Swansea vs Leicester Npower Championship Updates

Monday, January 3rd, 2011 at 2:08 pm , filed under Others by Steve Jones

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Swansea vs Leicester Npower: Swansea is facing up Leicester in the Npower Championship game on Monday, 3 January. Swansea vs Leicester live game will kick-off at 15:00 GMT, Walkers Stadium.

The Swansea on high-flying currently occupy second place in the Championship following back-to-back 1-0 wins, with Queens Park Rangers lead cut to the four points after the London side were beaten by Norwich.

The Manchester City defender Ben Mee has signed a new loan with Foxes squad on New Year’s Day and will remain at the Walkers Stadium until the end of the Championship season.

Swansea have not beaten Foxes on their own home for over 60 years and their victory against former boss Nigel Pearson’s Hull on Saturday was their first away win under Sven-Goran Eriksson, but head into the match attempting to take City’s scalp for the second time this season after their 2-0 win at the Liberty Stadium in October.

Leicester have won 4 and drawn 3 of their last 7 home league games against the Swans. Swan’s has been enjoying their best league position since 27 years and looking to equalize their beginning to 2009 with three straight victories. Defender Ashley Williams is set for his 300th career start.

Swansea manager, Brendan Rogers said: ‘Our job now is to chase the club (Queens Park Rangers) in front of us. We don’t want to be second, we want to be first.

‘The race is still on to get to the very top, but there’s a long journey ahead of us and we must remain focused.

‘We’ve tried on two or three occasions to get into second spot, but we’ve faltered each time, so it’s nice to finally get there. It’s great for the players, the club and the city.’

Referee: Darren Deadman (Cambridgeshire)

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