Chelsea vs Swansea City: Team news, kick-off, likely line-ups, odds and stats from the Premier League clash

Ahead of the Premier League's midweek action, Sportsmail will be providing you with team news, betting odds and Opta stats. Here is all you need to know as Chelsea host Swansea.

Swansea are without Tammy Abraham at  Chelsea as he cannot play against his parent club

Swansea are without Tammy Abraham at Chelsea as he cannot play against his parent club

Chelsea vs Swansea City (Stamford Bridge)

Team news


Chelsea

Defender David Luiz is out with a knee injury. Luiz lost his place to Andreas Christensen and was an unused substitute in last Saturday's draw at Liverpool, with the full extent of his injury yet to be known.

Right wing-back Victor Moses could start as Antonio Conte contemplates rotating his options, while striker Michy Batshuayi (ankle), forward Charly Musonda (knee) and the left-sided Kenedy (undisclosed) are out.

Provisional squad: Courtois, Caballero, Rudiger, Alonso, Fabregas, Drinkwater, Kante, Morata, Hazard, Pedro, Bakayoko, Moses, Zappacosta, Willian, Cahill, Christensen, Azpilicueta, Clarke-Salter, Sterling, Eduardo, Ampadu 

Swansea

The Swans are without Tammy Abraham at Stamford Bridge as the on-loan Chelsea striker cannot play against his parent club.

Federico Fernandez remains in his native Argentina following the death of his father and Dutch defender Mike van der Hoorn will continue to deputise.

Kyle Bartley (knee ligaments) remains out with Swansea boss Paul Clement short on defensive options.

Provisional squad: Fabianski, Naughton, Van der Hoorn, Mawson, Olsson, Mesa, Ki, Carroll, Ayew, Sanches, Bony, Nordtfeldt, Rangel, Clucas, Britton, Fer, Dyer, Narsingh, Fulton, Routledge, McBurnie

Defender Mike van der Hoorn will continue to deputise for the absent Federico Fernandez

Defender Mike van der Hoorn will continue to deputise for the absent Federico Fernandez

Key match stats (supplied by Opta)

o Chelsea have lost only one of their 12 games against Swansea City in the Premier League (W7 D4 L1) and are unbeaten at Stamford Bridge versus the Welsh side (W5 D1 L0).

o Swansea have conceded two or more goals in five of their six Premier League visits to Stamford Bridge (16 in total, 2.7 per game).

o The Swans have won just once in their last 16 away games versus Chelsea in all competitions (W1 D4 L11) – winning 2-0 in the 2012-13 League Cup semi-final first leg.

o Chelsea have dropped eight points already at home this season in the Premier League; winning 10 of a possible 18 at Stamford Bridge – in their title-winning 2016-17 campaign, they dropped just six points (winning 51/57).

o Swansea City have the same number of points (nine) that they had in the Premier League after 13 games of last season. However, they have only scored seven goals this term – nine fewer than in 2016-17.

Alvaro Morata has scored more goals on his own in the Premier League than Swansea

Alvaro Morata has scored more goals on his own in the Premier League than Swansea

o Only four clubs have scored fewer goals after 13 games of a Premier League season than Swansea City (7) this season: Derby (5 in 2007-08), Everton (5 in 2005-06), Bradford (5 in 2000-01) and Man City (5 in 1995-96).

o Alvaro Morata (eight) has scored more goals on his own in the Premier League this season than Swansea City as a team (seven).

o Tammy Abraham – who is on loan from Chelsea, so unable to play this game – has scored more goals (four), had more shots (22) and more shots on target (eight) than any other Swansea City player in the Premier League this season.

o Paul Clement has managed more Premier League games without his side receiving a red card than any other manager (32 games), while only Ray Wilkins (67) managed more games without his side scoring a penalty.

o No Welsh side has won an away league match against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge since April 1981; when Cardiff City won 1-0 in the second tier. Chelsea have won nine out of 10 home league meetings with Welsh sides since (D1). 

Antonio Conte's side are clear favourites on Wednesday when they host the struggling swans

Antonio Conte's side are clear favourites on Wednesday when they host the struggling swans

CHELSEA VS SWANSEA CITY

Kick-off time

7.45pm (Wednesday)

Referee

Neil Swarbrick 

Odds (subject to change)

Chelsea 1/5 

Draw 73/10

Swansea 20/1 

Recent league form (last five games)

Chelsea: DWWWW

Swansea: DLLLL

Head-to-head (last five meetings)

Chelsea win: 2

Draw: 2

Swansea win: 1

TV info

N/A 

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