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This weekend will be played all quarter-final matches of the English FA Cup, and in the first of three matches with Premier League teams Swansea faces Tottenham at home. The Spurs stand much better in the Premiership table, they occupy the third place and have even 30 points more than 14th-placed Welsh. It is very disheartening that Swansea has even 13-game winless streak with Tottenham of even 11 defeats and just two draws.

Swansea

True, one of those two draws Swansea pulled last autumn when the Welsh played a goalless draw in London, but in January this year they were defeated at home by 2-0 by the Spurs. However, the Welsh rely the most in this duel of the FA Cup quarter-finals in fact that are in good shape given fact they lost just one match out of last 14, which happened three rounds ago when they faced Brighton away.

After that they won Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 at home in the round of 16 of the FA Cup, while after that they won West Ham 4-1 at the same stadium in the league, while last weekend they played a goalless draw with Huddersfield away. True, just four points separate them from the drop zone so manager Carvalhal must experiment with the team for this FA Cup match. He cannot count on injured defender Rengel, midfielder Fer and Sanches, and forward Bony, as well as suspended midfielder King and Ayew brothers.

Probable lineups Swansea: Nordfeldt – van der Hoorn, Fernandez, Bartley – Roberts, Carroll, Ki Sung-Yong, Olsson – Dyer, Abraham, Routledge

Tottenham

The guests from London occupy very good third place in the Premier League table before the quarter-finals of the FA Cup. They got there after winning four times in last four rounds. However, the last triumph over Bournemouth 4-1 away cost them dearly as their best scorer Kane got injured. Defender Rose and midfielder Ali were also injured in the match but only slightly but nevertheless they will probably skip match with Swansea, just like insufficiently recovered stopper Alderweireld.

It was very important for the Spurs to win Bournemouth last week as before that they were somewhat unluckily eliminated from Champions League by Juventus in the round of 16, and they urgently needed a victory to regain their self-confidence. It means that now can go to Wales being under less pressure, where will give their best to reach the semi-finals of the FA Cup.

Probable lineups Tottenham: Vorm – Trippier, Dier, Vertonghen, Davies – Sissoko, Wanyama – Lucas, Eriksen, Son – Llorente

Verdict:

Although the Welsh were defeated just once in last 14 matches, we believe they have no chance in this quarter-final match of the FA Cup against much better Spurs, who in the meantime have recovered after shocking elimination from the Champions League.

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