Both teams are having a tough time right now, but Wolves are stuck in a rut, on a run of 5 successive league defeats, along with Wigan, the worst run across all leagues.

Although Wolves began the season brightly, with two victories over Blackburn and Fulham in which they scored four goals and only conceded one; since then, the goals have dried up. In their last 6 league matches, Wolves have only scored 2 goals, but have conceded 11, the lowest goal scoring record in the Premier League and the lowest across all leagues, only matched by Middlesboro in the Championship, who scored two goals but only conceded three.

Wolves now find themselves bottom of the 6 match form table, and have slipped down to 16^th in the league.

Mick McCarthy is under pressure as his side fail to convert their chances. Wolves put up a good fight against Liverpool last month, shared possession and shots on target.  At home to Newcastle at the beginning of the month, Wolves had the majority of possession, and twice as many attempts on target, then last Sunday, Wolves had a similar number of attempts on target against the Baggies, but they lost all of these games.

Swanseaare 13^th in both the league and the form table with two victories, one draw and three defeats in their last six.  Their results at home are a complete reverse image of their results away, when they cross the Severn into England they seem to be a different team.

When these two last met in the Championship in 2008, both sides won their home matches, losing away.

There are still 9 teams in the Premier league who remain unbeaten at home, Swansea are one of them, but there is only one team who have not conceded a single goal at home this season – Swansea. In fact no other team in any league can boast this, not even Rangers or Celtic. Swansea’s next home game is against Bolton, who have the worst home record (not away though) across all leagues, Swansea could continue this incredible home run, but the next home after that, is against Man United.

Swansea’s away record and away goal ratio is as bad as Wolves’ current form and goal ratio. Swansea have lost all four of their away matches with a 2:12 goal ratio; however these away games include Man City, Arsenal and Chelsea. Against Norwich last Saturday, Swansea struggled to overcome a 2-0 deficit within 10 minutes, and should be more alert next time they walk out onto the pitch on Saturday.

Swansea have had solid wins against Stoke (2-0) and West Brom (3-0) in recent weeks, without reply. Wolves lost at home 0-3 to new boys QPR last month and given their current inability to convert, I oppose the bookies and expect to see Swansea take their first away points, and possibly all three. Great value around 3/1.

Swansea away win, correct score 1-2

Best odds for the away win, are currently 4.00 with Victor Chandler  and for the correct score of 1-2 the best odds are 13.00 with Bet365

Laith Amiry, weekendfootball