Two teams with nothing much to play for will lock horns when Swansea City host Manchester City in their English Premier League game Saturday.
City have as good as locked up second place in the table. They currently lead Chelsea by six points and Roberto Mancini will be keen to see his side finish pick up all three points as they look to build momentum for the F.A. Cup final against Wigan next weekend.
Swansea have not been in good form lately, winless in their last six games, but Michael Laudrup is determined to find their form against the deposed Premier League champions.
"You are always disappointed when you have a bad run," Laudrup said. "Achieving 40 points after the cup win was very important, and we managed to do that. We have to accept that the results have been disappointing, but it's not my job to find excuses -- I want to find solutions.
"But the fact is that is our only win so far after the final and we are trying to change that. We know we have some difficult games coming up. We are still ninth, however, and that says a lot about what we did up until the cup final -- I think we over performed in terms of points."
Swansea defeated City 1-0 in the corresponding fixture last year, and Laudrup is hoping for an encore.
"They are a great team with fantastic players," the Dane added. "They have some physical players, but Silva, Tevez, Nasri and Aguero are fantastically gifted. If they put four good players on the bench then they can just put four other top players in the starting line-up -- that is what we are up against.
"Last weekend we faced some top players and we have to be at our best this weekend, otherwise it will be very difficult. We have shown this year that we can beat the great teams, but your performance level has to be high."
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Expected lineups: Swansea: Vorm; Rangel, Williams, Flores, Davies; Britton, Ki; Hernandez, De Guzman, Routledge; Michu.
Manchester City: Hart; Zabaleta, Kompany, Nastasic, Clichy; Barry, Yaya Toure; Nasri, Tevez, Silva; Aguero.
Prediction: 2-0 to City
