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After playing a goalless draw in Wolverhampton 10 days ago the two teams will meet again in Swansea, and then we are going to find out which one has qualified for the fourth round of English FA Cup. The match is interesting as currently last positioned team in the Premier League, Swansea, meets leading team of the Championship, Wolverhampton. The two teams drew their last two head-to-heads played in the Premiership.

Swansea

True, it happened six years ago and since then the Welsh are regular in the Premier League, while the Wolves even slid down to the third division of English football. However, it can easily happen to swap places next season given that Swansea currently occupies the last place in the Premier League and has even four points fewer than 17th-placed Southampton, while on the other hand the Wolves are alone at the top of Championship.

The Welsh fans believe that their team can survive in the Premier League which is why the club management brought Portuguese coach Carvalhal near the end of previous year. Under his command Swansea immediately won Watford away, than lost at home to Tottenham and drew away with Newcastle. Let’s add that this time we expect to see Swansea’s combined tam on the pitch, while due to injuries out of action are defenders Rangel and van der Hoorn, midfielder Sanchez and forward Abraham.

Probable lineups Swansea: Nordfeldt – Roberts, Fernandez, Bartley – Naughton, Mesa, Fer, Olsson – Narsingh, Bony, Routledge

Wolverhampton

We have said in the introduction that Wolverhampton is on good path to return to the Premier League next season, given that 19 rounds before the end they firmly sit on the leading position in the Championship, given 10-point advantage over second-placed Derby County and having even 12 points more than third-positioned Cardiff. Besides, coach Santa players were defeated the last time near the end of October 2017 whey they lost away to Queen’s Park Rangers, while after that they won 10 and drew four matches.

One of those draws is the goalless one with Swansea played in the third round of FA Cup, despite that many expected the Wolves win match against team that is currently far more preoccupied with worries how to survive in the Premier League. Now, they have to try to do win outside their stadium and without help of suspended defender Vinagre and injured goalkeeper Ikeme, defender Ofosu-Ayeh and forward Mason, as well as most of standard starters who need rest in order to continue with good results in the league.

Probable lineups Wolverhampton: Norris – Miranda, Batth, Hause – Doherty, Gibbs-White, N'Diaye, Douglas – Cavaleiro, Mir, Enobakhare

Verdict:

Although we expect that both teams will play their second match of the third round of FA Cup with combined team this time we should see a bit more open tactic on both sides given that if Swansea and Wolverhampton draw again the penalty shootout will decide the winner.

Pick: both teams to score 2.03 - 20/10 @1XBet