Swansea vs Coventry Prediction: Sky Blues to triumph in South Wales

Swansea City are in danger of being sucked into a relegation battle they don't look prepared for in the Championship. The Swans have lost four of their last five matches in the second tier and are on a run of three defeats heading into their home clash with Coventry City at the Swansea.com Stadium on Saturday (15:00).

The visitors are on a three-game winning streak under Frank Lampard and travel to South Wales with confidence they've not yet had this season. With our resident Sky Blues fan, Simon Lillibury, off on holiday, it's up to me to come up with some Swansea vs Coventry predictions, which you will find below featuring the latest match odds and team news.

Swansea vs Coventry Odds

Swansea may have lost three games on the spin, but they have won two of their last four league games on home turf. The hosts are 6/4 to come out on top here. They recently experienced a draw here against West Bromwich Albion at the beginning of January, and the stalemate is marketed at 5/2 for Saturday.

Coventry are on their best winning streak of the campaign, and they are 7/4 (which has an implied probability of 36.4%) to extend that run to four matches.

Attacker Brandon Thomas-Asante has provided two goals in that time, and he is the joint-11/5 favourite to score anytime in Swansea. Both teams to score has been a winning selection in six of the last seven league fixtures inside this stadium, and is available at 8/11 this time around.

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Team News

The biggest piece of team news ahead of this clash is the fact that Coventry are signing Swansea stalwart Matt Grimes after 10 years in South Wales. The midfielder's desire to move to the West Midlands club was key to the move, but it has led to a further decrease in faith from the Swansea supporters towards the club's board.

His departure leaves Goncalo Franco in need of a new partner in the engine room, and Jay Fulton looks to be the most sensible candidate to join the Portuguese star. Boss Luke Williams is having to cope with the suspension of defender Harry Darling, who himself has been linked with an exit in the current transfer window because of his contract expiring at the end of the campaign.

Hannes Delcroix and new captain Ben Cabango will man the centre of defence, but with a lot of goals leaked in recent weeks, it won't fill fans with much confidence.

Grimes won't be able to feature against his former employers as he wasn't registered in time, so Jamie Allen and Victor Torp, who bagged a brace against Watford last weekend, will remain Coventry's midfield duo for now. Jack Rudoni should continue just ahead of them in support of Thomas-Asante and Ellis Simms up front.

Ben Sheaf remains unavailable due to a muscle injury, and will find a starting place hard to come by once he returns due to the form of Allen and the signing of Grimes. Attackers Ephron Mason-Clark (hamstring) and Haji Wright (ankle) are also confined to the medical bay.

Coventry to win @ 7/4

I haven't covered many Coventry matches this season, but this is probably the first time I've been confident in a Sky Blues victory.

Lampard appears to have got things clicking for the visitors and their current run feels like a huge turning point in their campaign. Coventry have won three league games in succession for the first time since March of last year, and they will be fancying themselves to make it four against one of the most out-of-form sides in the division.

Only Derby County (five defeats) are on a worse run than Swansea right now, and there are just seven points between the two teams in 22nd and 17th. For all the 'Swansea way' of possession-based football, it's not been doing them any favours for a while now, and it sums up where the club are in their deterioration since their Premier League relegation in 2018.

Some of their supporters fear relegation to League 1 is a real possibility this term, which is still at an attractive 20/1 price here at Betfred. Williams has been under pressure for a while and it doesn't look like he will be able to turn their fortunes around and lead the Swans back into promotion contenders.

The former Notts County head coach looks out of ideas at the moment, and I predict his team to fall victim to Coventry's wave of momentum.

Over 2.5 goals @ 1/1

I think goals are to be expected at the Swansea.com Stadium this weekend, and the 1/1 price for over 2.5 is most appealing. This selection has landed in all of the hosts' recent defeats, as well as six of the last seven league appearances on home soil.

Swansea's defence has shipped 15 goals in their latest four games in the Championship, which will have Coventry's attackers raring to go on Saturday. I may be expecting a Sky Blues victory but I think a consolation goal could be on offer to the home team at the very least.

Coventry have conceded in six of their past eight away trips in the second tier, while the Swans have scored in each of their latest eight league games in SA1.

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