they can get a win here. However, six of the last eight games of Portsmouth saw the BTTS result, so I expect goals from both sides.

• BTTS for 1.73 odds
• W1 for 1.73 odds
• Over 2.5 for 1.89 odds